Grade
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September
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October |
November
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March |
April |
May |
K
(half hour per week)
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Garden introduction
Plant lettuce, radishes
5-senses tour of garden
Harvesting mint and lamb's ear, marigolds
Learning about pumpkins.
Check on pumpkins.
Taste-testing NC apple varieties
Watering with rain barrel water |
Apple trees
I spy in the gardens to learn about seasons
Watering with rain barrel water
Check on pumpkins and harvest
Harvest lettuce - fine motor skills - lettuce hair cut with scissors
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2nd lettuce harvest, glean from mint, etc.
Harvest food like the pilgrims
seasonal changes in the garden, getting the garden ready for winter,
Planting daffodils (December 2014)
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Plant lettuce, sugar snap peas
Daffodil Watch!
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Harvest lettuces. Can you identify the vegetable by taste game! |
Harvest sugar snap peas
Stagger planting sunflowers for all summer blooming!
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K - integration |
Apples, pumpkins
5 senses
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Apples, pumpkins |
Pumpkinology
January - Bake pumpkin recipe to show Kindergarten another way to eat pumpkin
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Bees - helpers in the garden! |
Bees - helpers in the garden! |
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1
(half hour per week)
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Plant lettuce, scatter planting technique
Plant parts
Enjoy picking mint, flowers and lamb's ear
Fill the bird baths
Taste-testing NC apple varieties
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Weeding, small tool use and safety
math integration - plantzilla,
Harvest lettuce, radishes
fine motor skills - lettuce hair cut with scissors, picking lamb's ear
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2nd lettuce harvest, glean from mint, etc. - very local food
2nd plantzilla,
seasonal changes in the garden, getting the garden ready for winter, picking lamb's ear
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Plant lettuce, sugar snap peas!
seed spacing, scatter planting
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Harvest lettuce
Small tool use and safety
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Harvest sugar snap peas
Stagger planting sunflowers for all summer blooming!
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1st grade integration |
Plant parts |
Plantzilla - estimating and measuring |
Plantzilla - estimating and measuring |
Plant parts |
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2
(half hour per week)
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Enjoy the last of the summer harvest
Plant lettuce, greens, scatter-planting technique,
enjoy picking flowers and lamb's ear, enjoy learning about mint
Taste-test NC apple varieties
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Introduction to soil and worms.
Review small tool safety.
Weed Wars!
Harvest lettuces and other salad greens.
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2nd lettuce and greens harvest, getting the garden ready for winter, science integration - vertebrates vs. invertebrates
Vertebrate - turkey!
Soil and compost (December 2014)
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2nd grade practices caring for cabbages and learns about vegetables such as kale and collards that are closely related.
Skills - fine motor skills - small tool use
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Asparagus Harvest (April-May)
Care for strawberries.
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Harvest peas and greens. |
2nd grade integration |
Integration - Observe plant traits and life cycle
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Integration - Observe plant traits and life cycle
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Soil and compost (December 2014)
January - organic gardening, healthy foods, being green, my plate
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March - Revisit organic gardening, healthy foods, being green, my plate in class |
Stone Soup |
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3
(half hour per week)
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Enjoy the last of the summer harvest.
Plant lettuce and collards.
Enjoy picking mint, peppers, flowers and lamb's ear.
Taste-test NC apple varieties
Skills - Fine motor skills - seed spacing
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Learn to be mature and okay with bugs.
Harvest lettuces and greens.
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2nd lettuce harvest, harvest collards and Mrs. D will cook for your! gross motor skills - large tool use and safety
preparing garden for winter, poetry, botany - seeds, pollination
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Preparing soil for planting.
Plant cabbage, carrots, collards
3rd Grade Bonnie National Cabbage Contest
Skills - gross motor skills - large tool use and safety
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Care for cabbages.
Learn about watering, adding compost and weeding your cabbage.
Skills - fine motor skills - small tool use
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Annual vs. perennial plants
Focus on perennials and pollinators
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3rd grade integration |
Integration - Garden as habitat |
Integration -
Botany on Your Plate
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Integration -
Botany on Your Plate
January - Rainforest - 6th grade will help with research
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4
(half hour per week)
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September -enjoy the last of the summer harvest
Plant greens and lettuce in group plot for a shared harvest.
fine motor skills - seed spacing, scatter planting
Taste-testing apple varieties
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Lettuce and greens harvest,
gross motor skills - large tool use and safety review
annuals vs. perennials
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Gathering tree seeds for spring planting
energy stored in seeds and plants - science integration
Compost as energy storage of plant energy - science integration
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Scatter-planting various greens as a class, sugar snap peas, onion sets
Integration - energy cycling through plants, preparing soil with compost
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gross motor skills - large tool use and safety review
preparing soil, fine motor skills - seed spacing, scatter planting
annuals vs. perennials
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annual flowers including zinnias and marigolds
tomatoes, peppers, squash, watermelon, etc. - mature in summer
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4th grade integration |
SS integration - typical NC fall crops |
Energy stored in seeds and plants - science integration |
Compost as energy storage of plant energy - science integration
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Compost Corner |
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5
(half hour per week)
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Enjoy last of summer harvest of peppers, basil, mint and watermelon
Plant lettuce and fall vegetable seeds of choice
Taste-test NC apple varieties
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Lettuce and greens harvest
gross motor skills - large tool use and safety review
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5th grade - transplanting irises and other flowers |
Fertilizing with compost,
soil pH, soil
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Measure iris growth.
Three sisters corn, field peas and squash
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Measure iris growth. |
5th grade integration |
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soil pH, soil, minerals in the soil |
SS - Three sisters Native American planting technique |
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6
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Large tool use and safety review
Enjoy the last of the summer harvest
preparing soil, fine motor skills - seed spacing
Plant various greens, fall vegetable free choice
Taste-test NC apple varieties
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harvest mint for tea-making
prepare a dish at home, class salad day
Arugula challenge!
Salad Day (October)
Students prepare a dish using their vegetables at home. Mrs. D brings demos.
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2nd lettuce and greens harvest
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February - Plant sugar snap peas. Growing greenhouse vegetables
annuals vs. perennials review
various greens, early spring vegetable free choice, class salad day
Tom Thumb and Sweet Valentine butterhead lettuce!
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Growing greenhouse vegetables, use seedlings to plant, share and to sell for service learning,
tomatoes, peppers, squash, watermelon, etc. mature in summer
Salad Day (April)
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Integration - Service learning - animal advocacy,
science ecology themes
biodiversity
NEW Spring 2014: Can you identify the vegetable by taste game!
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Extras
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Planting blueberry bushes (Fall 2010) Taste-testing apple varieties (Fall)
Picking flowers, lamb's ear and mint from the wildlife garden (Fall), fill the bird baths (Fall-Winter)
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Taste-testing apple varieties (Fall)
Weed Wars (always)
Making tea with mint (Fall)
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Taste-testing apple varieties (Fall)
Scattering wildflower seeds (November)
(Always)
5th grade - transplanting irises (Fall 2013)
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Plant strawberries (Spring 2012)
strawberries as perennial plants
NEW Spring 2014: Stagger planting sunflowers for all summer blooming!
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NEW Spring 2014 Tom Thumb and Sweet Valentine butterhead lettuce!
Pepper plants
Asparagus Harvest (April-May)
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NEW Spring 2014: Stagger planting sunflowers for all summer blooming!
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