Sep 10, 2013 - Kitchen Garden. Many schools ... On the next two pages are sample templates for kitchen and garden journa
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Our Day in the Kitchen Garden Many schools record students’ experiences in the kitchen and the garden. These journals vary from a very simple form to complex data collections about weather, water and the cost of ingredients.
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draft and publish imaginative, • Plan, informative and persuasive texts
(Yr 3, ACELY1682; Yr 4, ACELY1694; Yr 5, ACELY1704; Yr 6, ACELY1714).
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On the next two pages are sample templates for kitchen and garden journals. Of course you are welcome to adapt these or come up with your own.
Different ways of using journals Assign a group of students to be ‘Roving Reporters’ for a week. They collect their peers’ comments, collate a list of vocabulary and skills, and select the best photograph to illustrate what they have learned. Some teachers set guidelines, while others instruct students not to repeat vocabulary or skills from previous groups’ pages (which forces the students to review their fellow classmates’ work). Some also create a digital video record. Here are a few other ideas:
take a photo from the same place in the garden each • Students week. The photos record the changing of the seasons.
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a chart of weather observations with the weekly journal. • Keep Some schools copy this and display it near the school entry.
week students record one interesting or astounding thing, • Each or what they are grateful for and what they admire.
• Maps, diagrams and scale drawings are excellent additions. the Nearmap website (www.nearmap.com) to collect aerial • Use shots of the garden over time. Students could define or draw
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what they would like to see the garden look like in the future.
nced the joy of ‘If you’ve never experie n you can imagine, tha re accomplishing mo plant a garden.’ – Robert Brault, writer
you have chooks, track the number and size of eggs. Use the • Ifdata for mathematics. Does the weather affect laying?
estimate and record the water level in the water tanks, • Students then use this data for science as well as for mathematics.
suggest items they would like to include in their books, • Students such as diagrams, poems they have written or studied, special photo collages on a theme, details of produce or seedling sales, or designs for garden artwork or structures they made. Schools who keep their kitchen garden journals on display say they are very popular with students and parents. Some make last years’ class book available, to emphasise the continuity of the kitchen garden and enable students to see their own progress and track the changing seasons. Others put them in the school library. Students are learning all the time in the garden, often without really noticing it. Over the year, these documents can help you to assess students’ understanding and progress. Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation © 2013
Kitchen Journal | Student Resource
Our Day in the Kitchen Class:
Date:
Highlights/comments from the lesson
Picture
Recipes/tasks we performed this week
New words we have learned
Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation © 2013
Garden Journal | Student Resource
Our Day in the Garden Class:
Date:
Highlights/comments from the lesson
Picture
Tasks we performed this week
New words we have learned
Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation © 2013
