The Uses of Trees

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  • Grade Level

  • Kindergarten
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  • Subject

  • Science
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  • Length of Time

  • 45 Minutes To 1 Hour
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  • Description

  • In this lesson, you will talk about three different types of trees and there uses. Then you will show the children how to create leaf rubbings.
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  • Goals

  • Students will learn:

    * To identify three different kinds of trees by their leaves.

    * To identify three uses of these trees.

    * How to produce leaf rubbings using copy paper and crayons.
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  • Materials Needed

  • * A copy of the book, "The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein.

    * A book on leaf identification.

    * A book on the uses of trees.

    * 30 leaves that include 10 maple, 10 oak and ten walnut.

    * One sheet of white copy paper per student.

    * One red, one blue and one yellow crayon.

    * One paper to record findings.

    * Pen or pencil.
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  • Procedure

  • * Read "The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein to the students.

    * Ask students to record the ways the tree in the book was used.

    * Ask students to record another way that trees are used.

    * Show the students the maple, oak and walnut leaves.

    * Describe the uses of maple oak and walnut trees.

    * Pass around the book on the books on leaf identification and the uses of trees.

    * Have students lay their leaves on a work table with a flat surface and cover them with the white copy paper.

    * Demonstrate to the students how to rub the copy paper gently with the crayons to reproduce the leaf's features on the paper.

    * Ask students to use a specific color crayon for each kind of leaf. For instance, red for maple, blue for oak and yellow for walnut.

    * When the project is complete, collect the leaf rubbings for assessment.

    * Assess each student's work to see that they completed the project and that each kind of leaf is the specified color.

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  • Grading

  • Granding is based on the completion of the project and if the correct color was used for the specified kinds of trees.

    A small reward can be given or a sticker or stamp can be applied to the completed project.

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