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Can Music Help Plants Grow?

2nd Grade Common Core RL.2.1 Letter 118 words ⏱ 15 minESL A1

An email in which Maya tells her science teacher about her and her friend's science fair experiment, whether music helps plants grow, and asks to use a quiet room.

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Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Dear Mrs. Perez,

I am writing about my project for the science fair next month. My friend Addie and I want to check if music helps plants grow.

Our plan is simple. We are going to plant beans in six pots. Three pots will stay in a quiet room, and three pots will "listen" to music for two hours every day. All the pots will get the same water and the same sunlight. Every Friday we will measure the plants and write the results in a table.

We have one problem. We need a quiet room at school for the pots. Can we use the science lab? We promise to keep it clean.

Thank you,

Maya, class 6B

📘 Word bank
science fair
a show where students present science projects
check
to find out if something is true
pots
containers where plants grow
sunlight
light from the sun
measure
to find out the size or amount of something
results
what you find out at the end of an experiment
lab
a room where science experiments are done
promise
to say that you will definitely do something

✏️ Questions

  1. Key details

    What do Maya and Addie want to check?

  2. Key details

    How many pots will "listen" to music?

  3. Inference

    Why will all the pots get the same water and the same sunlight?

  4. Key details

    When will they measure the plants?

  5. Author’s purpose & structure

    What does Maya ask Mrs. Perez for?

  6. Reference words

    In "We promise to keep it clean", the word "it" means…

  7. Key details

    Where will Maya and Addie write the results?

Questions

  1. What do Maya and Addie want to check?

    1. If plants need water.
    2. If music helps plants grow.
    3. Which plant is the tallest.
    4. If beans are tasty.

  2. How many pots will "listen" to music?

    ______________________________________________________________

  3. Why will all the pots get the same water and the same sunlight?

    1. Because there is not much water at school.
    2. Because the teacher said so.
    3. So that the only difference between the pots is the music.
    4. Because beans need a lot of sun.

  4. When will they measure the plants?

    1. Every day.
    2. Every Sunday.
    3. Once a month.
    4. Every Friday.

  5. What does Maya ask Mrs. Perez for?

    1. To use the science lab.
    2. More time for the project.
    3. Some bean seeds.
    4. A better grade.

  6. In "We promise to keep it clean", the word "it" means…

    1. the table
    2. the science lab
    3. the email
    4. the music

  7. Where will Maya and Addie write the results?

    ______________________________________________________________

Answer key

  1. b) If music helps plants grow.
  2. Three.
  3. c) So that the only difference between the pots is the music.
  4. d) Every Friday.
  5. a) To use the science lab.
  6. b) the science lab
  7. In a table.

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