When Wilma decides her garden needs a new beginning, she gathers string, scissors, shovels, sixty-two dozen balsam seedlings, and Parker, her five-year-old neighbor. Year after year, Wilma and Parker nurture their trees, keeping careful count of how many they plant, how many perish, and how many grow to become fine, full Christmas trees. A cozy, holiday read-aloud and a lyrical way to usher in the month of December. This book will need to be returned.
This book belongs to the great Kingfisher Readers series. This series includes books made for different reading levels, this book is level 2. It includes engaging pictures to help readers understand, as well as adding in longer sentences with a broader vocabulary. This book will give students a more in depth understanding of what a combine looks like and how farmers use this large piece of machinery to harvest their crops. This book will need to be returned.
Students explore New World and Old World food origins to discover how the Columbian Exchange altered people’s lives worldwide. This kit includes materials for six groups of students.
Perennial nonfiction favorite Gail Gibbons turns her spotlight on corn. Popcorn, corn on the cob, corn dogs, cornflakes--corn is used in many children's favorite foods. This book offers a cornucopia of information about the history of corn as well as details concerning planting, cultivation, harvesting, and its many uses. This book will need to be returned.
Learn about corn in every way possible. After reading this book your students will know how corn grow, where they grow, and the history behind corn. This book needs to be returned.Â
Learn about the life cycle of corn from A-to-Z through the voice of a tractor named Agri-Culture. Everything your students want to know about corn is in this book. This book will need to be returned.
These cotton bolls are a great way to show students how cotton grows. Feel free to tear it apart and inspect, no need to return!
Pairs well with King Cotton Lesson.
This book explains the many different uses of corn. Students learn what nutrients they get from this food, and why it is important to eat a balanced diet. Part of the What’s for Lunch series. This book will need to be returned.
The story of maize and the Native American farmers who found and nourished it from a wild grass plant into the corn we know today. Clear accurate illustrations accompany text on each page. This book will need to be returned.
This is an amazing book about cranberry farming in America. It is full of award-winning photographs of daily tasks on a cranberry farm. Take a tour of two cranberry farms in Wisconsin and follow the author as she describes in clear, concise prose the activities that take place throughout the growing season. This book needs to be returned.Â
This instructional unit is versatile and can be adapted to various grade levels. The guide contains information and lesson plans about the ecosystem, microorganisms, farmer role-playing, pesticides, and the environment, and world populations and food production. Well written and teacher friendly. These materials would be very useful in 5th grade science and economics education for grades 4-9.
Up in the garden, the world is full of green leaves and sprouts, growing vegetables, and ripening fruit. But down in the dirt there is a busy world of earthworms digging, snakes hunting, skunks burrowing, and all the other animals that make a garden their home. In this exuberant and lyrical book, discover the wonders that lie hidden between stalks, under the shade of leaves and down in the dirt. This book needs to be returned.Â
From field to farmyard, to table to tummy, this amazing pairing of poetry about agriculture will entice your students to reflect on what they see on the farm. This book needs to be returned.Â
Milk is a nutritional powerhouse packed with calcium and other essential nutrient's that fuel your body and strengthen your bones. Order from our website and we will send you a class set to keep!
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