1st Grade: Ag in the Classroom (AITC) Presentation
First graders will explore what plants need to grow and make a connection between farm crops and everyday items. They will plant corn and soybean seeds and learn many uses of each.
Ag in the Classroom presentations are delivered by volunteers during the month of February. Find out more.
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Supplemental Resources
Basics
- Vocabulary – key terms students may hear during the presentation
- Illinois Learning Standards – how More Than a Seed meets the standards
- Coming soon – how More Than a Seed meets Common Core State Standards
Background Information
- Corn Fact Sheet
- Soybean Fact Sheet
- Corn Ag Mag (download or request a classroom set from DeKalb County Farm Bureau)
- Soybean Ag Mag (download or request a classroom set)
Worksheets
- My Growing Seeds booklet – students monitor their growing seeds then draw and describe their observations in a booklet
- Get Growing – students write and color the natural resources plants need and identify the things people also need to grow
Resource Kits (available as supply kits from DeKalb County Farm Bureau)
- Farm Charm Supplies – make charm necklaces that symbolize farm features
- Beany Baby Supplies – grow live seed germination necklaces
- Soil Sam Supplies – create creatures with live grass as hair
Related Lessons & Activities online
- Garden in a Glove – germinate vegetable seeds in a clear plastic glove
- Bean Book – create a book with pages representing parts of a bean seed
- The Seed Match – conduct hands-on investigation of fruits and vegetables
- Seeds, Miraculous Seeds – examine the parts of bean and corn seeds
Books in your school library (titles that have been donated to school libraries in DeKalb County)
- Corn by Margaret Hall
- Corn by Elaine Landau
- Corn Belt Harvest by Raymond Bial
- From Kernel to Corncob by Ellen Weiss
- The Super Soybean by Raymond Bial
- Beans (Life Cycles) by Julie Murray
Books on loan (available on loan from DeKalb County Farm Bureau)
- One Bean by Anne Rockwell
- Oh Say Can You Seed (Dr. Seuss) by Bonnie Worth
- Why the Brown Bean Was Blue by Susan M. Pankey
