Agricultural WebQuest Series

 Missouri Farm Bureau and

Missouri State University

 


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Introduction


You have just finished reading or listening to the book Too Many Pumpkins with your students. Students are to imagine that they are a friend of Rebecca's.


Evaluation


Rubric for Pumpkin Projects

 

Objectives

2 pts.

1 pts.

0 pts.

Life Cycle Order

All picture frames are in order

1 or 2 frames are out of order

All picture frames are out of order

Poem Group Work

Works well with others

Needs reminding to work with group

Can not work well in group

Grammar

Begins all sentences with capital and ends with a period

Begins some sentences with a capital and ended some with a period

Did not begin sentences with a capital and end with a period
Complete Sentences

All sentences have a complete thought

Some sentences have a complete thought

No sentences have a complete thought


Resources for Teachers:


Book - Pumpkin, Pumpkin by Jeanne Titherington


Pump Up the Curriculum with Pumpkins


Pumpkin Investigation


Pumpkin Circuit


Pumpkin Treats


Pumpkin Songs


Many Pumpkin Lesson Plans


Pumpkin Facts


Pumpkin Exploration


Pumpkin Nook


A Website lots of Pumpkin Information


More Pumpkin Recipes


National Education Standards


Reading Standards

  • Develop vocabulary by listening to and discussing unknown words in stories
  • Identify connections between text ideas and own experiences
  • Read and respond to rhyme and alliteration in poetry


Writing Standards

  • Capitalize the first letter of a sentence
  • Use a period at the end of a sentence


Science Standards

  • Students learn about seeds growing


Technology Standards


Basic Operations and Concepts

  • Students demonstrate a sound understanding of the nature and operation of technology systems.


Hints for Student or Teacher Use:


You might consider inviting an owner of a pumpkin patch to speak with the students. Taking students to a pumpkin patch for a field trip would be a good learning experience. Young students could talk to the other students about any pumpkin patch that they have visited.



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Please address questions to Diane Olson at Missouri Farm Bureau.