Watch your students transform oral language into confident reading and writing while learning how plants grow, adapt, and survive across ecosystems.
Designed for K–5 Project GLAD classrooms, with intentional differentiation for Kindergarten, Grades 1–2, and Grades 3–5.
This ready-to-print extension pack helps you teach NGSS-aligned plant life science through GLAD routines like stories, chants, visuals, and writing without starting from scratch. Everything is connected, purposeful, and easy to use.
Just print, teach, and trust the process.
✔️ Clear alignment to NGSS Life Science and Common Core reading and writing standards
✔️ A cohesive 4-week scope & sequence that builds conceptually across ecosystems
✔️ True grade-level differentiation (K, 1–2, 3–5)
✔️ Summary and informational writing embedded throughout the unit
This extension pack provides a complete, thematic learning experience where science content, oral language, reading, and writing are intentionally connected.
Who believes oral language is the bridge to reading and writing and wants students talking, thinking, and writing about real science.
For the teacher who wants instruction to feel intentional, not chaotic, because these resources plug seamlessly into proven routines you already use.
This is for teachers who want science to finally turn into real student writing without worksheets or overwhelm.
This pack became a complete four-week scope because teachers deserve something that is simple, powerful, and trustworthy something you can print, teach, and feel confident using.
This extension pack includes ready-to-print resources designed to work together across four weeks of instruction. Along with your 4 week scope, standards, and weekly materials checklist you get access to…
• 3 Teacher-Made Big Books
– Sloth, Sloth, What Do You See? (Rainforest / Cecropia Tree)
– Pete the Bear and Seeds on the Go (Deciduous Forest / Evergreen Trees)
– The Life of a Seed (Life Cycle & Summary Writing using the Taro Plant)
• 1 Narrative Input Chart Story
– The Three Little Seeds and the Big Strong Wind
• Comparative Pictorial Input Chart
– Cactus and Evergreen Tree
– Separate Primary and Intermediate versions
• 4 Weeks of Learning Targets
– Grade-specific targets for Kindergarten, Grades 1–2, and Grades 3–5
– Includes both content and language objectives
• Picture File Cards
• 3 Chants for Shared Reading & 1 Lifted Non Fiction Text
– Vocabulary-rich chants that plug directly into 5-day Gladly Engaged Shared Reading routines
• Writing Prompts & Learning Logs
– Narrative retell and expository options at every grade level
– Aligned to the Cooperative Strip Paragraph
Use this pack as a 4-week extension unit, or integrate individual resources into your existing GLAD routines and instruction.
These materials plug directly into GLAD strategies you already use, including:
Shared Reading
Interactive Read Aloud with Teacher Made Big Books
Pictorial & Narrative Input Charts
Sentence Patterning Chart
Talking Tree Map
Cooperative Strip Paragraph
“Oh Jennica,
Words cannot describe how thankful, grateful, and over the moon 1 am about your Seeds unit. I just printed everything and will begin cutting and laminating soon. You've made a good portion of my anxieties around my observation disappear... thank you for that. I cannot wait for my scholars to learn about seeds, write about seeds, and become more curious and interested learners. You are amazing and I thank you from the bottom of my heart.”