plants we eat

Plants We Eat An Expository Text by Mary Clare Goller Write About Plants and Animals Plants We Eat An Expository Text by Mary Clare Goller 2 Co ntents People Eat Plants 4 Avocado 6 Broccoli 7 Carrot 8 Green Bean 9 Lettuce 10 Mango 11 Pumpkin 12 Radish 13 Tomato 14 Watermelon 15 Index 16 3 People Eat Plants People eat parts of plants. We eat the leaves and stems of some plants. We eat the fruits, roots, seeds, and flowers of other plants. 4 5 Avocado We eat the fruit of an avocado tree. Avocados have bumpy, green skin. Avocados are sometimes called alligator pears. Can you guess why? flesh seed 6 Broccoli We eat the flower buds and stems of a broccoli plant. Broccoli is packed with good things that help us stay healthy and grow. Broccoflower is a cross between two vegetables—broccoli and cauliflower. stem flower buds 7 Put the top of a carrot in water. Wait a few days. Then watch stems and leaves grow. root Carro t We eat the root of a carrot plant. Carrots are good for our eyesight. 8 Green Bean We eat the seeds and sometimes the pods of a green bean. Each pod has seeds inside. A can of green beans holds about 45 green beans. pod 9 [...]...Lettuce We eat the leaves of a lettuce plant Boston, Romaine, Bibb, and iceberg are different kinds of lettuce leaf Darker green lettuce has more nutrients than lighter green lettuce 10 Mango We eat the fruit of a mango tree It takes a mango tree about four years to produce fruit seed flesh Orangutans eat mangoes 11 Pumpkin We eat the fruit and the seeds of a pumpkin... planted a vegetable garden We d make delicious salads with the veggies I love eating foods fresh from the garden, and so I decided to write a reference book that tells about plants we can actually eat A reference book is a type of expository text I needed to do a lot of research to write this type of text I used encyclopedias and reliable sites on the Web to find facts The great thing about a reference... pumpkin plant The seeds taste good and give us energy flesh seeds One giant pumpkin weighed over 590 kilograms (1,300 pounds) That’s more than a cow weighs! 12 Radish We eat the root of a radish plant Radishes have a peppery taste root Radishes have a short life cycle They are ready to pick in about a month 13 Tomato We eat the fruit of a tomato plant Tomatoes can be red, yellow, or orange They can be... white or black, too seeds One kind of tomato has stripes It’s a zebra tomato 14 Watermelon We can eat the fruit of the watermelon plant To choose a watermelon at the store, knock on it If it sounds hollow, it’s ripe flesh seeds Some farmers grow square watermelons These melons can be stacked easily 15 Index flower buds fruit 7 4, 6, 11, 12, 14, 15 leaf 4, 8, 10 nutrients ... Ohio; Nell K Duke, Ed.D., Co-Director of the Literacy Achievement Research Center and Professor of Teacher Education and Educational Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan; Judith Sweeney Lederman, Ph.D., Director of Teacher Education and Associate Professor of Science Education, Department of Mathematics and Science Education, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois;... encyclopedias and reliable sites on the Web to find facts The great thing about a reference book is that you can return to it for information whenever you need to What fruits and vegetables do you like to eat? — Mary Clare Goller Writing Expository 1 . 15 Index 16 3 People Eat Plants People eat parts of plants. We eat the leaves and stems of some plants. We eat the fruits, roots, seeds, and flowers of other plants. 4 5 Avocado We eat the fruit. Plants We Eat An Expository Text by Mary Clare Goller Write About Plants and Animals Plants We Eat An Expository Text by Mary Clare Goller 2 Co ntents People Eat Plants 4 Avocado. why? flesh seed 6 Broccoli We eat the flower buds and stems of a broccoli plant. Broccoli is packed with good things that help us stay healthy and grow. Broccoflower is a cross between two vegetables—broccoli