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Buzzing about Math

  • Grade Level: 5th
  • MCCRS Core Subjects: Math
  • Mississippi College and Career Readiness Standards: Mathematics: Fifth Grade: 5.G.1 Use a pair of perpendicular number lines, called axes, to define a coordinate system, with the intersection of the lines (the origin) arranged to coincide with the 0 on each line and a given point in the plane located by using an ordered pair of numbers, called its coordinates. Understand that the first number indicates how far to travel in the direction of the second axis, with the convention that the names of the two axes and the coordinates correspond (e.g., x-axis and x-coordinate, y-axis and y-coordinate) 5.NF.1 Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators (including mixed numbers) by replacing given fractions with equivalent fractions in such a way as to produce an equivalent sum of difference of fractions with like denominators.
  • National Agricultural Literacy Outcomes: Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics: 3-5: T4.3-5.d. Provide examples of science being applied in farming for food, clothing, and shelter products. Culture, Society, Economy & Geography Outcomes T5.3-5.b. Discover that there are many jobs in agriculture.
  • Commodity: Honeybees
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Buzzing about Math

  • Grade Level: 6th
  • MCCRS Core Subjects: Math
  • Mississippi College and Career Readiness Standards: Mathematics: Sixth Grade: 6.NS.1. Interpret and compute quotients of fractions, and solve word problems involving division of fractions, e.g., by using visual fraction models and equations to represent the problem. 6.NS.8 Solve real-world and mathematical problems by graphing points in all four quadrants of the coordinate plane. Include use of coordinates and absolute value to find distances between points with the same first coordinate or the same second coordinate
  • National Agricultural Literacy Outcomes: Plants and Animals for Food, Fiber & Energy Outcomes: 6-8: T2.6-8.b. Explain the role of ethics in the production and management of food, fiber (fabric or clothing), and energy sources
  • Commodity: Honeybees
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Buzzing into Agriculture: The Amazing World of Honeybees

  • Grade Level: K-2nd
  • MCCRS Core Subjects: Science
  • Mississippi College and Career Readiness Standards: Science: Kindergarten: L.K.1A. Students will demonstrate an understanding of living and nonliving things. L.K.1B. Students will demonstrate an understanding of how animals (including humans) use their physical features and their senses to learn about their environment. L.K.3A: Students will demonstrate an understanding of what animals and plants need to live and grow. L.K.3B.1: Observe and communicate that animals get food from plants or other animals. Plants make their own food and need light to live and grow. L.K.3B.2: Create a model habitat which demonstrates interdependence of plants and animals using an engineering design process to define the problem, design, construct, evaluate, and improve the habitat.; First Grade: L.1.3B.1 Identify the body parts of a pollinating insect (e.g., bee, butterfly) and describe how insects use these parts to gather nectar or disburse pollen. Report findings using drawings, writing, or models.; Second Grade: L.2.3B.2 Conduct an investigation to find evidence where plants and animals compete or cooperate with other plants and animals for food or space. Present findings (i.e., using technology or models).
  • Commodity: Honeybees
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Careers

  • Grade Level: 6th
  • MCCRS Core Subjects: Science
  • Mississippi College and Career Readiness Standards: Science: Sixth Grade: L.6.3 Students will demonstrate an understanding of the relationships among survival, environmental changes, and diversity as they relate to the interactions of organisms, populations, and the environment.
  • National Agricultural Literacy Outcomes: Culture, Society, Economy & Geography Outcomes: 6-8: T5.6-8.a. Consider the economic value of agriculture in America T5.6-8.g. Identify agricultural products that are exported and imported
  • Commodity: Forestry
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Catfish Chronicles

  • Grade Level: K-2nd
  • MCCRS Core Subjects: Science
  • Mississippi College and Career Readiness Standards: Science: Kindargarten: L.K.3A Students will demonstrate an understanding of what animals and plants need to live and grow; First Grade: L.1.2 Students will demonstrate an understanding of how living things change in form as they go through the general stages of a life cycle. L.1.2.2 Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information through labeled drawings of the life cycle (egg, larva, pupa, adult). Second Grade: L.2.4 Students will demonstrate an understanding of the ways animals adapt to their environment in order to survive.
  • Commodity: Catfish
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Catfish: Connections, Careers & Commerce

  • Grade Level: 5th-6th
  • MCCRS Core Subjects: Science
  • Mississippi College and Career Readiness Standards: Science: Fifth Grade: L.5.3B.2: Develop and use a food chain model to classify organisms as producers, consumers, or decomposers. Trace the energy flow to explain how each group of organisms obtains energy.
  • National Agricultural Literacy Outcomes: Plants and Animals for Food, Fiber & Energy Outcomes: 3-5: T2.3-5.d. Provide examples of specific ways farmers/ranchers meet the needs of animals Food, Health, and Lifestyle Outcomes: 3-5:T3.3-5.b. Diagram the path of production for a processed product, from farm to table. T3.3-5.d. Explain the costs associated with producing and purchasing food Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics Outcomes: 6-8: T4.6-8.e. Explain how and why agricultural innovation influenced modern economic systems Culture, Society, Economy & Geography Outcomes: 3-5: T5.3-5.d. Explain the value of agriculture and how it is important in daily life.
  • Commodity: Catfish
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Cluck, Cluck, Who's There?

  • Grade Level: 3rd-4th
  • MCCRS Core Subjects: Science
  • Mississippi College and Career Readiness Standards: Science: Third Grade: L.3.1 Students will demonstrate an understanding of internal and external structures in plants and animals and how they relate to their growth, survival, behavior, and reproduction within an environment. L.3.1.3 Obtain and communicate examples of physical features or behaviors of vertebrates and invertebrates and how these characteristics help them survive in particular environments (e.g., animals hibernate, migrate, or estivate to stay alive when food is scarce or temperatures are not favorable). Fourth Grade: L.4.2 Students will demonstrate an understanding of life cycles, including familiar plants and animals (e.g., reptiles, amphibians, or birds).
  • Commodity: Poultry
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Energy from Trees

  • Grade Level: 3rd-4th
  • MCCRS Core Subjects: Science, Social Studies
  • Mississippi College and Career Readiness Standards: Science: Third Grade: E.3.10 Students will demonstrate an understanding that all materials, energy, and fuels that humans use are derived from natural sources.; Fourth Grade: E.4.10 Students will demonstrate an understanding of the various sources of energy used for human needs along with their effectiveness and possible impacts. Social Studies: Third Grade: 3.G.1 Analyze how humans have altered the Earth to meet their needs. 3.G.3 Assess energy sources of the Earth.
  • Commodity: Forestry
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Exploring Honeybee Production and States of Matter

  • Grade Level: 3rd-4th
  • MCCRS Core Subjects: Science
  • Mississippi College and Career Readiness Standards: Science: Third Grade: L.3.1 Students will demonstrate an understanding of internal and external structures in plants and animals and how they relate to their growth, survival, behavior, and reproduction within an environment.; L.3.1.3 Obtain and communicate examples of physical features or behaviors of vertebrates and invertebrates and how these characteristics help them survive in particular environments, (e.g., animals hibernate, migrate, or estivate to stay alive when food is scarce or temperatures are not favorable). P. 3.5 Students will demonstrate an understanding of the physical properties of matter to explain why matter can change states between a solid, liquid, or gas dependent upon the addition or removal of heat. P.3.5.1 Plan and conduct scientific investigations to determine how changes in heat (i.e., an increase or decrease) change matter from one state to another (e.g., melting, freezing, condensing, boiling, or evaporating). Fourth Grade: L.4.2 Students will demonstrate an understanding of life cycles, including familiar plants and animals (e.g., reptiles, amphibians, or birds). L.4.2.2 Develop and use models to explain the unique and diverse life cycles of organisms other than humans (e.g., flowering plants, frogs, or butterflies) including commonalities (e.g., birth, growth, reproduction, or death).
  • Commodity: Honeybees
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Farm Fun & Agventures: Exploring Agritourism in Mississippi

  • Grade Level: 5th-6th
  • National Agricultural Literacy Outcomes: Culture, Society, Economy & Geography Outcomes: 3-5: T5.3-5.d. Explain the value of agriculture and how it is important in daily life, T5.3-5.f. Understand the agricultural history of an individual's specific community and/or state; 6-8: T5.6-8.a. Consider the economic value of agriculture in America. T5.6-8.b. Distinguish between careers in production(farmers and ranchers)with those that directly involve consumers (business and nutrition) T5.6-8.d. Explain how prices for agricultural goods are determined
  • Commodity: Agritourism
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Farm to Fun: Exploring the Impact of Agritourism in Mississippi

  • Grade Level: 3rd-4th
  • MCCRS Core Subjects: Social Studies
  • Mississippi College and Career Readiness Standards: Social Studies: Third Grade: 3.E.2 Evaluate how individuals and communities use resources and trade to meet needs; 3.E.2.3. Identify local resources and products exported from the local community and state.; Fourth Grade: 4.MS.11 Evaluate how geographic and economic factors influence life and work in Mississippi. 4.MS.11.2. Determine how land use impacts Mississippi's economy (e.g., cotton farming vs. soybean farming, pastureland vs. industrial development, beaches vs. casinos, landfills vs. parks, etc.)
  • National Agricultural Literacy Outcomes: Culture, Society, Economy & Geography Outcomes: 3-5: T5.3-5.e. Provide examples of agricultural products available or produced in their local area and state. T5.3-5.f. Understand the agricultural history of an individual's specific community and/or state
  • Commodity: Agritourism
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Feathered Friends

  • Grade Level: Kindergarten
  • MCCRS Core Subjects: Science
  • Mississippi College and Career Readiness Standards: Science: Kindergarten: L.K.1B.2 Identify and describe examples of how animals use their sensory body parts (eyes to detect light and movement, ears to detect sound, skin to detect temperature and touch, tongue to taste, and nose to detect smell). L.K.2.4 Use observations to explain that young plants and animals are like but not exactly like their parents (i.e., puppies look similar, but not exactly like their parents).
  • National Agricultural Literacy Outcomes: Plants and Animals for Food, Fiber & Energy Outcomes: K-2: T2.K-2.b. Identify animals involved in agricultural production and their uses (i.e., work, meat, dairy, eggs)
  • Commodity: Poultry
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Feathers, Eggs, and Farms: Exploring Mississippi's Poultry Story

  • Grade Level: 1st-2nd
  • MCCRS Core Subjects: Science
  • Mississippi College and Career Readiness Standards: Science: First Grade: L.1.2 Students will demonstrate an understanding of how living things change in form as they go through the general stages of a life cycle.; Second Grade: L.2.2 Students will demonstrate an understanding of how living things change in form as they go through the general stages of a life cycle. L2.2.2. Construct explanations using first?hand observations or other media to describe the life cycle of an amphibian (birth, growth/development, reproduction, and death). Communicate findings. L.2.3B. Students will demonstrate an understanding of the interdependence of living things.
  • National Agricultural Literacy Outcomes: Plants and Animals for Food, Fiber & Energy Outcomes: K-2: T2.K-2.a. Explain how farmers/ranchers work with the lifecycle of plants and animals (planting/breeding) to harvest a crop. T2.K-2.b. Identify animals involved in agricultural production and their uses (meat, dairy, eggs). T2.K-2.c. Identify examples of feed/food products eaten by animals and people Culture, Society, Economy & Geography Outcomes: K-2: T5.K-2.a. Discuss what a farmer does. T5.K-2.c. Identify places and methods of exchange for agricultural products in the local area T5.K-2.d. Identify plants and animals grown locally that are used for food, clothing, shelter, and landscapes
  • Commodity: Poultry
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Forestry Survival Guide

  • Grade Level: 5th
  • MCCRS Core Subjects: Science
  • Mississippi College and Career Readiness Standards: Science: Fifth Grade: E.5.10 Students will demonstrate an understanding of the effects of human interaction with Earth and how Earth's natural resources can be protected and conserved. E.5.10.1 Collect and organize scientific ideas that individuals and communities can use to conserve Earth's natural resources and systems (e.g., implementing watershed management practices to conserve water resources, utilizing no-till farming to improve soil fertility, reducing emissions to abate air pollution, or recycling to reduce landfill waste). E.5.10.2 Design a process for better preparing communities to withstand manmade or natural disasters (e.g., removing oil from water or soil, systems that reduce the impact of floods, structures that resist hurricane forces). Use an engineering design process to define the problem, design, construct, evaluate, and improve the disaster plan
  • Commodity: Forestry
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From Moo to You! Discovering the Significance of Beef Cattle

  • Grade Level: K-2nd
  • MCCRS Core Subjects: English Language Arts, Science
  • Mississippi College and Career Readiness Standards: English Language Arts: Kindergarten: RL.K.1: With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text. RI.K.2: With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details of a text. First Grade: RI.1.1: Ask and answer questions about key details in a text. RI.1.2: Identify the main topic and retell key details in a text. Second Grade: RI.2.2: Identify the main topic of a multi-paragraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.; Science: Kindergarten: L.K.1A.1: With teacher guidance, conduct an investigation of living organisms and nonliving objects in various real-world environments to define characteristics of living organisms that distinguish them from nonliving things (e.g., playground, garden school grounds). L.K.3A.2: Conduct explanations using observations to describe and report what animals need to live and grow (food, water, shelter, and space).
  • National Agricultural Literacy Outcomes: Plants and Animals for Food, Fiber & Energy Outcomes: K-2: T2.K-2.b. Identify animals involved in agricultural production and their uses (i.e., work, meat, dairy, eggs)
  • Commodity: Beef
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Fun on the Farm

  • Grade Level: K-2nd
  • MCCRS Core Subjects: Social Studies
  • Mississippi College and Career Readiness Standards: Social Studies: Kindergarten: K.E.1 Analyze how money is earned and used ; First Grade: 1.E.1 Justify why people work to earn money; Second Grade: 2.E.2 Assess the relationship between consumers and producers in obtaining goods and services to meet needs
  • National Agricultural Literacy Outcomes: Food, Health, and Lifestyle Outcomes: K-2: T3.K-2.b. Recognize that agriculture provides our most basic necessities: food, fiber (fabric or clothing), energy, and shelter; Culture, Society, Economy & Geography Outcomes: K-2: T5.K-2.a. Discuss what a farmer does.
  • Social Emotional Learning Standards: Relationship Skills: 4A. Demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate, utilize social skills, and support others, K-2: 4A.K-2.2. Share, take turns, and engage cooperatively with others, especially when encouraged by trusted adults.
  • Commodity: Agritourism
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Get Egg-cited About Poultry!

  • Grade Level: 5th-6th
  • MCCRS Core Subjects: Science
  • Mississippi College and Career Readiness Standards: Science: Fifth Grade: P.5.5A.4 Make and test predictions about how the density of an object affects whether the object sinks or floats when placed in a liquid. P.5.5A.5 Design a vessel that can safely transport a dense substance (e.g., syrup, coins, marbles) through water at various distances and under variable conditions. Use an engineering design process to define the problem, design, construct, evaluate, and improve the vessel; Sixth Grade: P.6.6.1 Use an engineering design process to create or improve safety devices (e.g., seat belts, car seats, helmets) by applying Newton's Laws of motion. Use an engineering design process to define the problem, design, construct, evaluate, and improve the safety device.
  • National Agricultural Literacy Outcomes: Food, Health, and Lifestyle Outcomes: 6-8: T3.6-8.g. Identify agricultural products (foods) that provide valuable nutrients for a balanced diet
  • Social Emotional Learning Standards: Relationship Skills: 3-5: 4A.3-5.Utilize appropriate verbal and nonverbal communication with others (e.g., words, tone, facial expressions, gestures, etc.)
  • Commodity: Poultry
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Grow Your Own Soybean

  • Grade Level: 1st-2nd
  • MCCRS Core Subjects: Science, English Language Arts
  • Mississippi College and Career Readiness Standards: Science: First Grade: L.1.3A Students will demonstrate an understanding of what plants need from the environment for growth and repair.; L.1.1 Students will demonstrate an understanding of the basic needs and structures of plants. L.1.1.1 Construct explanations using first?hand observations or other media to describe the structures of different plants (i.e., root, stem, leaves, flowers, and fruit). Report findings using drawings, writing, or models. Second Grade: L.2.3A Students will demonstrate an understanding of the interdependence of living things and the environment in which they live. English Language Arts: First Grade: RL.1.2 Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson. SL.1.4 Describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly. SL.1.5 Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.; Second Grade: RL.2.7 Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot. Sl.2.2 Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
  • National Agricultural Literacy Outcomes: Plants and Animals for Food, Fiber & Energy Outcomes: K-2: T2.K-2.e. Identify the importance of natural resources (e.g., sun, soil, water, minerals) in farming. Food, Health, and Lifestyle Outcomes: K-2: T3.K-2.b. Recognize that agriculture provides our most basic necessities: food, fiber (fabric or clothing), energy, and shelter Culture, Society, Economy & Geography Outcomes K-2: T5.K-2.a. Discuss what a farmer does
  • Commodity: Soybean
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Happy Herds

  • Grade Level: 5th-6th
  • MCCRS Core Subjects: Math
  • Mississippi College and Career Readiness Standards: Mathematics: Sixth Grade: 6.RP.1 Understand the concept of a ratio and use ratio language to describe a ratio relationship between two quantities
  • National Agricultural Literacy Outcomes: Plants and Animals for Food, Fiber & Energy Outcomes: 3-5: T2.3-5.e. Understand the concept of stewardship and identify ways farmers/ranchers care for soil, water, plants, and animals; 6-8: T2.6-8.b. Explain the role of ethics in the production and management of food, fiber (fabric or clothing), and energy sources
  • Social Emotional Learning Standards: Self Management: 2B. Identify and utilize skills needed in organization and self-motivation. 2B.3-5.5. Demonstrate the ability to stay on task with limited distractions. 2B.6-8.9. Demonstrate the ability to maintain focus and use time wisely in order to complete a task. Social Awareness: 3A. Demonstrate an understanding of others' emotions and perspectives, including social cues. 3A.3-5.9. Identify multiple perspectives or viewpoints in different situations. 3B. Develop an awareness of and respect for individual differences, including cultural diversity. 3B.6-8.11. Recognize the value of perspectives, cultures or social groups different from oneself.
  • Commodity: Beef
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Little Sprouts, Big Impact

  • Grade Level: Kindergarten
  • MCCRS Core Subjects: Science, English Language Arts
  • Mississippi College and Career Readiness Standards: Science: Kindergarten: L.K.3A: Students will demonstrate an understanding of what animals and plants need to live and grow. L.K.3A.1 With teacher guidance, conduct a structured investigation to determine what plants need to live and grow (water, light, and a place to grow). Measure growth by directly comparing plants with other objects. L.K.3B.1 Observe and communicate that animals get food from plants or other animals. Plants make their own food and need light to live and grow. English Language Arts: Kindergarten: SL.K.4 : Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail. SL.K.5: Add drawings or visuals displays to descriptions as desired to provide additional detail
  • National Agricultural Literacy Outcomes: Plants and Animals for Food, Fiber & Energy Outcomes: K-2: T2.K-2.e. Identify the importance of natural resources (e.g., sun, soil, water, minerals) in farming Food, Health, and Lifestyle Outcomes: K-2: T3.K-2.b. Recognize that agriculture provides our most basic necessities: food, fiber (fabric or clothing), energy, and shelter Culture, Society, Economy & Geography Outcomes: K-2: T5.K-2.a: Discuss what a farmer does.
  • Commodity: Soybean
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Muddy Waters, Mighty Fish: The Story of Mississippi Catfish

  • Grade Level: 3rd-4th
  • MCCRS Core Subjects: Science
  • Mississippi College and Career Readiness Standards: Science: Third Grade: L.3.1 Students will demonstrate an understanding of internal and external structures in plants and animals and how they relate to their growth, survival, behavior, and reproduction within an environment. L.3.2 Students will demonstrate an understanding that through reproduction, the survival and physical features of plants and animals are inherited traits from parent organisms but can also be influenced by the environment. L.3.4 Students will demonstrate an understanding of how adaptations allow animals to satisfy life needs and respond both physically and behaviorally to their environment. Fourth Grade: L.4.2 Students will demonstrate an understanding of life cycles, including familiar plants and animals (e.g., reptiles, amphibians, or birds). L.4.2.2 Develop and use models to explain the unique and diverse life cycles of organisms other than humans (e.g., flowering plants, frogs, or butterflies) including commonalities (e.g., birth, growth, reproduction, or death)
  • National Agricultural Literacy Outcomes: Plants and Animals for Food, Fiber & Energy Outcomes: 3-5: T2.3-5.d. Provide examples of specific ways farmers/ranchers meet the needs of animals
  • Commodity: Catfish
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Soybeans at Work

  • Grade Level: 5th-6th
  • MCCRS Core Subjects: English Language Arts
  • Mississippi College and Career Readiness Standards: English Language Arts: Fifth Grade: RI.5.2 Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.;, W.5.7 Conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic. ; Sixth Grade: RI.6.2 Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments. W.6.7 Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and refocusing the inquiry when appropriate.
  • National Agricultural Literacy Outcomes: Culture, Society, Economy & Geography Outcomes: 3-5: T5.3-5.b. Discover that there are many jobs in agriculture; 6-8: T5.6-8.b. Distinguish between careers in production (farmers and ranchers) with those that directly involve consumers (business and nutrition)
  • Commodity: Soybean
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The Traveling Soybean

  • Grade Level: 3rd-4th
  • MCCRS Core Subjects: English Language Arts, Social Studies
  • Mississippi College and Career Readiness Standards: English Language Arts: Third Grade: RI.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. RI.3.8 Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence). SL.3.1b Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., gaining the floor in respectful ways, listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion). SL.3.1d Explain their own ideas and understanding in light of the discussion.; Fourth Grade: RI.4.5 Describe the overall structure of (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text. SL.4.1b Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions and carry out assigned roles. SL.4.1d Review the key ideas expressed and explain their own ideas and understanding in light of the discussion. Social Studies: Third Grade: 3.E.2.3 Identify local resources and products exported from the local community and state. 3.E.2.5 Compare and contrast producing and buying goods to meet needs.
  • Social Emotional Learning Standards: 3-5: 2B.3-5.5 Demonstrate the ability to stay on task with limited distractions. 4A.3-5.6 Determine cooperative group behaviors (e.g. listening, encouraging, acknowledging others' perspectives, compromising, and reaching agreement).
  • Commodity: Soybean
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Tree Through the Seasons

  • Grade Level: K-2nd
  • MCCRS Core Subjects: Science, English Language Arts
  • Mississippi College and Career Readiness Standards: English Language Arts: Kindergarten: RI.K.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text. SL.K.6 Speak audible and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly.; First Grade: RI.1.7 Use the illustrations and details in a text to describe its key ideas. Science: Kindergarten: E.K.8A Students will demonstrate an understanding of the pattern of seasonal changes on the Earth. First Grade: L.1.1 Students will demonstrate an understanding of the basic needs and structures of plants. L.1.4 Students will demonstrate an understanding of the ways plants adapt to their environment in order to survive Second Grade: L.2.3A Students will demonstrate an understanding of the interdependence of living things and the environment in which they live.
  • Social Emotional Learning Standards: 1B.K-2.1. Distinguish between own likes and dislikes. Relationship Skills: K-2: 4A.K-2.2. Share, take turns, and engage cooperatively with others, especially when encouraged by trusted adults
  • Commodity: Forestry
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Welcome to the Herd

  • Grade Level: 3rd-4th
  • MCCRS Core Subjects: Science, Math
  • Mississippi College and Career Readiness Standards: Science: Third Grade: L.3.2.1 Identify traits and describe how traits are passed from parent organism(s) to offspring in plants and animals. L.3.2.3 Describe and provide examples of offspring from two parent organisms as containing a combination of inherited traits from both parent organisms. Mathematics: Fourth Grade: 4.MD.2 Use the four operations to solve word problems involving intervals of time, money, distances, liquid volumes, masses of objects including problems involving simple fractions or decimals, and problems that require expressing measurements given in a larger unit in terms of a smaller unit. Represent measurement quantities using diagrams such as number line diagrams that feature a measurement scale. 4.MD.3 Apply the area and perimeter formulas for rectangles in real world and mathematical problems. For example, find the width of a rectangular room given the area of the flooring and the length, by viewing the area formula as a multiplication equation with an unknown factor.
  • National Agricultural Literacy Outcomes: Plants and Animals for Food, Fiber & Energy Outcomes: 3-5: T2.3-5.d. Provide examples of specific ways farmers/ranchers meet the needs of animals Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics: 3-5: T4.3-5.c. Identify examples of how the knowledge of inherited traits is applied to farmed plants and animals in order to meet specific objectives (i.e., increased yields, better nutrition, etc.) Culture, Society, Economy & Geography Outcomes: 3-5: T5.3-5.b. Discover that there are many jobs in agriculture
  • Commodity: Beef
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