I run two school garden programs. At one of my school gardens, we harvested the purple cabbage we planted a couple of months ago and made dye for linen. It was a good opportunity for Common Core informational writing!
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Reblogged this on Great Mentor Texts and commented:
The school garden can be a great place to inspire Common Core Informational Writing.