Kindergarten

This collection of lesson plans are specifically curated for the School Garden Resources project. They are aligned with the Georgia Performance Standards.

Earth Science   Life Science   Physical Science   English & Language Arts   Math   Social Studies

Earth Science

Sort Rocks and Soil

• Pieces of Soil/Soil Sift (pg 14) (PDF)
• Soil Exploration (PDF)
• Space Travelers

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Life Science

Living/Non-Living

• Amaryllis Race (PDF)
• The Mysterious Plant Caper: Between a Rock and a Hard Place (pg 27) (PDF)

Animals/Plants

In the Garden:

• All About Worms
• Bulb Life Cycle (PDF)
• Edible v Non-edible
• Farm Animals
• Planting Food (PDF)
• Stem Exploration
• Suga's Hard-working Pollinators (PDF)
• Watering the Garden

Garden Skills/Science:

• A Planting We Will Go
• Garden Alphabet Book
• Honey Bees
• The Tale of Peter Rabbit (PDF)

Parents/Offspring

• The Mysterious Plant Caper: Witness This (pg 52) (PDF)

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Physical Science

Physical Attributes Observed from the Five Senses

• Apple Exploration
• Cucumber Exploration
• Edible v Non-edible
• Lettuce Exploration
• Searching the Garden
• Tomato Exploration
• Six of One, Half Dozen of the Other (PDF)
• Using Your Senses in the Garden (PDF)

Composition of Materials

• Composting and Recycling (PDF)
  
• Decomposition and Decomposers (PDF)

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English and Language Arts

Reading Literary

• A Garden Plot (PDF)
• Spinach Smoothies
• Garden AR Books
• Blueberries for Sal - Part 1 (ELA)
• Book Report for Blueberries for Sal (PDF)

Reading Informational

• Seasons and Weather

Reading Foundational

• Tomato Exploration (PDF)
  

Writing

• Seasons and Weather (PDF)
  
• Stem Exploration (PDF)
  
• Trip to the Field (PDF)

Speaking and Listening

• A Garden Plot (PDF)
• Stem Exploration (PDF)

Language

• Tomato Exploration (PDF)
• Stem Exploration (PDF)
• The Healthy Alpha Garden (PDF)

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Math

Addition and Subtraction

• What's Growing in Your Garden: Working with Word Problems

Counting

• Weed Sorting and Counting (PDF)

Measurement/Data Analysis

• From Dirt to Dinner

Shapes

• Tinker Veggies (PDF)
• Fall into Healthy Shapes (PDF)

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Social Studies

Civic

• Ants Have Feelings, Too!
• BEE a Part of Our Community
• Flowers and a Beautiful World
• Healthy Youth, Healthy Community
• Philanthropic Behavior (Class Soup)
• Phil's Garden of Good
• Planting a Monarch Butterfly Garden
• Watch Me Grow

Economic

• Packing a Sack Supper
• Souperservice kids
• Trip to the Field (PDF)

Geographic

• Environment: Sustaining Our World

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