Unit 8: My Little Kidney Beans

COTTON: the threads which grow around the seeds of a tall plant which is grown especially in the US, China and South Asia

FASCINATING: extremely interesting

NOTICE: to see or become conscious of something or someone

POT: any of various types of container, usually round, especially one used for cooking food

POUR: to make a substance flow from a container, especially into another container, by raising just one side of the container that the substance is in

SOGGY: (of things which can absorb water, especially food) unpleasantly wet and soft

SOIL: the material on the surface of the ground in which plants grow

SPROUT: to produce leaves, hair and other new developing parts, or (of leaves, hair and other developing parts) to begin to grow

WAIT: to allow time to go by

WATER: a clear liquid, without colour or taste, which falls from the sky as rain and is necessary for animal and plant life

AT LAST

BE WORRIED ABOUT

SPRING UP

Questions

• What other plants can/would you like you grow? Why?

• Do you think all plants need sunlight and water? What are some plants that don’t? (for example, bamboo)

• What are some benefits of planting?• Are beans seeds or fruits?• What’s your favorite kind of bean?• Have you ever planted seeds before?