My Little Kidney Beans

1. Unit 8: My Little Kidney Beans

2. COTTON: the threads which grow around the seeds of a tall
plant which is grown especially in the US, China and South
Asia

3. FASCINATING: extremely interesting

4. NOTICE: to see or become conscious of something or
someone

5. POT: any of various types of container, usually round,
especially one used for cooking food

6. POUR: to make a substance flow from a container, especially
into another container, by raising just one side of the
container that the substance is in

7. SOGGY: (of things which can absorb water, especially
food) unpleasantly wet and soft

8. SOIL: the material on the surface of the ground in
which plants grow

9. SPROUT: to produce leaves, hair and other new developing
parts, or (of leaves, hair and other developing parts) to begin
to grow

10. WAIT: to allow time to go by

11. WATER: a clear liquid, without colour or taste, which falls from
the sky as rain and is necessary for animal and plant life

12. AT LAST

13. BE WORRIED ABOUT

14. SPRING UP

15. Questions
• What other plants can/would you like you grow?
Why?
• Do you think all plants need sunlight and water?
What are some plants that don’t? (for example,
bamboo)
• What are some benefits of planting?
• Are beans seeds or fruits?
• What’s your favorite kind of bean?
• Have you ever planted seeds before?