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Agriculture Literacy Week 2018

March 19-23 is Agricultural Literacy Week in New York State.

AG Match Game

This 5-part Mini Series includes:
  • An Introduction of NYS Agriculture
  • A Fun Image/Word Match (shown above), An Agriculture Crossword Puzzle and Word Search And a Kid-Friendly Recipe to Try at Home!
    These resources were created in partnership with New York Agriculture in the Classroom and were designed for use by teachers with students in grades K-4 to help increase the awareness, understanding, and appreciation of New York State agriculture.

The materials include 5 features, and a set of graphic organizers in PDF format.

New York News Publishers Association member newspapers are welcome to incorporate these materials into their NIE program free of charge. All other users are informed that these materials are available for nonprofit educational research/teaching/scholarship purposes only. Anyone is welcome to share these materials by adding a link to your own website(s), although full framing is not allowed. Permission for printing multiple copies must be obtained from NYNPA. Copyright is held by the New York News Publishers Association.

Click here to download all five features and here to download the complete set of graphic organizers with an additional list of web resources and answer keys for word search and crossword.


If you would like to access the NIE Ag Literacy Week 2011 content on Poultry, click here,
for the 2013 content on Bees, Pollination and Honey click here,
for the 2014 series based on the book "Who Grew my Soup" click here,
for 2015 "Weaving the Rainbow" content based on sheep, wool and other animal fibers click here,
for 2016 "The Apple Orchard Riddle" about apples, cider, and cider donuts click here, and
click here for "The Grapes Grow Sweet" series for 2017.

For more about NYS Agriculture in the Classroom go to www.agclassroom.org/ny/

For more agriculture education info & materials go to the National Association of Agricultural Educators' website at www.naae.org/whatisaged/index.cfm

 

If you have any questions about this project or for more information about Newspaper In Education programs contact Mary Miller via email or call 518-449-1667.


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