1. Blueberries grow on bushes and start out green, needing sun and rain to become ripe and blue. People earn money by helping pick the blueberries in big fields.
2. After picking, the blueberries are put in boxes and sent to stores where people buy them to eat fresh or use in recipes like muffins and pancakes. No matter how they are eaten, blueberries taste great.
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This is a children's story about food and our relationship with the land that gives us food. The story includes themes of environmental stewardship and sustainable consumption.
This is a paper was written by David Reine, an IT analyst for The Clipper Group, and highlights IBM’s SAN Volume Controller new features, capabilities and benefits. These new capabilities were announced on October 20, 2009Virtualization is at the center of all 21st Century IT systems, yet many CIOs fail to fully understand all of the benefits it can deliver to the data center operation. When we think of virtualization, we think compute, network, and storage—and we mostly think about driving up utilization on each. Storage controllers have always offered the ability to carve out pieces of real storage from a large pool and deliver them efficiently to a number of hosts, but it is storage virtualization itself that offers improvements that drive operational efficiency. IBM has been quietly addressing storage virtualization with SAN Volume Controller (SVC) for the last six years, building up a significant technical lead in this space.
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Seed Saving in the Classroom Fall Lesson Plan: Seed Savers Exchange
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For more information, Please see websites below:
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Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
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Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
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Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
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Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
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Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
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City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
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Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110 ~
Seed Saving in the Classroom ~ seedsavers.org
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For more information, Please see websites below:
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Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
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Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
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Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
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Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
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City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
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Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110 ~
2. o you know how blueberries grow? They grow on bushes. Each blueberry is small and round. Many blueberries
can grow on one bush. At first, the blueberries are green. The green berries are not ready to eat yet. They need a lot
of sun and rain to help them become fat and sweet. When the berries turn blue, they are ripe and ready to be
picked.
Some farmers grow blueberries in big fields. The people who live nearby can earn money by helping to pick the
blueberries. Each one takes a pail out to the field and fills it with blueberries. They work fast so that they can fill
many pails. They want to earn as much money as they can. When they are done picking, their fingers are blue from
the juice of the berries!
After the blueberries are picked, they are put into boxes and sent to stores. People buy the blueberries and take
them home to eat. Some people like to wash the berries and eat them one by one. Other people like to cook with
blueberries. They make blueberry muffins and pancakes.
No matter how you eat them, blueberries taste great!
3. PRACTICE READING TEST ANSWER SECTION
This is your Practice Reading Test Answer Section. The questions in this section are based on the stories in your
practice Reading Section (above). You may go back to the Reading Section to help you answer the questions.
Now answer Numbers 1 through 12. Base your answers on the story "Blueberries."
Read this sentence from the story.
1. The people who live nearby can earn money by helping to pick the blueberries.
What does earn mean?
a) sell
b) get
c) lose
d) shareg
2. What color are the blueberries BEFORE they are ready to be picked?
a) Blue
b) Red
c) Green
d) Brown
3. Where do the blueberry pickers work?
a) In a barn
b) In a field
c) In a forest
d) Near a stream
4. What happens to blueberries AFTER they are picked?
a) They are put into boxes
b) They need sun and rain
c) Farmers plant them
d) They become sweet and ripe
4. 5. Read this sentence from the story
They need a lot of sun and rain to help them become fat and sweet.
What does sweet mean?
a) Juicy
b) Sour tasting
c) dry
d) sugar tasting
6. What could be another title for this story?
a) All about Blueberries
b) How to cook with Blueberries
c) Eating Blueberries
d) All about strawberries
References
Taken from http://www.pearsonlongman.com/ae/marketing/sfesl/tests/grade2.html#reading2