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Parts of a Plant Worksheets

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A detailed tomato plant to label, cut and paste and color: roots, stem, leaf, flower, fruit and seeds, plus a plants we eat page.

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About these parts of a plant worksheets

These parts of a plant worksheets teach the six parts kindergartners meet first: roots, stem, leaf, flower, fruit and seeds. Every page uses the same big line drawing of a tomato plant, with flowers and tomatoes on their stalks, roots spreading in the soil, and a tomato cut open to show the seeds inside.

Start with the parts of a plant chart, which names each part and says what it does in a few words. Then children write the labels from a word bank, or cut out the words and glue them in the boxes. The color by part page names a crayon for each part. Every label line ends right on its part, so there is no guessing.

To connect plants to lunch, the plants we eat page matches a carrot to roots, lettuce to leaves and corn to seeds. The draw and label page lets children show what they know without a picture to copy.

Standards

  • NGSS K-LS1-1Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
  • NGSS 4-LS1-1Grade 4, introduced early: construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.K.2Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.6Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.5.ASort common objects into categories (e.g., shapes, foods) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.

How to use them

  1. Bring in a real plant, such as a tomato seedling or a weed pulled up with its roots, and find each part together.
  2. Read the chart aloud, then point and say each part with the class.
  3. Use the label it page for children who can copy words, and the cut and paste page for children still learning letters.
  4. Finish with draw and label a plant to see what each child remembers.

Teaching tips

  • Children often say roots eat dirt. Explain that roots drink water from the soil and hold the plant in place.
  • A fruit grows from a flower and holds the seeds. That is why a tomato, a pea pod and an apple are all fruits.
  • Cut a real tomato in half so children can see the seeds, just like the picture.
  • The stem works like a straw, carrying water from the roots up to the leaves.

Questions teachers and parents ask

What are the parts of a plant for kindergarten?

Roots, stem, leaves, flower, fruit and seeds. Roots drink water and hold the plant, the stem holds it up, leaves use sunlight to make food, the flower makes seeds, and the fruit holds the seeds.

Is there an answer key?

Yes. The label it, cut and paste and plants we eat pages each have an answer key on page 2.

Why is the plant a tomato?

A tomato plant shows every part clearly: yellow flowers, fruit growing on the same stalks, and seeds you can see when you cut a tomato open.