Reading to Learn

We are the Kawakawa reading group in room 8.

We have been reading a book that is all about getting to know more about plants as we have a garden and are currently getting ready to plant veggies.

Our purpose in reading this book was to learn about how we can help our plants to have a great start and continue to grow.

We are 'Reading to Learn'

Ella

Cheska

Philomena

Gabby

Ingrid

Kevin -

Isaac

       

What we know:

Plants…

> Need sun and water

> Produce Veggies

> Produce Fruits

> Through photosynthesis, a plant needs to gather light to create oxygen

> Seed roots/stalks go towards the light

>Some plants are poisonous

>They provide us with oxygen.

>Some do not need to be watered regularly.

> Provide us with food, wood, paper and oxygen for humans to survive.

> Can be dangerous if you touch them when you don’t know the information about it, for example poison ivy.

> Grow in soil.
> Can provide different types of Vitamins depending on what fruit / vegetable / herb you consume

> Provide animal habitats

>There are around 422,000

> Can fall asleep when given common sleeping gas

> Has the ability to create Co2  to O called “Photosynthesis”

> Can Be Toxic - poisonous

Key information we collected in our reading that added to our understanding

>Plants absorb energy from the sun and absorb nutrients from the soil.

>Miniature trunks also provide strength and carry water and nutrients.

> Plants give electrical signals when injured, burned or cut

> Can Be Carnivorous

> Water is transported through vessels in the stem called “xylem

> Water is absorbed through plant tissue

> Water secrets water from its leaves

> Plants provide us with food such as sweet fruits, vegetables and some, nuts.

> Every section of a plant has its own job to do. This helps the plant grow.

> Roots hold plants stable and capture the water

> The stem provides strength to help carry the water

> Algae is a plant that don’t have true stems or leaves.

> Need plants to make oxygen photosynthesis

> All plants generally they have the same parts

> Leaves absorb sunlight energy to make food.