The Parable of the Tiny Seed

The Tiny seed

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In your reading journal, write three new facts that you learned about seeds and plants from the link. Click Next, at the bottom of the page, to get to each new web page on the site. Take a look at the video on the link below to watch real seeds in action.

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The Seedy Side of Plants Using the book and the video, write three real and three make-believe parts from the story in your reading journal and why you think so. Be prepared to share your ideas with the class. Before Reading continued The student visited the link but did not finish the activity or quiz. The student visited the link, completed the activity and did some of the quiz questions. The student visited the link, completed the activity and finished the quiz. During Reading The student completed the sequencing chart using few details from the story.

The order of events has some errors. Then we can play with children to guess what kind of the plant which the seed can be spread by wind. In this book, we also can teach the children to appreciate the plant, dont take it for granted. Oct 11, Anna Flowers rated it it was amazing. This is a charming book about the life cycle of a flower through the adventure of a particular tiny seed. The story begins with the wind sweeping up seeds to start an exciting journey through the different seasons.

It focuses on the dispersal of seeds and the many obstacles they face before becoming a beautiful flower. Eric Carle uses a simple style with colorful illustrations to bring the story to life. The story is clearly and accurately portrayed by visually showing the reader what the text s This is a charming book about the life cycle of a flower through the adventure of a particular tiny seed. The story is clearly and accurately portrayed by visually showing the reader what the text says on each page, which is both helpful and intriguing.

The illustrations are striking and bursting with color. A collage of tissue paper and acrylic paints are used to create the images. Eric Carle adds whimsy by incorporating unique colors and shapes that only add to the book's effect. Some of the images are out of scale, but for the most part I don't feel like it takes away from the accuracy. I feel this book is appropriate for students in grades K This is a good tool to use to introduce young children to the life cycle of a flower without being overwhelming in detail.

This book fosters the development of processes including predicting, classifying, and making inferences. For example, the illustrations paint a good picture of what obstacles the seeds must face, e. Children could infer how the tiny seed is feeling throughout the journey too! There are so many different lessons and topics that this book could be used for to teach children science. I would probably use it as an introduction piece then plant plants as a class to observe!

One thing I love is that The Tiny Seed encourages children to think for themselves. The very first page about the tiny seed even asks, "Will it be able to keep up with the others? And where are they all going? Eric Carle uses dramatic text that evolves over time by each turn of the page. Also, the book doesn't explicitly say that it's about the life cycle of a flower, children must continue to read in order to discover the meaning behind the tiny seed's journey and a plant's needs.

This book incorporates a deeper meaning by the tiny seed feeling behind while having steadfast perseverance. This message encourages children to form real-life connections and think about possible solutions. I also really like that it includes a multicultural component.

This includes non-stereotypical images of people with different skin colors interacting with the plants.

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There's only one page in which characters in the story are identified as having genders. This page includes an image of a male on one knee giving a flower to a female. The quote used to explain this situation is, "A boy has picked the flower to give to a friend. The content of the book is based on sound scientific principles. A scientific inaccuracy I came across is made on the page about the tiny seed growing into a giant flower saying, "It grows taller and taller. It is taller than the people.

The Tiny Seed

It is taller than the trees. It is taller than the houses. The attitude towards science in this book is both positive and exciting. Young readers will become cheerleaders for the tiny seed as it travels through the life cycle journey and overcomes hazards by remaining steadfast. This delightful picture book is the perfect example that learning science can be fun!

Sep 12, Eliza Buell rated it really liked it. The journey for the tiny seed is much more difficult than it is for the others, but the tiny seed pushes through and never gives up. Many other seeds faced trouble as they encountered cold snow and hot deserts that ends the journey for them. Some are eaten by birds and or stepped on by children and they can no longer go on. The tiny seed stays unnoticed and continues on the journey.

Finally, Spring has come and the seeds that made it though the journey begin to grow into plants. It takes the tiny seed a while to begin growing, but one it does, it begins to grow quickly. The tiny seed grows taller than all the others and blossoms into a beautiful flower that becomes admired by all the world. The major theme of the story is that if one sets their mind to do something, no matter how difficult it is, the goal can be achieved. Everyone has qualities about themselves that can make certain things harder to do, but there is always a way to achieve anything if you have the motivation and perseverance to do it, and something great will always come out of it.

The tiny seed in this story encounters difficulties during its journey because it is smaller than the others. But because the tiny seed stayed motivated and tried its hardest to achieve its goal, in the end the tiny seed grew into the most beautiful flower. I would give this book at four star rating. I can relate to this tiny seed because growing up I was always smaller than most children my age. I used to get very frustrated and was always getting confused as the youngest child in my family, when I am the oldest.

All of the sudden everyone in my class stopped growing and before I knew it, I grew to be the same size as everyone else my age, just like how the tiny seed grew into a beautiful flower. I would recommend this book to readers because many children in elementary school begin to compare themselves to others and if they have qualities that are different or abnormal, the children feel insecure.

This book has a good lesson that will benefit children who feel this way, because it teaches them that in the end good things will always come out of their different traits and we are all made the way we are for a reason. Oct 17, Casey rated it it was amazing. The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle is a children's picture book that takes the reader through the life cycle of a plant.

It begins with a seed in autumn and goes through a full year following one seed in particular. Through fun and colorful illustrations and personifying the seed to make its actions come to life, this book is very informative and entertaining for young readers.

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This book is great for a science lesson on the life-cycle of a seed. It describes the general p Synthesis: It describes the general process of the life cycle of a seed, but doesn't get overly detailed. At the age that the book is designed for, this is the perfect amount of information, in order to simplify the process and avoid confusion. Overall, the book is accurate aside from the exaggeration of the tiny seed at the end, so it is the perfect introduction into this type of unit. All of the information itself is correct, but the flower that the seed has become is said to be, "taller than the people, taller than the trees, taller than the houses.

As the seed goes through its different stages, many seasons pass and many obstacles are faced. A diagram such as, [image error] is a great way to practice both the life-cycle as well as sequencing. Why this is a WOW Book: An aspect of this book that I particularly loved was that it began by asking, "Will it be able to keep up with the others? These are both points where the students could have the opportunity predict what will happen to the seeds. There are also a lot of pages that leave the reader hanging, and then gives the rest of the information on the next page, so this is an opportunity for students to make observations and predications as well.

Apr 26, Emily Goldsmith rated it really liked it. The seeds are taken over deserts, oceans and up by the sun but the tiny seed survive because it cannot go as high as the bigger seeds. When the seeds eventually land, tiny seed is faced with even more dangers such as birds eating the seeds and when the bigger seeds begin to flower, tiny seed is upset and does not believe in himself.

However, little boys trample and pick the bigger flowers and one day, tiny seed begins to grow and grow until it has grown into the biggest flower anyone has ever seen. Until finally, there is a huge gust of wind and hundreds of tiny seeds are taken into the wind to start their own journey of becoming flowers. This book would be great for KS1 and SEND because it would be a great story to help children understand how a seed becomes a plant, growth and seasons.

Having taught the subject of growth, seeds and plants to an SEN class, I would most definitely use this book in the future as the illustrations are collages and are very visual and stimulating. This book could be read along with some sensory items such as a fan to simulate the wind and a torch as the sun. This would be a great book for Philosophy for children as well, discussing how we are all different.

Apr 10, Heather Copp rated it really liked it. Help children to understand that the story follows the seasons in a cyclical order. Point out the season at the start of the story and how the life cycle starts all over again. Review the names of the seasons.. What season is it nw? What season came before this one? What season will come next? ASk students to retell the story, using the seasons, as a guide to sequence the events.

Record their retelling on the circle. Share another story with a similar cyclical story structure and encourage children to create their own story circle. Brainstorm with children other words with similar meanings. Create a word wall of words that are synonyms for tiny. This word wall can be expanded with other frequently used words that children can substitute in their writing.

Create a patterns strip and encourage children to replicate the existing pattern on a card. Then have children continue an existing pattern.

The Parable of the Tiny Seed

Finally have children create their own pattern and give to a peer to duplicate and expand. A tiny seed, smaller than the others, makes a very long journey until it can grow into something amazing. Eric Carle's style is simple, yet rich with color and story. This is a slightly revised version that is in a level 2 reader format.

One of the things I love about the words in this book is that is does not feel as if they were "dumbed" down to make reading overly simple. It feels more like the reader has to reach up and grow, just like the seed in the story. And this story is rich with meaning. The smallest seed may take longer to accomplish its journey and to grow, but what it becomes is far more magnificent.

The book is also a page turner.

I couldn't wait to turn the page and to follow the seed to the next step. Advertised for grades K It would also be appropriate for grade 3 depending on child's reading level. Nov 27, Emily Arrant added it Shelves: This story is during Autumn. It is about a seed that gets blown by the wind. The tiny seed does not go as fast as the other. The tiny seed does not go as high as the others.

The tiny seed is so small that the bird does not see it. It then turns to winter, then to spring.

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