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Grade 2 Plant Vocabulary Flashcards

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A 12-word flashcard set covering plant parts (seed, roots, stem, leaf, flower, fruit) and what plants need to grow (sun, water, soil), plus sprout, tree, and garden. Each card pairs the word with a simple original picture, ready to cut out and reuse across the whole topic.

Overview

This set gives teachers one flashcard per key word used across the Plants and How They Grow collection, so the same cards can support the Lesson Plan warm-up, the Vocabulary PowerPoint, quick review games, and informal assessment throughout the topic. Each card shows a clear, simple picture above the word in large print, sized for whole-class holding-up-and-showing as well as small-group or pair work once cut apart.

Resource Details

Subject
Science
Topic
Plants
Category
Plants
File Type
PDF
File Size
251.5 KB
Published
06 Sep 2026
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How to Present

  • Print on card stock if possible for durability, then cut along the dashed lines. Use the full set during the Lesson Plan warm-up and Vocabulary PowerPoint for choral repetition, or hand small sets to pairs or groups for matching and sorting games. Cards also work well as a quick individual assessment: hold one up and ask a student to name it or use it in a sentence.

Games & Speaking Activities

  • Sort the Cards: in pairs, students sort all 12 cards into two groups, "Parts of a Plant" (roots, stem, leaf, flower, fruit, seed, sprout) and "What a Plant Needs" (sun, water, soil), then explain their sorting to another pair. Tree and garden can be discussed as a class afterward, since they don't fit neatly into either group.

Teacher Tips

Laminate the cards if possible — with only 12 cards in the set, a laminated copy can be reused across every lesson in this topic and for quick review well after the topic ends.

Differentiation

SUPPORT: Start with a smaller set of 6 cards (the four plant parts plus sun and water) before introducing the full set.
ON-LEVEL: Use the full 12-card set for matching, sorting, and naming games.
CHALLENGE: Use the cards to build full sentences, drawing two cards at random and combining them into one sentence (for example, "The flower needs sun.").

Assessment

Observe whether students can correctly name each card and sort the set into "parts of a plant" and "what a plant needs" during a small-group or pair activity.

What's Included

  • 12 flashcards (one instructions page plus one page of 12 cards, 3 per row)
  • Editable DOCX version
  • Print-ready PDF version

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