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Lesson 285Confident Reader10–15 minutes

Lesson 285: STEM Story – Plant

Focus: STEM: plant

Objective

What we'll learn

Read a short STEM passage about plant and answer comprehension questions.

For grown-ups

Parent & teacher intro

Scientists, engineers, and mathematicians read every day. Today we read like a scientist about plant!

Warm-up

Interactive phonics activity

Read the STEM passage twice. Look for the key word plant.

Words

Word list

plantplantorbitmammalengineeradd

Practice

Example sentences

  • I can see the plant.
  • We can see the plant.
  • You can see the orbit.
  • They can see the mammal.

Story time

Sam and the Plant

Sam went to the hill. Sam saw a plant and a plant.

"Look!" said Sam. "The orbit is by the mammal."

Luna came to help. Together they played with the engineer and the add.

At the end of the day, Sam and Luna smiled. What a wonderful STEM: plant adventure!

Check for understanding

Comprehension questions

1. Where did Sam go?

2. What did Sam see first?

3. How did the story end?

STEM word of the day

🔬 sequence

Meaning: things placed in a special order

Example: The sequence 1, 2, 3, 4 counts up by one.

Review

Vocabulary review

  • mammalA mammal is something we can talk about or see.
  • engineerA engineer is something we can talk about or see.
  • addA add is something we can talk about or see.
  • plantA plant is something we can talk about or see.

Play

Fun challenge

Match each word to what it starts with.

Stretch

Try more words

plantorbitmammalengineeradd