First Peas to the Table: How Thomas Jefferson Inspired a School Garden

Written by Susan Grigsby and Illustrated by Nicole Tadgell

This story connects Thomas Jefferson’s garden pea contest to a gardening contest in a classroom 200 years later. A fun story about classmates and their competitive nuances intermingled with scientific and historical information.

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Age Range	5 - 8 years
Genre	fiction
Copyright Year	2012
Page Count	32
Publisher	Albert Whitman
Grade Level	1st - 4th
ISBN	9780807524527
Lexile	AD690
Themes	life cycle of plants gardening presidential history friendship STEM

First Peas to the Table: How Thomas Jefferson Inspired a School Garden

Written by Susan Grigsby and Illustrated by Nicole Tadgell

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First PEAS to the Table Guide for Educators

First PEAS to the Table Guide for Parents and Families

First PEAS to the Table Guide for Community Coordinators

First PEAS to the Table Extension Activities for Educators

First PEAS to the Table Vocabulary Scaffold

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First Peas to the Table: How Thomas Jefferson Inspired a School Garden

Written by Susan Grigsby and Illustrated by Nicole Tadgell

Support Materials

First Peas to the Table: Word Search

First Peas to the Table: Memory Match

First Peas to the Table: Criss Cross

First PEAS to the Table Guide for Educators

First PEAS to the Table Guide for Parents and Families

First PEAS to the Table Guide for Community Coordinators

First PEAS to the Table Extension Activities for Educators

First PEAS to the Table Vocabulary Scaffold

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