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Recite Together: Who Stole the Onions from the Farmer’s Field?

Recite the poem. Have children act out the animals in the poem.

Review the Week Together: Unit 8, Week 1

Revisit the charts, objects, and pictures from the week.  Review plant parts, edible plants, and taste, “Ff,” /f/, and farm.

Review the Week Together, Unit 8, Week 2

Revisit children’s charts, drawings, and pictures from the week.  Review leaf and root vegetables, letter and letter sound /v/, and the word vegetable.

Review the Week Together: Unit 8, Week 3

Revisit the charts, objects, and pictures from the week.  Review seeds, seed travel, and grocery stores, “Aa,” /a/, and apple.

Rhyme Time

Children play a rhyme match card game by turning over cards and “reading” the illustration or text and finding a card that rhymes.

Sing Together: “Old MacDonald Grew Some Plants”

Sing the song and encourage children to suggest other plants for additional verses.

Sing Together: “The Opposite Song”

Discuss opposite words and then sing the song. 

Sing Together: “What Aroma Do I Smell?”

Review the word aroma and sing the song. Have children name a food smell they love.

Small Group: Check Sprouts

Assign children to rinse the seeds again. Then observe and record how the sprouts have changed.

Small Group: Estimate Watermelon Seeds

Have children estimate how many seeds are in a slice of watermelon.

Small Group: Growing Sprouts #1

Prepare sprout seeds for planting with children.

Small Group: Growing Sprouts #2

Have children rinse the sprout seeds and record any changes they observe in the plant.

Small Group: One, Few, Many

Have children describe some fruits and vegetables and make a chart showing which ones have one, few, or many seeds.

Small Group: Seed Sort

Have children sort seeds in an egg carton. They decide on categories to sort the seeds.

Small Group: Sorting Parts

Help children sort the plant parts they collected outside.

Small Group: Sprout Salad

Pick the sprouts and combine them with other vegetables left over from the week to make a salad.

Talk Together: Community Gardens

Define “community” and talk about community gardens with children. 

Talk Together: Edible Sprouts

Pass around salad sprouts and have children explore and describe them.

Talk Together: Fruits, Vegetables, Seeds

Review plant parts animals (including humans) eat, and talk about seeds.

Talk Together: If I Could Have a Garden

Read the poem “If I Could Have a Garden.” Ask children which vegetables they would plant in their gardens.

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