Granny's Garden School

The spring class schedule connects the needs of the gardens to the timing of classroom lessons in the second semester. For a complete listing of lessons, please visit the activities/lesson plans section of the website.

Note: Lessons without a link are new to 2013 and are being developed.

Week	Grade 4	Grade 3	Grade 2	Grade 1 - LPS	Grade 1 - LECC
Jan 7	Granny’s Great Amaryllis Race	Granny’s Great Amaryllis Race	Granny’s Great Amaryllis Race	Granny’s Great Amaryllis Race	Granny’s Great Amaryllis Race
Mar 11	Planting a Salad and start recording air and soil temperatures weekly	Planting a Salad and start recording air and soil temperatures weekly	Planting a Salad and start recording air and soil temperatures weekly	Planting a Salad and start recording air and soil temperatures weekly	Early Spring Invertebrates
Mar 18 Science Day LPS, Fri 3-22	Packaging Seeds to Investigate Mass, Weight, and Volume	Making a Garden Map	Graphing Invertebrates in Early Spring	How Do Worms Live	How Do Worms Live
Mar 25	Spring break	Spring break	Spring break	Spring break	Spring break
Apr 1 No school Apr 1	Tracking Weather in Spring	Planting Potatoes	Reading Weather	Trapping Energy Planting seeds in pots	Trapping Energy Planting seeds in pots
Apr 8	Plotting Plant Growth	Nature Trail Natural Resources	Propagating Forsythia	Crustaceans in the Garden	Crustaceans in the Garden
Apr 15	Graphing Temperature	Earth Day Summary Sunflower Power Plant sunflower, zinnia, and marigold seeds	Graphing Temperature Plant zinnia and marigold seeds	Earth Day Summary Uses of Sunflowers Plant sunflower, zinnia, and marigold seeds	Earth Day Summary Uses of Sunflowers Plant sunflower, zinnia, and marigold seeds
Apr 22 OAA 4^th grade	Earth Day Summary Economics of Organic and Conventional Gardening Sunflower, zinnia, and marigold	Properties of Soil	Earth Day Summary Uses of Corn Plant popcorn and sunflower seeds	Nature Trail Patterns in Nature	Building Terrariums
Apr 29 Plant sale 5-4 and 5 OAA 3^rd grade Science Day LECC, Wed, 5-4	How are Plants Propagated? Propagate lavender or butterfly bush	Properties of Soil This is the follow up to the set up from the previous week.	Nature Trail How Does Weather Affect Nature	Garden Food Chains	Collecting Terrarium Animals
May 6 Science Day LES Fri, May 10	Nature Trail Interrelationships of Plants and Animals	Propagating Mums	Plotting Worm Length	Scavenger Hunt	Garden Food Chains
May 13 Field day LPS-1, 5-17, rain 5-24	Productive Resources in Granny’s Gardens Planting warm season crops	Changes in Agriculture Planting warm season crops	Food Buyers and Sellers Planting warm season crops	Food Comes from Natural Resources Planting warm season crops	Creating a Butterfly Habitat Propagate curly willow
May 20 Field day, LPS-2, 5-22, rain 5-29	Harvest the Early Spring Garden	Harvest the Early Spring Garden	Harvest the Early Spring Garden	Harvest the Early Spring Garden	Scavenger Hunt
May 27 Memorial Day Mon, May 27	Fourth grade feedback Plant petunias, cosmos, and zinnia	Scavenger Hunt	Scavenger Hunt	Creating a Butterfly Habitat Propagate curly willow	About Herbs

"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant." Robert Louis Stevenson

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