SL1:
Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade kindergarten/1st/2nd topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.

A Day Without Agriculture: Students explore the wide scope of agriculture, identify the variety of agricultural products they use in their daily lives, and discuss the difference between needs and wants.

A Garden Plot: The Tale of Peter Rabbit: Students will identify foods grown in a garden, observe various types of seed and grow their own milk jug garden. Students will hear “The Tale of Peter Rabbit” by Beatrix Potter and learn about produce that is grown in gardens or on farms.

A Tail of Two Sheep: Students compare and contrast hair sheep and wool sheep, discover the reasons why farmers raise sheep, and explore ways farmers meet the needs of the sheep they raise.

A Taste of Leafy Greens: Students explore a variety of greens to identify their structure and function in plant growth and prepare, cook, differentiate, and enjoy the health benefits leafy greens have to offer.

Agriculture Counts: Students read a story about our nation's first survey of agriculture, discuss reasons for counting things, and gain practice by sorting and counting a variety of objects related to agriculture.

Agriculture Pays: Students will recognize that agricultural careers are interconnected and that agriculture influences many parts of their daily lives.

All Kinds of Farms: Students discover that there are many different types of farms.

Animal or Plant?: Students will learn about the sources of different foods by differentiating between foods originating from plants and foods originating from animals.

Animals on the Farm: Students discover that farm animals produce different types of products.

Be a DetEGGtive!: Students will conduct a series of scientific investigations, identify and explain unique properties of eggs based on scientific investigations, and write a book to explain what they have learned.

Counting Sheep or People? Census 2020: Students will explore the Census of 2020 by making a connection between shepherds counting their sheep and counting the population of the United States.

Crops on the Farm: Students investigate different food crops and how they grow.

Cultures, Food, and Communities Around the World: Students explore different cultures around the world and their unique traditions centered around food and its preparations. Students discover how food gets from the farm to the grocery store.

Dig ‘Em Up: Students will investigate the functions of roots, recognize the difference between a tap and fibrous root system, and identify the roots of some plants as edible.

Discover Christmas Trees: This lesson is composed of six learning activities to teach about the Christmas tree. Science, history and geography topics are used to explore the history of the Christmas tree; life cycle of a conifer; types of trees and how they adapt, work on a Christmas tree farm; and the ecology of conifer trees.

Eggs: From Hen to Home: Students will trace the production path of eggs, beginning on the farm and ending in their homes. Students will also identify the culinary uses and nutritional benefits of eggs.

Farming in a Glove: Students will observe how a seed sprouts and investigate the conditions necessary for germination to occur.

Four Seasons on a Farm: Students identify the characteristics of the four seasons of the year, investigate what causes seasons, and observe the effects changing seasons have on farms.

Fruits of Our Labor: Students will discover how fresh fruits can be dried and preserved by participating in an activity where they make raisins by drying grapes.

Homegrown in Your State: Fruits and Vegetables: Students explore their state's specialty crops, discover how food gets from the farm to the table, and discuss the importance of eating fruits and vegetables every day.

How Does Your Garden Grow?: Students will understand the needs of a seed to germinate and the needs of a plant to grow while exploring the life stages of a flowering plant.

How to Grow a Monster: The Needs of a Zucchini Plant: Students read How to Grow a Monster, describe the needs of a zucchini plant, identify the structure and function of zucchini plant parts, grow classroom zucchini plants, and experiment with different environments and growing conditions.

It’s a MOO-stery!: Students will be introduced to the dairy industry and will make observations about how historic tools—such as a butter paddle, cheese press, and milk tester—can be used to process milk on a dairy farm.

Machines on the Farm: Students identify different machines used on farms and what they do.

Made to Move: Students explore simple and complex machines and discover how they are used in agriculture.

Milk, Sugar, Science: Engineering Ice Cream: Students explore the journey of milk from cow to ice cream, make ice cream in a bag, and discover how food engineers have developed many different processes for making ice cream.

Photosynthesis and You: Students will learn how plants make their own food and how photosynthesis provides the food they eat.

Potatoes: More Than Fries: Students investigate potato varieties, explore potato plants, determine how potatoes grow and make a potato recipe.

Snappy Stems: Students will learn the function of plant stems and identify edible stems belonging to certain plants.

Sorghum at School: Learn, Grow, Pop, Taste: Students investigate how and where sorghum is grown and discover its health benefits.

Storing Winter Squash: Students explore a variety of vegetables that can be stored through the colder months, including roots, alliums, cole crops and winter squash.

Supreme Seeds: Students will observe various types of seed, be introduced to the many uses of seeds, taste edible seeds and make a seed mosaic.

Survival of the Fittest: Comparing the Needs of Humans and Cows: Students identify what cows and humans need to survive by exploring the physical characteristics of cows and the food, water, shelter, and other environmental needs of cows compared to their own needs. Students also examine how farmers work to meet the needs of their cows.

Thank You Farmers: Students discover what farmers do and how they help their community.

The Amazing Honey Bee: Students will investigate the three types of honey bees in a colony, identify their roles and recognize honey bees as part of a community that works together.

The Case of the Missing Pumpkin: Students investigate the phenomenon of decomposing pumpkins as a part of the plant's life cycle.

The Soil We Grow In: Students will gain an understanding and appreciation for the importance and complexity of the Earth’s soil.

Tomato Trivia: Using tomatoes as a theme, students will practice their math and science skills of estimating, measuring, counting, graphing and sequencing.

Understanding MyPlate: Students explore appropriate serving sizes and learn how to make healthy dietary decisions by understanding the components of nutrition as illustrated by MyPlate.

Why People Need Plants: The purpose of this lesson is to teach students that plants provide people with food, clothing, shelter and many other things that we use in our daily lives.

SL2:
Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.

A Tail of Two Sheep: Students compare and contrast hair sheep and wool sheep, discover the reasons why farmers raise sheep, and explore ways farmers meet the needs of the sheep they raise.

A Walnut Orchard Through the Seasons: Students discover the changes that take place in a walnut orchard through the seasons by reading and discussing a story about a walnut farm.

Agriculture Pays: Students will recognize that agricultural careers are interconnected and that agriculture influences many parts of their daily lives.

Baa, Ram, Ewe… Sheep Tales: Students will explore the process of making wool into cloth.

Cultures, Food, and Communities Around the World: Students explore different cultures around the world and their unique traditions centered around food and its preparations. Students discover how food gets from the farm to the grocery store.

Discover Christmas Trees: This lesson is composed of six learning activities to teach about the Christmas tree. Science, history and geography topics are used to explore the history of the Christmas tree; life cycle of a conifer; types of trees and how they adapt, work on a Christmas tree farm; and the ecology of conifer trees.

Eating Plants: Students will identify the structure and function of six plant parts and classify fruits and vegetables according to which parts of the plants are edible.

Fabulous Flowers: The purpose of this lesson is to review the functions of flowers and to help students understand that some flowers are edible.

Farm Animal Life Cycles: Students investigate six major livestock species, discover that animals need air, space, food, water, and shelter to survive, explore the life cycle of a farm animal, and identify the products each farm animal produces.

Fruit and Vegetable Bingo: Students will recognize the names of different fruits and vegetables and understand why they are important.

How to Grow a Monster: The Needs of a Zucchini Plant: Students read How to Grow a Monster, describe the needs of a zucchini plant, identify the structure and function of zucchini plant parts, grow classroom zucchini plants, and experiment with different environments and growing conditions.

Milk, Sugar, Science: Engineering Ice Cream: Students explore the journey of milk from cow to ice cream, make ice cream in a bag, and discover how food engineers have developed many different processes for making ice cream.

My Farm Web: Students use the visual representation of a web to explore the role of agriculture in their daily lives and understand how most of the necessities of life can be traced back to the farm.

My Healthy Plate: Students will become familiar with the foods they eat and healthy eating habits while learning about the MyPlate food campaign. This lesson introduces students to the concept of MyPlate while placing foods they eat into categories for eating a balanced diet.

Pigs on the Farm: Students will explore the basic needs of animals and create a model of a modern pig barn that will help farmers meet the needs of the animals.

Pumpkins… Not Just For Halloween: Students will learn a variety of subjects including history, science, nutrition and math through the study of pumpkins. Activities include estimating the size and weight of pumpkins, sprouting pumpkin seeds and making pumpkin pie in a bag.

Survival of the Fittest: Comparing the Needs of Humans and Cows: Students identify what cows and humans need to survive by exploring the physical characteristics of cows and the food, water, shelter, and other environmental needs of cows compared to their own needs. Students also examine how farmers work to meet the needs of their cows.

Understanding MyPlate: Students explore appropriate serving sizes and learn how to make healthy dietary decisions by understanding the components of nutrition as illustrated by MyPlate.

SL3:
Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to clarify comprehension, gather additional information, or deepen understanding of a topic or issue.

My Healthy Plate: Students will become familiar with the foods they eat and healthy eating habits while learning about the MyPlate food campaign. This lesson introduces students to the concept of MyPlate while placing foods they eat into categories for eating a balanced diet.

SL4:
Kindergarten: Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
Grade 1: Describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly.
Grade 2: Tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent sentences.

Eggs: From Hen to Home: Students will trace the production path of eggs, beginning on the farm and ending in their homes. Students will also identify the culinary uses and nutritional benefits of eggs.

Four Seasons on a Farm: Students identify the characteristics of the four seasons of the year, investigate what causes seasons, and observe the effects changing seasons have on farms.

Fruit and Vegetable Bingo: Students will recognize the names of different fruits and vegetables and understand why they are important.

Inside the Egg, Hatching Chicks: Students will learn about biology by studying embryo development in chicken eggs.

Made to Move: Students explore simple and complex machines and discover how they are used in agriculture.

Milk or Meat? Beef or Dairy?: Students will identify the differences between beef and dairy cattle and determine the commodities produced by each type of cattle.

SL5:
Kindergarten & Grade 1: Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts and feelings.
Grade 2: Create audio recordings of stories or poems with the guidance and support from adults and/or peers; add drawings or other visual displays to stories or recounts of experiences when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts and feelings.

Fabulous Flowers: The purpose of this lesson is to review the functions of flowers and to help students understand that some flowers are edible.

Milk or Meat? Beef or Dairy?: Students will identify the differences between beef and dairy cattle and determine the commodities produced by each type of cattle.

Photosynthesis and You: Students will learn how plants make their own food and how photosynthesis provides the food they eat.

SL6:
Kindergarten: Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings and ideas clearly.
Grade 1 & 2: Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task, audience and situation.

Agriculture and Me: Students will categorize sources of basic agricultural products alphabetically.

A Search for the Source: Students determine that agriculture provides nearly all of the products we rely on in any given day by participating in a relay where they match an everyday items with its “source.”