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Tasty healthy snacks are right around the corner from the playground in many schoolyards across the country. Students learn about planting, growing and harvesting crops along with biology, ecology and environmental studies as they dig in the dirt for authentic hands-on learning! Follow directions to create your own container for nurturing seedlings. Try a kid friendly recipes for healthy vegetable and fruit treats the next time the “hungries” hit! Identify mixed-up veggies and match pictures with names. If your school doesn’t yet have a garden, this virtual garden will inspire student gardeners to start digging!
In this issue young ecologists will:
- read expository text about growing fruits and vegetables
- follow directions for a pint-sized planter
- calculate vegetable fractions
- delight in tasty recipes just for kids
- practice “close” reading to complete a “cloze” reading activity
- use the newspaper to spell garden words
- learn to “crop”pictures
- write your own unique ode to fruit!
6 page PDF
