Oklahoma Ag in the Classroom

Fruity Treats

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  • 1 c shredded apples
  • 1/2 cup diced strawberries
  • 1/3 c diced peaches
  • 1/4 c chopped grapes
  • 3/4 c orange juice
  • 1 T lemon juice
  • juice of half a grapefruit

Juicy Fruit Salad

  1. Stir the shredded apples, strawberries, peaches and chopped grapes in a medium size bowl.
  2. Pour the orange, lemon and grapefruit juice over the fruit.
  3. Stir well.

FRACTION PRACTICE

Look at the amounts of fruits and juices listed in this recipe.  Arrange the amounts from least to greatest. (answer: 1 T., ¼ c., 1/3 c., ½ c., ¾ c., 1 c.)

P.A.S.S. Math Content—Grade 3: 2.2. Grade 4: 2.3

(for one student)

  • 2 medium slices banana
  • 1/4 cup fresh or frozen berries
  • 1/2 cup vanilla yogurt
  • quart-size zip closing plastic bag
  • small cup

(for blender)

  • 1 banana
  • 1 cup frozen berries
  • 1 cup plain yogurt
  • small cup

Oklaberrynana Smoothie

Instructions for one student:

  1. Place ingredients in plastic bag.
  2. Zip tightly.
  3. Use your fingers to “puree” the mixture until berries and bananas are thoroughly mixed with the yogurt.
  4. Pour into a cup and enjoy!

Instructions to make in a blender:

  1. Place all ingredients in the blender.
  2. Puree until all the ingredients are blended.
  3. Serve in small cups.

READING RESEARCH ACTIVITY

You know strawberries are grown in Oklahoma.  Where do bananas grow?  Use an online search engine to find out. Write down the countries listed on the website you found.  Look up the locations in an atlas.

P.A.S.S. Reading Grade 3: 6.2. Grade 4: 5.2. Grade 5: 5.1
(Makes 10 pops)
  • two 8-oz cartons strawberry yogurt
  • one 10-oz pkg frozen strawberries, thawed
  • 10 3-oz paper cups
  • popsicle sticks

Yummy Yogurt Pops

  1. Mix yogurt and strawberries in a small bowl.
  2. Fill 10 3-oz cold drink cups 1/2 to 2/3 full.
  3. Place the cups in the freezer for about one hour.
  4. Insert wooden popsicle sticks.
  5. Freeze completely.
  6. To serve, peel off the paper cups.

PLURAL NOUNS ACTIVITY

  • Print copies of the recipe for students, or use an overhead transparency for a group project.
  • Students will find and circle all of the plural nouns in the recipe. (Ex. cups, sticks, strawberries, etc.)
  • Students will write sentences using the plural nouns. 

P.A.S.S. Reading—Grade 3: 3.1a

(recipe for two students to prepare together)

  • 1 quart-size zip-top plastic bag
  • 1 T instant pudding mix (vanilla or cheesecake flavor*
  • scant 1/4 cup milk*
  • 2-3 fresh or frozen strawberries, sliced
  • 1 rounded T whipped cream
  • four pretzels
  • two 9-ounce paper or plastic cups

*You may substitute scant 1/4 cup vanilla yogurt for the pudding mix and milk

Strawberry Parfait Pie

  1. Place all but the prezels in the plastic bag.
  2. Gently knead bag to mix.
  3. Crumble pretzels into paper cups to create crust.
  4. Clip the plastic bag at one corner.
  5. Squeeze half the strawberry mixture into each student’s cup.
  6. Top with spray whipping cream.

READING COMPARE AND CONTRAST ACTIVITY

In the story Cook-A-Doodle-Do, by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens, Crummel, a rooster, wants to make strawberry shortcake (a plain cake with strawberries and whipped cream on top).  Other animal friends try to help and cause lots of trouble.  After several tries, they finally get it right. Compare and contrast their strawberry recipe to the one you just prepared. What things are alike?  What was different?  Did your team have trouble, like the characters in the book, or did it go smoothly?

P.A.S.S. Reading—Grade 2: 6.2. Grade 3: 5.2a. Grade 4: 4.2
  • vanilla ice cream
  • grape juice

Purple Cow

  1. For each student, put two scoops of vanilla ice cream in a glass.
  2. Pour grape juice over it.

WRITING ACTIVITY

Why is this recipe called “Purple Cow?”  How do you think the drink was invented?  Do you think there is a story behind it?  If you were asked to invent a new drink recipe, what ingredients would you add?  Write your new recipe.

P.A.S.S. Writing—Grades 2-4: 2

(10 servings)

  • 2 10-oz. pkgs.
    frozen strawberries,
    defrosted
  • 1 6-oz. can lemonade
    concentrated, thawed
  • 1 quart ginger ale
  • 2 cups raisins
  • 6 gummy worms
  • blender
  • punch bowl

Bug Juice

  1. Mix the strawberries and lemonade concentrate in a blender
    until smooth and thick.
  2. Gradually add ginger ale.
  3. Transfer the mixture to a punch bowl.
  4. Stir in any remaining ginger ale and the raisins.
  5. Place the gummy worms on the rim of the bowl for a swampy effect.

SUBSTITUTE PHONEME CHANGE ACTIVITY

After students have prepared and tasted the bug juice, write the word “bug” on the board.  Ask students to take turns coming to the board to replace the letter you tell them, then read the new word aloud.  Examples: Change the b to an r = rug. Change the g to a b = rub. Add a g at the beginning = grub. Change the u to an a = grab. Take off the g and change the a to i = rib.

P.A.S.S. Reading—Grade 1: 2.6. Grade 2: 1.1b

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