Grade Level: 1st Grade

WIDA Proficiency Level: 3 (Developing)

WIDA Standard: English language learners will process:
Discourse with a series of extended sentences
Related ideas
Compound and some complex (e.g. noun phrase, verb phrase, prepositional
phrase) grammatical constructions
Sentence patterns across content areas
Specific content language, including expressions
Words and expressions with common collocations and idioms across content areas
(WIDA, 2012(
Topic: Plant parts and needs.
Virginia SOL: 1.4 The student will investigate and understand that plants have basic life
needs and functional parts and can be classified according to certain characteristics. Key
concepts include a) plants need nutrients, air, water, light, and a place to grow; b) basic
parts of plants
Intensive Listening
Purpose: Assess a childs abilities to perceive smaller components (words, phonemes,
intonation, etc.) of language, as a whole in regards to plant needs.
Directions: Listen to the statements and circle the choice that reads what was said. Each
statement will be read twice. There is only one correct answer for each (1 point each).
1. The student hears: A plant has basic needs.
The student sees:
A. A plant has basic deeds.
B. A plant has needs.
C. A plant has basic needs.
2. The student hears: First, a plant needs a place to grow.
The student sees:
A. First, a plant need a place to grow.
B. First, a plant needs a place to grow.
C. First, a plant needs a place to go.
3. The student hears: Plants grow in the soil.
The student sees:
A. Plants grow in the soil.
B. Plants grow on the soil.
C. Plants grown in the oil.

4. The student hears: The roots of a plant start growing below the soil.
The student sees:
A. The roots of a plant start growing on low the soil.
B. The roots of a plant start growing below the soil.
C. The roots of a plant grow in soil.
5. The student hears: Plants also need food to live.
The student sees:
A. Plants also need food to live.
B. Plants also need food to leave.
C. Plants also need food to eat.
6. The student hears: Plants make their own food.
The student sees:
A. Plants make their own good.
B. Plants make their own food.
C. Plants made their own food.
7. The student hears: The sun gives plants light and energy.
The student sees:
A. The sun give plants light and energy.
B. The sun gives fight and energy.
C. The sun gives plants light and energy.
8. The student hears: Plants cant live without air.
The student sees:
A. Plants can live without air.
B. Plants cant live without air.
C. Plants live without air.
9. The student hears: A plant must have water to survive.
The student sees:
A. A plant must have what her to survive.
B. A plant must has water to survive.
C. A plant must have water to survive.

10. The student hears: Plants get water from many places, including the rain.
The student sees:
A. Plants get water from many places, including the rain.
B. Plants get water from many places, include the rain.
C. Plants get water from many places, included the rain.
Responsive Listening
Purpose: To assess student's ability to listen to a short stretch of language in order to
make an equally short response about the characteristics of the plant.
Directions: You will hear six questions two times. Carefully listen to each question
twice. Choose the best answer for each question. (2 points each)
1. Students hear: Where does a plant get energy from?
Students read: A. animals
B. the stem
C. the sun
D. humans
2. Students hear: What part of the plant is in the ground?
Students read: A. stem
B. roots
C. leaves
D. petals
3. Students hear: What is the first stage of a plant?
Students read: A. a tree
B. a bud
C. roots
D. a seed
4. Students hear: What part of the plant holds it up?
Students read: A. the petals
B. the roots
C. the stem
D. the leaves
5. Students hear: What helps protect the inner part of the flower?
Students read: A. the petals
B. the roots
C. the stem
D. the leaves

6. Students hear: What part of the plant makes food?

Students read: A. the petals
B. the roots
C. the stem
D. the leaves