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Discussing How Plants Grow

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Study how plants grow with your English language learners with a cross-curricular lesson revolving around pumpkins. These activities provide opportunities to practice new scientific vocabulary while practicing skills such as estimating and predicting outcomes. Listening to read alouds, practicing descriptive language, and making books that explain how pumpkins grow allow multiple exposures to concepts and vocabulary. 

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making predictions, plant growth, plants, estimation

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estimating, growing plants, prediction, programs
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Grade
2nd - 6th
Subjects
Science
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Lesson Plans
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Inquiry-Based Learning

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