How To Grow A Sunflower Explanation Text

They grow best in fertile wet well-drained soil with a lot of mulch. It is ideal for introducing the features of an explanation text for the younger child.

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This is where example pieces of work like this resource come in handyThe example in this resource is a short piece of work entitled How do seeds grow In it is detailed the life cycle of a plant seed.

How to grow a sunflower explanation text. It then goes on to explain how the stem grows and how that turns into buds which develop into flowers. The Lifecycle of a Sunflower by James Nicol Curriculum links. Itll take about eight weeks to grow a sunflower from seed and heres how.

Protect the young plants from slugs and snails and water your sunflowers regularly. Italian White sunflowers are unique type of sunflower recognized by its pale yellow or creamy color and brown center. This means that the hard shell softens and splits.

Poke your finger in the soil to make a hole for your sunflower seed. Annotated and non-annotated. 06042021 Sunflowers grow best in locations with direct sunlight 6 to 8 hours per day.

It begins with the seed being planted in soil. Sunflower seeds have black and white stripes. And then it grows on to explain the steps in the growing process.

Give it a water so its nice and damp. Also sunflower love sunlight in order to produce its food through the process of photosynthesis. The water will help to grows it bigger.

About 3 days after planting the seed will germinate. Choose a location with well-draining soil. The example text is available as a PDF in three versions plain illustrated and annotated.

Try writing an explanation text of your own in which you tell your reader how to do something. Put some compost in a plastic cup almost to the top. They require long hot summers to flower well.

Pop a sunflower seed into the hole then cover it with a little compost. When this ppt was used the children had already looked at non fiction books about the life cycle of a sunflower and had a go at making a class glossary regarding words like germinates radicle flower head etc. When the sunflower develops into a young plant it needs to apply adequate water.

You may also need to stake them if theyre in an exposed position. Science Unit overview This writing unit for Year 1 is built around an original text by James Nicol - a simple explanation about the lifecycle of a sunflower. Include a title and an introduction.

A PPT to use with Y2 to help them learn about the learning journey involved inwriting an explanation. However sunflower crop thrives their best in deep loamy soil with an availability of good irrigation and drainage. In commercial planting seeds are planted 45 cm 15 ft apart and 25 cm 1 in deep.

Have taken pictures from the TWINKL website. 22022018 ppt 411 MB. Looking at different examples of explanation writing can help them understand which parts can be changed and which should stay the same.

08062021 They bloom in between the middle of summer and the middle of fall and can grow around 6 to 7 feet tall. Then it explains how the seed cracks and that the roots then grow to take in the nutrients from the soil. 05032018 Sunflower can grow on any type of soil and also soil having controlled pH range and saline soil up to some extent.

30102016 This is designed to be used in a Year 1 class for the genre Explanation texts - I have created it to be used for Big Write as have highlighted features using the VCOP colours. When the seeds are planted in the ground or they fall from the seed head and settle they can begin to grow. Put the cup somewhere sunny like a windowsill.

To grow well sunflowers need full sun. They grow to around 4 to 6 feet tall and their blooms are around 4 to 6 inches wide. 06072016 The seedling continues to grow as the weather gets warmer.

The best soil pH for sunflower cultivation is 68 to 80. The root that it sent into the ground continues to grow down as deep as six feet to help keep the sunflower plant in the. 19012021 To grow sunflowers you need a sunny sheltered spot and a good soil add plenty of well-rotted manure or garden compost before planting if you can.

A young sunflower plant grows tall with about a meter in height. Real Writing Year 1 - Unit 24 Model text. It shouldnt pool water after it rains.

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