3rd Grade Plants Unit

3^rd Grade Plants Unit Blueprint

Lesson 5: How Does Your Plant Grow?

STC Plant Growth and Development

Pacing Suggestions:
See page 4 in Teacher's Guide for a schedule of Lessons.

Teacher Resources:
Tips	Plant Growth Line Graph (Adobe^® Reader^® PDF) Plant Growth Bar Graph (Adobe Reader PDF) Plant Growth Bar Graph (Microsoft^® Word^®) Plant Growth Summary (Adobe Reader PDF) Plant Growth Summary (Microsoft Word) Plant Observation Log Rubric (Adobe Reader PDF) Plant Observation Log Rubric (Microsoft Word)

Essential & Unit Questions ¹

Benchmarks ²

Assessments ³

Using Assessments to Monitor Student Learning

What is the pattern of growth of your plants?

11B(3-5)#2: Geometric figures, number sequences, graphs, diagrams, sketches, number lines, maps, and stories can be used to represent objects, events and processes in the real world, although such representations can never be exact in every detail.

12D(3-5)#3: Use numerical data in describing and comparing objects and events.

11C(3-5)#2: Things change in steady, repetitive, or irregular ways—or sometimes in more than one way at the same time. Often the best way to tell which kinds of changes are happening is to make a table or graph of measurements.

Students measure and graph the plant growth (Use teacher-generated graph paper in place of the graph paper in the Teacher's Guide. See Procedure Steps 1-5 on pages 36 & 37 in Teacher's Guide.)
Students write statements describing the data displayed in their graph. (This is not listed in the Teacher's Guide. See "Tips" under "Teacher Resources" on the electronic curriculum.)
Class discussions about the importance of graphs and the information that can be learned from their graphs.

Measuring and Graphing

Are students able to accurately measure the height of their plant? Are their measurement skills improving over time?
Are students able to graph the height of the plant?
Are their graphing skills improving over time?

Summarizing Graphs & Class Discussions

Are students able to use the graphs to describe the plant growth?
Do students see patterns in the plant growth? (from day-to-day and between groups)

1. For conceptual benchmarks.
2. Bolded sections indicate portion of benchmark addressed
3. Unless noted as a Summative Assessment, the assessments are formative and should be used to guide teaching and learning.

3rd Grade Plants Unit Blueprint

3^rd Grade Plants Unit Blueprint