Vegetable+Songs,+Stories+and+Creative+Endeavors



Our garden and curriculum are supported by the Healthy Foods for Healthy Kids organization. See: []

2nd grade prepares the soil. Kindergarten and 1st grade plant the seeds. 3rd grade waters the garden (if needed). 4th and 5th grade harvest the vegetables.

 Soil lesson literature: Worm friends came to visit out Library!  __We love the Dirt!__ by Tony Johnston [E Joh]

__Dirt__ by Steve 'the Dirtmeister" Tomececk [631.4 Tom]

worm animated thanks to: []

2nd grade students assist with using cultivator tools and loosening the soil to prepare it for planting.

2nd and 3rd grade students wrote Cinquain poems about vegetables for part of their garden activities. Lesson plan from:

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A Cinquain:



Tomato Red, Wrinkley Biting, Eating, Chewing, <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;">It is yummy! <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;">Vegetable! <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;">...by Chloe



<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;">A VEGGIE Riddle!

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;">I can be mashed into pieces. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;">I am soooooooooo good! <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;">I'm round. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;">I'm fat. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;">I can be dipped in ketchup! <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;">What am I?

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;">.....I am a POTATO! <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;">by Isabella

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<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;">Veggie Riddles were adapted from the following lesson at:

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<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;">A VEGGIE riddle:

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;">I can be red, green or purple. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;">I can be cut! <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;">I am good! <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;">What am I?

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;">...a tomato! --Abrianna <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;">I am a vegetable <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;">I am juicy and delicious <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;">You can eat me cold or warm. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;">I am delicious! <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;">What am I?

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;">...Broccoli! - Kayla <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;">Kindergarten and First grade students will be observing the garden:

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">[|Garden Observation Form.docx]

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;">Enjoy the "Garden Song" at this link: [] <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;">copies of this book: __Inch by Inch: the Garden Song__ by David Mallett can be found at [E Mal] in our Brader Library Media Center.

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;">clipart thanks to: []

= VEGGIE RIDDLE! I am purple or black. = = I can be eaten wet or dry! = = There are different kinds of me = = WHAT AM I?﻿﻿﻿ = = ﻿I am Seaweed! -- Cindy = =<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;">Some of our favorite garden stories at Brader are: =

__<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;">The Carrot Seed __<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;"> by Ruth Krauss [E Kra]

__<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;">Eating the Alphabet __<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;"> by Lois Ehlert [E Ehl]

__<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;">I am a Seed __<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;"> by Jean Marzollo[E Mar]

__<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;">Inch by Inch: the Garden Song __<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;">by David Mallett [E Mal] __<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;">Growing Vegetable Soup __<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;"> by Lois Ehlert [E Ehl]

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;">__The Lima Bean Monster__ by Dan Yaccarino and Adam McCaulay

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;">see the animated version at: [|www.tumblebooklibrary.com] <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;">Login: brader / Password: books

__<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;">The Vegetables we Eat __<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 230%;"> by Gail Gibbons

= ﻿ = VEGGIE RIDDLE!

I am green. I look like an oval shape. I start with an "S." I have a lot of crunch. I grow in the garden! What am I?

SPINACH!! ---Kimberly

VEGGIE RIDDLE!

I am green on the top. I am very long. I make your eyes better. I taste good! What am I?

CARROT!! ...Chase

VEGETABLE RIDDLE!

We are green. We are long. We look like little trees. You can dip us into blue cheese! What are we?

...Celery! ...Azubayr

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