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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