It's Our Garden

What happens to the food scraps that students collect from meals and snacks?

• They go into a compost pile where worms eat them.

• They go into a tank where they are burned to heat water.

• They go into a landfill where they break down over time.

• They go into a greenhouse where they are mixed into the dirt.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.2.3

The author says that the garden is flourishing in the spring. What does flourishing mean?

• drying out

• growing well

• looking colorful

• filling with weeds

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Why are corn, beans, and squash planted together?

• The corn keeps the beans and squash warm at night.

• Together, the three plants make a good place for a beehive of activity.

• The beans grow up the cornstalks, and the corn and squash leaves shade the soil to keep it moist.

• The corn and beans make a tepee over the squash, and the leaves of all three plants keep weeds from growing in the soil.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

How does the author present things in the passage?

• He puts things that are more important first.

• He uses time order and moves through the seasons.

• He asks questions and gives answers about gardening.

• He tells how plants are alike and how they are different.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

What is the passage mostly about?

• how students baked pizza in a clay oven

• how easy it was to grow good food to eat

• how college students helped children learn

• how students made a garden at their school

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CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

This story is an informational text because _______________.

• it presents ideas in a sequential order

• it gives random facts in random order

• it reveals someone's opinion

• it is completely fiction

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

Where does the bucket of scraps from the lunches and snacks go?

• compost pile

• trash

• dumpster

• right into the soil

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.2.3

What turns the scraps into castings?

• night crawlers

• tapeworms

• earth worms

• red wriggler worms

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.2.3

Why are some of the plants planted in the greenhouse?

• they don't need sunlight

• they need too much water

• to be protected from the cold and still warmed by the sunlight

• they are all indoor plants

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CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

Why is mulch used to cover the ground?

• it keeps the soil from drying out

• it makes the garden look nicer

• it keeps the soil from getting too wet

• it keeps the animals out

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3