Step1. Bring a plant to the class. Ask the students:
1. What is it?
2. How does it grow?
3. Have you ever planted a seed?
4. How do you plant a seed?
Teach the students the words: seed, soil, water, plant, grow, leaf. First let some students read the words in class. Then ask all the students to read after him.
Step2. Listen to the tape and answer the following questions:
1. Does Wang Mei need water?
2. What grows into flowers?
3. What does Wang Mei use the green markers for?
4. What does “grow into” mean?