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Description
Can You Hear the Plants Speak? is an engaging and beautifully illustrated picture book that is perfectly suited for the elementary classroom. The book delivers a message of hope and encouragement for us all, drawn from the strength, endurance and importance of plants. It also teaches us that even the youngest among us can be an earth protector.
In the story a young boy learns about the importance of plants with the guidance and help of his grandparents. As he gets older and the city has grown, the plants are few. He begins to search for a way to reconnect with his heritage. With the birth of his son, he begins to share the teachings of his grandparents and to listen once again to the plants.
General Assessment
Recommendation of how and where to use it
Can You Hear the Plants Speak? is a wonderful read-aloud book for the elementary classroom. Its reading will help to attain curriculum outcomes related to plants, ecosystems and traditional indigenous knowledge. It could be used as a precursor to a discovery walk or as an introduction to a unit on plants.
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- Alberta
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- Kindergarten
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- Science
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- Earth Systems: Understandings of the living world, Earth, and space are deepened by investigating natural systems and their interactions.
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- Living Systems: Understandings of the living world, Earth, and space are deepened by investigating natural systems and their interactions.
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- Living Systems: Understandings of the living world, Earth, and space are deepened through investigating natural systems and their interactions
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- Kindergarten
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- Science: Daily and seasonal changes affect all living things.
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- Science 1: Living things have features and behaviours that help them survive in their environment
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- Science 3: Living things are diverse, can be grouped, and interact in their ecosystems
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- Science 4: All living things sense and respond to their environment
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- Dene Kede: The Land
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- Ontario
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- Science 1: Living things have features and behaviours that help them survive in their environment
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- Science 3: Living things are diverse, can be grouped, and interact in their ecosystems
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- Science 4: All living things sense and respond to their environment
Themes Addressed
Ecosystems (3)
- Appreciating the Natural World
- Biodiversity
- Interdependence
Human Health & Environment (1)
- Quality of Life
Indigenous Knowledge (1)
- TEK -- Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Land Use & Natural Resources (2)
- Forests
- Planting Native Species