Transcript New Plants Narrative

• 1. One sunny spring
afternoon Hanna was
walking home from
Hawthorne
Elementary School.
In Hanna’s first grade
class they had been
learning about plants
and how new plants
are formed.
2. Suddenly, Hanna had a great
idea! She would ask her mom
if they could plant a garden.
Hanna raced the rest of the
way home. She pushed open
the front door and shouted,
“Mom, I’m home. Can we
plant a vegetable garden
today?” Her mom laughed and
said, “We’ll see. First, let’s talk
about the materials we will
need.” Hanna told her mom
that she had learned that some
plants can be formed from
seeds. Can we try growing my
favorite vegetables like beans,
carrots, and corn?
• 3. That’s a good idea”
said her mom. Then
she told her mom that
she had learned that
some plants can be
form from stems.
“Potatoes are stems”
she said “maybe we
could plant some
potatoes in our
garden, too” I love
potatoes said
Hanna’s mom.
4. Hanna’s mom said
her favorite vegetable
was carrots. Hanna
told her that carrots
are the roots of a
carrot plant. Her
mother was surprised!
“Another way new
plants are formed is
from a cutting,”
Hanna said.
5. “I also know that
plants are living
things and they need
nutrients to grow but
I learned that they will
get the nutrients from
the soil. We already
have soil in our
garden. And I know
plants need light and
warmth to grow, but
the sun will give them
that.”
6. Hanna told her mom that her
class also made a new plant
from a cutting of another plant.
“We should cut off a piece of
your ivy plant and see if we
can make a new one for
grandma’s birthday!” said
Hanna. Then Hanna added,
“We will have to be sure to cut
it off just under the node so
roots can form and a new plant
will grow. We will keep the
cutting on the window sill while
the roots form.” Hanna’s
mom agreed and they decided
to do it after they planted the
vegetable seeds.
node
7. When they returned from
the store, they gathered
the materials and went
out into the garden.
Hanna’s mom used the
shovel and dug a small
hole for the seeds. Hanna
gently placed the
vegetable seeds in the
hole. Her mother
covered up the seeds
with some soil and Hanna
watered them.
Seedling
• 8. A few days later when
Hanna was outside she
notice something small
and green sticking out of
the ground. “A seedling!”
shouted Hanna and she
ran to tell her mom.
Everyday they watched
the vegetable grow taller!
They saw the stem form
and the leaves grow.
Some of the plants began
to grow flowers. Hanna
knew that the flowers
would eventually fall off
and fruits would form.
9. Hanna saw bees landing
on the plants. She
wondered what they were
doing. Her mom told her
that the bees were
pollinating the flowers.
She said the pollen sticks
to their legs and when
they fly to another flower
where it rubs off onto the
flower. Hanna
remembered her teacher
talking about that!
10. Weeks past and the
vegetable were finally
read to be picked. Hanna
was so excited to pick the
vegetable that she had
actually grown. That
night at dinner Hanna
was amazed at how good
the food tasted. After she
was done eating she said
to her mom, “Maybe we
should save some of the
seeds from our
vegetables so we can
start the life cycle all
over again next year!”
Her mom thought this
was a great idea.