Part 2: Grandma LENAS BIG OL' TURNIP
Besides addition, the math concept measurement came to mind. During the story Grandma pulled out many vegetables from her garden and they required no assistance however as the turnip gets larger and weighs more it is much more difficult to pull. So heavy to pull out that multiple family members had to think out. According to the Nova Scotia grade primary math curriculum measurement for grade primary the SCO MO1: Students will be expected to use direct comparison to compare two objects based on a single attribute, such as length, mass, volume, and capacity. Or you could use MO1.04 which is comparing the volume of two given objects and explain the comparison using words such as bigger, smaller, or almost the same.
The clear performance indicators is MO1.02: Compare the mass of two given objects and explain the comparison using words such as lighter, heavier, or almost the same. I know this may not be the most common math concept chosen but as you have read above I have had a personal experience pulling vegetables from a ground and I think that this a prime example of showing how vegetables from the garden differentiate in size and weight.
You could also introduce other foods grown from the ground or on trees (fruits) in later lessons and it could than be a cross-curricular because you are including L.A, math and PDR nutrition (learning vegetables and fruits).o edit.