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Little Seed, Big Plant: teacher key

How Plants Grow, grade 1 edition, written for 1st grade. A seed has a baby plant inside it. See how it wakes up, grows a root, and sends up a shoot.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

  1. What is inside a seed?
    • A baby plant (answer)
    • A little fish
    • A cup
  2. What comes out of the seed first?
    • The flower
    • The root (answer)
    • The leaves
  3. What do roots do?
    • Make wings
    • Make a coat
    • Drink up water (answer)
  4. How can a seed with hooks travel?
    • It sticks to fur (answer)
    • It swims in a cup
    • It digs a hole
  5. What can a coconut do?
    • Fly with wings
    • Float on the sea (answer)
    • Stick to fur

Words

  • seed: plant baby
  • root: plant foot
  • shoot: new top part
  • wet: with water