1: Fall and Harvest Activity-Field Trip to the Pumpkin Patch-Kindergarten and 1st Grade
2: Guide Creation Information
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Guide Author |
Ann Woell |
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District |
Moorhead Public Schools ISD 152 |
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Date Created |
05/13/2011 |
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Guide Description |
This guide will be used to introduce and reinforce going to the Pumpkin patch and learning about the fall. |
3: Guide Characteristics
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Title of Main Academic Standard used in Guide |
Minnesota Academic Standards English Language Arts K-12 2010 |
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Grade Level |
Kindergarten 1st |
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Learning Level |
Introductory |
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National Holiday/Special Occasion (optional) |
Fall Harvest Party or Pumpkin Patch Field trip |
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Source Format Emphasized |
Photographs, newspapers, journals |
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Geographic Region Emphasized (optional) |
Rural Minnesota |
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Other Minnesota Reflections Guide(s) Related to this Guide (optional) |
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4: Main Standard Emphasized in Guide
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Standard Title |
Minnesota Academic Standards English Language Arts K-12 2010 |
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Category |
Reading |
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Strand |
Literature and Informational Texts |
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Sub-strand |
Key Ideas and Details |
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Standard |
Analyze how and why individuals, events and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text. |
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Benchmark 1: standard number |
0.2.1.1 |
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Benchmark 1: text |
With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text. |
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Benchmark 2: standard number |
0.2.3.3 |
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Benchmark 2: text |
With prompting and support, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces on information in a text. |
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Benchmark 4: text |
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5: Another Standard Emphasized in Guide (optional)
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Standard Title |
Minnesota Academic Standards English Language Arts K-12 2010 |
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Category |
Reading |
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Strand |
Literature and Informational Texts |
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Sub-strand |
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas |
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Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the author takes |
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Benchmark 1: standard number |
0.2.7.7 |
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Benchmark 1: text |
With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear. |
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Benchmark 2: standard number |
0.2.9.9 |
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Benchmark 2: text |
With prompting and support, identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic. |
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6: Additional Standards and/or Skills (reading, math, media literacy, interdisciplinary)
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Reading: standard number |
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Reading: standard text |
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Math: standard text |
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Interdisciplinary Connection |
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Minnesota Reflections Resources
7: Search Strategy
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Things to Think About |
Students would need to understand the date of these photos and realize how long ago these were taken. |
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Keywords |
Hay, Harvest, Farming, Agriculture |
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Other ideas (to assist with discovery) |
Blow-up pictures for kids to see?? Notice details, such as, dress, equipment, barns? |
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Challenges to finding resources on this standard |
There are many resources on Agriculture and Farming in Minnesota. Some searching is required. Search specific crop names for further study. |
8: Minnesota Reflections Top Picks
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Date created |
Description |
Format (photo, map, letter …) |
"Cite the Item" link |
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Man with oxen and hay wagon |
1855- 1860 |
Farmer is holding a pitch fork and standing next to an oxen team. A wagon filled with hay is being pulled by the team. |
photo |
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Randolph M. Probstfield journals |
1867 |
Randolph M. Probstfield received farm goods which will be delivered; including hay forks. (Page 41) |
ledger |
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Randolph M. Probstfield journals |
1877 |
Randolph M. Probstfield makes notes about the weather and about the light frost on the pumpkins and cucumbers, Sept. 30, 1877. (Page 346) |
journal |
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1888 Diary of Ezra Fitch Pabody |
1888 |
The diary of 20-year-old Ezra Fitch Pabody of Minneapolis, Oct. 19, page 98, taqlking about a pumkpin social at church. (Page 98) |
journal |
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The Normalia |
1900 |
Publication containing journal articles written by St. Cloud State faculty and students, discussing the growing of pumpkins, page 14 |
newspaper |
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Putting up hay |
1900 |
Horse drawn hay rack stands by barn with open loft; man holding pitchfork in loft; man behind rack holding black horse; woman and two children sit in foreground. |
photo |
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Stacking hay |
1900 |
A woman and two men stacking grain on hay racks. The woman is standing on top of the stack of hay. Horses are being used. |
photo |
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The Normalia |
1903 |
Publication containing journal articles written by St. Cloud State faculty and students, discussing the refreshments, including pumpkin pie, page 11 |
newspaper |
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[Transportation a la Minneapolis], an editorial cartoon by "Bart" |
1900 - 1940 |
This cartoon pokes fun at the driving habits of the citizens of Minneapolis. A Minneapolis family is out for a spin; a farmer hauling a load of hay on his tractor honks at a man in a horse-driven wagon; a stylishly-dressed woman addresses her chauffeur; and a Minneapolis Messenger Service driver reads at the wheel. |
editorial cartoon |
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Pioneer |
1910? |
Hauling hay near Cook, MN. |
photo |
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Haying with hay loader |
1910? |
Farmer driving team of horses |
photo |
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Wagon and ox |
1910? |
Two men on a cart drawn by an ox. |
photo |
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Hay wagon |
1910 - 1915 |
Two men using a hay loader to gather hay onto a horse drawn wagon |
photo |
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Haying crew |
1930 |
A haying season with crew posed for photograph. One hay wagon is being pulled by two white horses. The second hay wagon is hitched to what may be a Huber tractor. Hooked to the back of this wagon is a hay loader. A side delivery rake is being pulled by two black horses. |
photo |
9: Specific Minnesota Reflections Collection(s) to Consider (optional)
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Hennepin County Library, St. Cloud State University Archives |
10: Helpful Tips (optional)
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This guide is used to discuss the production and transportation of hay (specifically) through Minnesota's history, but there were many more resources in Reflections that discuss farming and agriculture throughout the state.
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11: Ideas for Lesson Plans Using this Guide (optional)
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Talk about these pictures before students go to the Pumpkin Patch and take a hay ride. After students choose their pumpkins, use the guide to discuss how pumpkins were used in the past. Talk about the differences and similarities between the hay pictures and the hay ride experience. List the differences between these pictures and the pictures that are taken at the pumpkin patch. Talk about other aspects of same and different, such as, clothing, landscape, and the time of year, the people pictured and the types of buildings.
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12: Other Online Collections that Help Teach this Standard (optional)
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Kaboose Fall activities http://holidays.kaboose.com/fall/ |
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