Agricultural WebQuest Series
Missouri Farm Bureau and
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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
Museums in the Classroom Pumpkin Project
Pump Up the Curriculum with Pumpkins
A Website lots of Pumpkin Information
Everything You Wanted to Know About Pumpkins and Then Some
Reading Standards
Writing Standards
Science Standards
Technology Standards
Basic Operations and Concepts
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 or Dr. Lyndon Irwin at Missouri State University.
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Last revised on September 10, 2006