Come and see what we have been up to in our "Garden" of Literacy
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Our Garden Display
Click on the pictures below for more photos and explanations.
This project makes up a lot of our garden unit! See more on page 1.
Like the "seed packets"? Get them here.
Flowers: |
"May all your weeds be wildflowers"
(above picket fence) |
Corn Stalks: |
"Ears" to Good Books |
Carrots: |
Beginning-Middle-End of Self-Selected-Reading Books |
Lettuce: |
"Lettuce" Write Paragraphs |
Watermelons: |
Similes after reading Quick as a Cricket mounted on watermelons |
Tomatoes: |
Connections to The Surprise Garden |
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Poem: Kind hearts are the garden Kind thoughts are the root Kind words are the blossoms Kinds deeds are the fruit ~John Ruskin
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2005 version, including the little gardeners!
I cut out my own vegetables from construction paper. I made a template for the lettuce and corn. I have also started using some templates for the watermelons (from the book below) as well.
This book has some cute little reproducible booklets, gardeners, vegetable templates and more:
since 7/21/08
