Prek-2 – Page 19 – Island Grown Schools

Curriculum Toolkit
Over the years, we have honed in on priority curricular units for every grade level, preschool through 12th grade, that build on each other and provide a meaningful food education for the students we work with.
This Toolkit is the compilation of these units, along with their related teaching standards and sequence. We are constantly adding to this site, so please check in again soon for updates.

We designed this curriculum framework to help our students grasp the following key concepts by the time they graduate from High School:

Feel confident in making healthy food choices

Appreciate the farming profession

Know that everyone can grow food

Understand the connection between healthy soil, healthy plants and healthy people

Recognize a regenerative, local food system is inclusive and promotes a healthy ecosystem.

Cafeteria to Compost Cycle

MA CURRICULUM FRAMEWORKS 2-PS1-1 OBJECTIVE Understand what happens to our unwanted food when it leaves our cafeteria, and understand the difference between things that are compostable and non-compostable. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What is waste? How do we create and manage food waste? What is compost? MATERIALS NEEDED Cafeteria to Compost Cycle laminated pictures ( example pictures […]

Grade levels Prek-2

Core curriculum subjects Science

Island Grown Schools topics Food systems

Preschool: Exploration, Observation, Wonder

MA CURRICULUM FRAMEWORKS Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore OBJECTIVE Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What are our favorite fruits and vegetables?Which foods help our bodies be strong?How do seeds grow?What do seeds grow […]

Grade levels 3-5, Prek-2

Core curriculum subjects Math

Island Grown Schools topics Seeds

Curriculum Toolkit

Cafeteria to Compost Cycle

Preschool: Exploration, Observation, Wonder