Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt
by Kate Messner and Christopher Silas Neal
14 Total Resources 2 Awards View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- PK-2
- Genre
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2015
Word Count 1,697
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 730L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 178076
- Subject Headings
- Gardens
- Soils--Composition--Juvenile literature
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Gardening
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | General (See Also Headings Under Animals or Technology)
- Gardens--Juvenile literature
- Composition
- Soils
- Gardening--Juvenile literature
- Gardening
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Kate Messner
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Activities from Chronicle
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Book Readings 1

Complete Video Reading narrated by Anna Cvitkovic
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Awards & Distinctions 2

ILA Teachers' Choices Reading List, 2015-2020
Selection, 2016
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