Pine Trees: Evergreens: Lesson Resources and Decodable Reading Passages KS1

This is a National Curriculum aligned themed mini-unit about Pine Trees, teaching about EVERGREENS suitable for Years 1 to 2 and mixed Grade classes, covering Science and English: Comprehension.

The Pine Trees mini-project lesson teaches:

• To know that pine trees are evergreen trees
• To name parts of a tree: leaves/needles/flowers/cones (and you can add in extra like branches and trunk)
• To know that they have needles rather than leaves
• To know that the cones are the flowers.
• To know that the cones contain the seeds - to make more of own kind/reproduction (Y2)
• To know how the pine tree disperses its seeds: by releasing them on a fine day once ripe (Y2).
• To be able to name some creatures that rely on the pine seeds for their food supply (Y2)

Key vocab: evergreen, needles, cones, flowers, seeds

The pack includes:

1. A full lesson plan
2. PowerPoint overview of thesubject
3. Powerpoint with the 3 reading passages in a format suitable for guided reading
4. Fact sheet - handy easy-to-read facts for teachers to prep before the lesson or to use with pupils where appropriate
5. Supporting worksheets with:
   · 3 de-codable, differentiated reading comprehension passages,
   · 3 Differentiated Other recording worksheets for written work
   · 1 sheet to draw and describe a cone
   · 1 sheet for younger pupils to tick the animals that feed on pine seeds.
6. A set of photos to be used during the lesson and/or for display.
7. Flashcards of key vocabulary