What Plants Need

1What is missing? The soil is dry.

Read aloud: These flowers have good soil and a sunny window, but the soil has gone dry and dusty. Point to what they need.

2What is missing? It lives in the dark.

Read aloud: This tree is watered every day and its soil is rich, but it stands in a dark closet. Point to what it needs.

3What is missing? It is on a stone path.

Read aloud: These acorns are lying on a stone path. Rain falls on them and the sun shines on them, but no roots can grow. Point to what they need.

4What do you plant to grow one?

Read aloud: You want to grow more flowers like these. Point to the thing you put in the soil to start one.

5What comes up first?

Read aloud: An acorn was planted in good soil, watered, and kept warm and sunny. Point to the first thing that pushes up out of the ground.

6One plant did not grow. What did it miss?

Read aloud: Two plants sat on the windowsill and grew tall. One was put in a closed box. Point to what the plant in the box did not get.