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PAG-AARI NG PAMAHALAAN
HINDI IPINAGBIBILI
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION REGION VI
Division of Mandaue City
Plaridel St. Centro Mandaue City
PLANTS AROUND US
SCIENCE 2
QUARTER 2 / WEEK 1
SCIENCE 4 / QUARTER 2 / Week 6
SELF LEARNING KIT
KINDS
Infers that plants found OForPLANTS
at home in school have similarities
and differences in structure but performs the same functions for
QUARTER
survival ( ie getting water, 2, WEEK
capturing 1 ,support,
sunlight
protection).
Which plants are big? Which are
small?
Which plants have big leaves?
Which have small leaves?
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Do all plants have leaves?
Do all plants have roots?
DAY 1
WHAT HAPPENED
Objective: Name two or more plants
What you need: Paper, notebook, pencil
What to do:
1. Go outside or visit a garden near you.
2. Find some plants that you see around.
3. Ask an adult for the name of the plants that you are not familiar with.
4. List them down in your notebook.
Name of Plants
1 6
2 7
3 8
4 9
5 10
Guide Questions:
1. What plants did you find?
________________________________________________________________________
2. Do they have the same leaves?
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3. Which plants have big leaves?
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4. Which plants have small leaves?
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LET’S LEARN
ACTIVITY 1
Observing Common Plants
Read the names of the plants in the pictures.
What to do:
1.Look at the pictures and read their names.
2.Check the plants that are found in the neighborhood.
3.Draw one big plant and one small plant .
4. Compare a mango tree and a banana plant.
Mango Banana
The mango tree ________________________________________.
The banana plant ______________________________________.
How do they differ in the size of leaves?
The mango tree has __________________ leaves.
The banana plant has _________________ leaves.
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PLANTS AROUND US
Bamboo Corn Eggplant
Rose Gabi Banana
Papaya Malunggay Camote
DAY 2
Let’s Do more:
Activity 2
Plant with Me!!!!
Objective: Observe similarities of plants.
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What you need: List of 10 plants found in the neighborhood.
What to do:
1. Observe the leaves of different plants in your list .
2. List down plants that have big leaves, and plants with small
leaves.
3. Observe the colors and shape of leaves.
4. Look at the stem of the different plants.
5. Touch the stem and compare each one from the other.
Guide Questions:
1.What plants have big leaves?
_______________________________________________________
2. What plants have small leaves?
_______________________________________________________
3.What plants have hard woody stem?
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4.What plants have soft watery stem?
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Activity 3
Direction: Draw your favorite plant inside the box.
DAY 3
Let’s Learn More
The Kinds of Plants
Study the pictures below.
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Guide Questions:
1. What plants in your list have big, hard, woody stem?
2. What plants in your list have small, hard, woody stem?
3. What plants in your list have soft watery stem?
4. What plants in your list are climbers and creepers?
DAY 4
FIRM UP Your UNDERSTANDING
ACTIVITY 4
6
How Much Do I Learn?
Objective: Classify the common plants found in the community.
What you need: pen and paper
What to do:
Arrange the plants in the correct column.
Coconut Camote Tomato Mango
Gabi Ampalaya Grapes Gumamela
San Francisco Bamboo Sampaguita Onion
Trees Shrubs Herbs Vines
1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3
Do
Doyou
youknow
knowthat…?
that…?
Trees come in many different sizes and shapes. The tallest trees in the
world are the redwood trees that grow in northern California in the
United States of America. Some of them reach as high as a 14-story
building.
DAY 5
WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED?
CHECK UP
TIME
LEARNING EXERCISES
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A. Yes or No. Write Yes if the statement is true, No if it is NOT true..
________ 1. Most plants have leaves.
________ 2. All plants bear flowers and fruits.
________ 3. Some plants are tall, others are short.
________ 4. We can see plants around us.
________ 5. Plants are living things
. ________ 6. Trees are plants that climb on walls and trellises.
________ 7. Shrubs are plants that have small woody stem.
________ 8. Plants that climb and creep are called vines.
________ 9. All plants have green leaves.
________ 10.Plants can move alone from one place to another.
LET’S
B. Draw a plant in each box below
