Why Gardeners Pull Weeds, Read and Answer

Grow two bean sprouts at home, one by a window and one in a dark cupboard, and compare them after a week. Read the passages together and check each page with the answer key.

Read why weeds steal water, sunlight and space from tomato plants and how a trowel and mulch help. A weed is a plant growing where people do not want it. The directions on the page read: Read the passage. Then, turn the page and answer the questions. On page 2: Circle the letter of the best answer for questions 1 to 3, and write the answers to questions 4 and 5 on the lines. The answer key covers the questions on page 2.

Yes, both. We made it for 2nd Grade plants, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with plant needs. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

Plants need light, water, air and soil, and room to grow. Plants use light to make their own food. In one class's test, a bean plant in a dark closet grew pale yellow leaves and a thin, weak stem, while the one by a sunny window grew green leaves and a strong stem (2-LS2-1).

Yes. Roots need air as well as water. Soil that stays soggy fills its tiny air spaces with water, and the leaves can turn yellow and droop. Many houseplants grow best when watered only after the top of the soil feels dry.

Bending helps its leaves get more light, so the plant can make more food. Turn the pot around, and in a few days a geranium's stems and leaves bend back toward the window.

Yes. All 9 sheets have an answer key.