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Patty Potters Pretties

Math Story by Claudette J. Young

Patty Potter loved flowers. She wanted to share that love with her friends in class. Patty talked with her teacher, Mrs. Mills. They came up with a plan. The school gave the class a small plot of dirt for their flower garden. The students took turns digging up the dirt with a shovel. They added mulch to make the dirt healthy. The students also rought seeds to class for planting in the garden. Patty added the num er of seeds rought y each student to a chart. Tall Plant Seeds Marigold seeds: Nancy!"#, $reg!% Poppy seeds: )anda!"(, *rthur!"+ 0uttercup seeds: 1inda!2 3aisy seeds: Mrs. Mills!&# Small Plant Seeds Pansy seeds: Peter!"&, Sarah!', Patty!(( ,ohnny -ump.up seeds: /alph!&, Melissa!"% 0a y lue eyes seeds: Missy!"# Primrose seeds: Mary!+

Patty showed the class her chart. 4)e have more than enough seeds to plant in our patch,5 she said. 4)ho rought the watering can65 Mrs. Mills said. 7ne of the oys held up the watering can. The ell rang for recess and Mrs. Mills said, 41et8s go out and plant the seeds now.5 9veryone got to plant seeds. Those that didn8t have seeds took a few of the teacher8s tiny seeds to sprinkle in the dirt. )hen all the seeds were sown, Mrs. Mills picked up the watering can. She took great care to make sure each seed got -ust enough water. 9veryone in the class took turns caring for the garden. They measured the growth of the plants after they sprouted. They watered and they weeded as Mrs. Mills taught them. 7n 9arth 3ay, the class showed everyone in the school what Patty Potter had started.

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