First Peas to the Table Educator’s Guide

This Educator’s guide for grades 2-4 is the perfect companion to "First Peas to the Table."  The educator guide includes:

Six lessons aligned to common core standards addressing science, history, math, and language arts.
Information on how to run a First Peas to the Table Contest
Information on modern pea farming to share and contrast with historical information       

First Peas to the Table

Winner of the 2016 Ag Foundation Book of the Year award!
This book is a wonderful way to introduce students to school gardens, the scientific method, and a bit of history of agriculture in the United States. 
This story follows Thomas Jefferson's Monticello garden and race to harvest their peas first and mirrors it in a school setting. 

John Deere Bundle with Book

This bundle comes with 1 copy of John Deere, That’s Who!, 1 copy of the Educator guide and 1 set of 30 Ag Innovations Ag Mags.

Book:
John Deere, That’s Who! Is the winner of the 2018 Book of the  Year Award. This hard cover book explores the life of John Deere and his invention of the steel plow. The charming book is perfect for 5-8 year old readers to enjoy and learn about one of agriculture’s biggest names.

Educator Guide:
This ed guide accompanies the book “John Deere That’s Who!” and contains 6 activities. Grades K-2. All lessons are aligned to National Learning Standards, Common Core and the Pillars of Agricultural Literacy.

Ag Innovations Ag Mag:
This nonfiction text reader is best for grades 3-5. Each set comes in a classroom pack of 30 ag mags. Discover exciting improvements throughout American agricultural history and innovations leading change today in this newsprint style reader.

Chuck’s Ice Cream Wish (Tales Of The Dairy Godmother)

Chuck‘s favorite food is ice cream. People say, "be careful what you wish for," but what harm could wishing for endless ice cream be? With the help of his Dairy Godmother, Chuck is taken—poof!—on a memorable and delicious adventure to a dairy farm. He finds out exactly where ice cream comes from and gains an even deeper love and appreciation for his favorite food.

Cow Conundrum | Printable Book

My American Farm chapter book about a dairy 

Artistic Arrangement | Printable Book

My American Farm chapter book about flower arrangements

A Berry Good Project | Printable Book

The book helps students understand farmers’ choices related to pest management. It also introduces students to careers in agriculture including Extension agent and strawberry farmer. Part of the Feeding Minds Press My Little Ag Me book series.

Right This Very Minute | Educator Guide

This educator’s guide includes seven lessons that encourage students to dig deeper into thinking about where the food on their plates originated. The target age range is Kindergarten through Second Grade.

Scientific Flower Pens | Activity Sheet

This is an activity that is fun to do at home with your family. There is science behind everything that American farmers and ranchers do each day. Understanding science unlocks amazing discoveries as we learn about plants and animals. Have fun learning about the science of plants as you make your own flower pen!

Be The Farmer! Math in Action | Learning Activity

Welcome to your farm! You are now the head farmer and you have to make important decisions. Carefully complete each word problem below. Your farm depends on your leadership!

Job Match and Evaluation | Learning Activity

Carefully cut out each of the following agriculture job titles and the descriptions. Lay them out on a flat surface, and match each job with the correct definition. Then put them in order, from which job you would like the most, to the job you would like the least. When you are done, write a 1-paragraph summary explaining how you selected the jobs you liked the most, and those you liked the least!

Farm Picture Match | Learning Activity

In this learning activity from My American Farm, draw a line to join the agricultural word to the correct picture.