Garden

Comprehension: Fun in the Garden! Seed Starting (primary)

Two page directions for starting plants from seeds with content and functional comprehension questions and vocabulary word search.

Comprehension: Fun in the Garden! Growing Vegetables (elem)

Two page reading comprehension on how to plant and care for a vegetable garden with reading comp, discussion, short response-functional text questions, and vocabulary word search. Use with Healthy Gardeners Club forms.

How To: Make Your Own Dirt - Creating Compost (upper elem/middle)

One page set of directions for creating compost, plus two pages of information on the types of composting systems, followed by a set of functional text questions.

Puzzle: Soil Food Web (elem/upper elem)

A puzzle, created from abcteach's Soil-Food Web, that helps students understand the relationship of soil, soil nutrients, microbes and food.

Lapbook: Composting (primary/elem)

An eight page set of illustrated templates for creating a lap book on composting, with templates for pockets, flip books, match books, flash cards and more. A great Earth Day project.

Early Reader: Composting is Fun (b/w) (primary)

A ten page booklet for early readers illustrating the steps of creating and using compost.