Write a children’s story about soil, from the point of view of a burrowing animal, cover crop, rotation crop or water. Burrowing animals include earthworms, moles, prairie dogs, gophers, and many others. Crops used as cover crops and in crop rotation are clover, soybeans, cotton, grass, peanuts and many more. These living things, along with water have beneficial relationships with soil. Help young children learn about soil and these benefits through your book. You can practice for your 8^th-grade writing test by writing this children’s book. Just as you need an introduction, supportive writing in the middle, and a firm conclusion in your writing-test essay, you need the same in a children’s book. You will write and illustrate your children’s book using construction paper and art supplies. You will use your textbook as a resource, along with the included websites, on the “related links” page. You do not have to end your research with the suggested websites.  Include a reference page in your book.

Use the included rubric for guidelines and grading.