This resource will allow you to teach the concept of Farm to Table to your students as well as providing them with the understanding of the agricultural industry and how it connects us all together, and how it plays a role in their everyday lives.

“Give me the Goods on Grapes” is an interdisciplinary unit of study for second and third grade students at LEAP Elementary School. Spanning several weeks, the unit addresses Wisconsin Standards for Environmental Literacy and Sustainability, NGSS, CCSS in Math and Literacy, as well as National Agricultural Literacy Outcomes. In this unit, students will learn about growing conditions required for Concord grapes, processing of grapes for food products, packaging design, and advertising. In addition, students learn measurement and other kitchen skills as they make grape jelly with a few simple ingredients.

“Square Foot Gardens: Healthy Spaces for People and Pollinators” is an interdisciplinary unit of study for twenty-four second grade students at Maple Grove Charter School. Part of a year-long science program, the unit complements the second grade EL Education English Language Arts Curriculum in which two Modules (approximately 18 weeks of literacy instruction) focus on the following guiding questions from Modules 3 & 4: “How do plants grow and survive?How do pollinators help plants grow and survive?How do we get the fruits, flowers, and vegetables that we enjoy?How do we become researchers and share our learning?Why should people help pollinators to survive?How can I take action to help pollinators?” (https://eleducation.org ) 

Each spring Roosevelt fourth graders embrace the challenge of writing an essay for the Wisconsin Ag in the Classroom essay competition for 4th and 5th graders. It has become a tradition at our school and many older siblings recall writing the essay for their particular topic when they were in fourth grade!  We have covered topics from John Deere & maple syrup to soybeans and farmer’s markets.  This year we were excited to study Wisconsin’s fruits, specifically strawberries!The annual contest falls in the third trimester where we focus on Expository writing and completing a 5 paragraph essay with a simple bibliography.