On Thursday, first graders, their teachers, and a few awesome extra chaperones made a fun and educational visit to the Belmont Farmers’ Market. The field trip was planned to enhance what the students learned in their summer reading book, Fresh-Picked Poetry: A Day at the Farmers’ Market by Michelle Schaub. We first enjoyed a tour of the market and its many vendors.
After becoming familiar with the market’s layout, we explored various stalls and saw a wide range of wonderful produce for sale. The exploration and learning continued with a scavenger hunt that took students to different stalls to ask interview questions of the farmers and friends working at them. Be sure to ask a first grader about what they learned at the farmer’s market.
