Deciduous & Coniferous Trees FREE from The Curriculum Corner ©www.thecurriculumcorner.com ©www.thecurriculumcorner.com coniferous deciduous have needles or have flat, broad leaves scaly leaves have cones that have fruits that hold hold seeds seeds known as an evergreen, do not change color with the loose their leaves in the seasons fall ©www.thecurriculumcorner.com do not loose produce flowers and leaves in the fall fruit do not change color their leaves will change with the seasons colors as they die will regrow their leaves known as a evergreens each year (usually during the summer) ©www.thecurriculumcorner.com both make food grow a layer of wood every year covered with bark ©www.thecurriculumcorner.com Name: ________________________________ Two Facts About This Type of Tree Is: Two Opinions About This Type of Tree Is: My type of tree is: ©www.thecurriculumcorner.com a tree or shrub that deciduous sheds its leaves each year a place where birds foliage nest a type of tree that stays evergreen green all year a tree with cones instead conifer of flowers ©www.thecurriculumcorner.com parts of food that are nutrients used for growth the food that the tree sap makes and stores for growth sapling a young tree the tough outside of a bark woody plant, protects and insulates ©www.thecurriculumcorner.com sprout a young plant or tree the solid core of a tree, heartwood contains dead wood, needed for supports grow underground, their job is to hold the tree into the root ground and take in water and minerals work to gather energy leaves from the sun ©www.thecurriculumcorner.com the converting of sunlight, photosynthesis water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and nutrients for food the part in the plant cell that makes the plant green, needed chlorophyll for photosynthesis the flat green part of a leaf plant that makes food ©www.thecurriculumcorner.com ©www.thecurriculumcorner.com Vocabulary Task #1 Vocabulary Task #2 Put the Sort the words vocabulary by the number words in ABC of syllables. order. Vocabulary Task #3 Vocabulary Task #4 Use each vocabulary word Practice reading in a complete each word aloud. sentence. ©www.thecurriculumcorner.com Vocabulary Task #5 Vocabulary Task #6 Make an action Draw a picture to show the to show the meaning of each meaning of each word. word. Vocabulary Task #7 Vocabulary Task #8 Write a story Pick a new way using as many of to practice the words as you your words. can. ©www.thecurriculumcorner.com Name: ________________________ Directions: In the shapes below compare the facts you have read deciduous and coniferous trees. How are they the same? How are they different? Deciduous & Coniferous Trees _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ ________________________ Deciduous Coniferous _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ _________________ _________________ ©www.thecurriculumcorner.com Name: ________________________________ What do coniferous trees look like? What did you learn about how to Draw a coniferous identify coniferous trees? List three tree. facts that will help you. 1.______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ 2.______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ 3.______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ ©www.thecurriculumcorner.com Name: ________________________________ What do deciduous trees look like? What did you learn about how to Draw a picture of a identify deciduous trees? List three deciduous tree. facts that will help you. 1.______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ 2.______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ 3.______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ ©www.thecurriculumcorner.com Name: ________________________________ My Opinion Is… What type of tree do you like better? Share three reasons to support your opinion This is the tree I like best: 1.___________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ 2.__________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ _ 3.__________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ©www.thecurriculumcorner.com _ Name: ________________________________ This tree is a: This tree can be found: 2 facts I learned are: My tree is: One thing I wonder is: ©www.thecurriculumcorner.com Name: ________________________________ Deciduous Trees are look like need live ©www.thecurriculumcorner.com Name: ________________________________ Coniferous Trees are look like need live ©www.thecurriculumcorner.com Draw a picture to show each type of tree. Label each picture. Understanding Deciduous & Coniferous Trees Name: © www.thecurriculumcorner.com 83 Deciduous Trees Coniferous Trees How are deciduous and coniferous trees These trees have: These trees have: alike? Draw a close up of two things you Draw a close up of two things you might find on a deciduous tree. might find on a coniferous tree. Deciduous trees Coniferous trees Write a sentence to share a fact. Write a sentence to share a fact. ©www.thecurriculumcorner.com ©www.thecurriculumcorner.com.