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Aromatic Lessons
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"The novel Where the Lilies Bloom first motivated my eighth graders to try raising and investigating herbs," reports Nashville, TN, teacher Nancy Ives. "It's a story of some...
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Garden Tales
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"Whenever I plan to introduce a new garden-based science unit to my bilingual third graders, I look for stories relating to the topic," explains Salinas, Ca, teacher Artemis Ledesma....
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Patents Pending
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"When my fourth graders were exploring the inventive process, we learned that some inventions came about accidentally and others were deliberately designed to solve problems," reports...
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A Growing Drama
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"Our school garden was already the centerpiece for many of our science, math, and language arts lessons," reports Camarillo, CA, teacher Beverly Rueckert. "I wanted to find a way to...
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Legends and Lore
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"When my third graders read legends and folklore, we discuss the difference between these tales, which are imaginary interpretations of natural phenomena, and scientific explanations,...
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Cultivating Writers
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While literature can inspire gardening projects and investigations, growing and observing plants can also motivate students to create their own stories and tales.
Weaving stories...
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Digging Deeper with Literacy Connections
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After reading the article, "Garden Tales," consider some of these other opportunities for cultivating literacy within a plant and garden context.
- Inspire a bulb-growing project...
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Reaping Rewards
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"When my kindergarten students move on to new classes, their teachers are surprised and delighted that the kids have such great skills and content knowledge," reports Carmel, CA, teacher...
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Rapping Up a Unit
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"I wanted a fun and meaningful way to culminate our ecology unit, and to assess my seventh graders' understanding of some of the concepts we covered," reports Rochester, NY, teacher...
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Growing Language Bridges
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"Is a great day of growing to my plant," writes Manuael Maya, a Peruvian student in Lee Gough's English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) language training program in Arlington,...
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