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A project of the American Friends Service Committee, New Mexico Program www.afsc.org/newmexico 505.842.7343
T O O L K I T & A C T I V I T Y G U I D E
Hello families!
We are excited to share the joy of tomato season with your family! The cherry tomatoes you just received were grown right here in Bernalillo County by small, pesticide-free family farms. In this packet you will fi nd fun activities for kids. Activities in the beginning of the packet are aimed at younger grades and progressively become more challenging – though every student can try them all!
Agriculture is an important part of New Mexican culture and makes our commu-nity resilient in the face of challenges. We want to encourage children to eat healthy by asking families to taste test local cherry tomatoes this summer.
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a local nonprofi t organization that works to connect farmers and schools to get healthy food to children. If you have any questions, please call our offi ce at 505-842-7343. Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/afscnm/
Sincerely, Sayrah NamasteProgram Director, AFSC New Mexico
Angelina Lopez-BrodyAdministrative Assistant, AFSC New Mexico
tomato plant mandala
Teachers and Parents:Identify: Help your child find the leaves, stem, roots, flowers, and fruit on the picture. Color: Where should we color the dirt in the picture? What color would the plant be? Did you know tomatoes can be red, yellow, orange, green, or even purple? Mandala: We can use pattens to create art. Do you see the alternating pattern: tomato, flower, tomato, flower? Can you make your own mandala with sticks and rocks or forks and spoons?
Adapted from www.kidsweb.de
Planting Vegetables in the Garden
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SUNLIGHT
SEEDS
WATER
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Color all the vegetables.Then cut them out with the help of a parent.
Next sort them and paste each kind of vegetable in a row to plant your
own vegetable garden.
Parent Tip: Talk about how plants grow & stages of planting. Ask the
child to name more vegetables.
Planting Vegetables in the Garden
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Color all the vegetables.Then cut them out with the help of a parent. Next sort them and paste each kind of vegetable in a row to plant your own vegetable garden.
Parent Tip: Talk about how plants grow & stages of planting. Ask the child to name more vegetables.
The gardens are missing their tomatoes! Cut out the tomatoes on the dotted lines. Paste them into the garden below to match the numbers.
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Tomatoes in the GardenThe gardens are missing their tomatoes! Cut out the tomatoes on the dotted lines. Paste them into the garden below to match the numbers.
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TRUE FALSE
1. Tomatoes are related to potatoes. ☐ ☐
2. Tomatoes are a vegetable. ☐ ☐
3. Some ripe tomatoes are green. ☐ ☐
4. Tomatoes originally came from Asia. ☐ ☐
5. The early Aztecs named the small yellow-pink fruit ‘ xitomatl’ (pronounced zee-toe-ma’-tel), meaning “plump thing with a navel.” ☐ ☐
6. Tomatoes are a good source of vitamin C. ☐ ☐
7. There are 100 varieties of tomatoes. ☐ ☐ ☐
8. Tomatoes grow on bushes. ☐ ☐
Answers 1 True – they’re both in the nightshade family, along with chile, bell peppers, tomatillos, and eggplant.2 False – they’re a fruit because their seeds are inside of them.3 True – look up green zebra tomatoes.4 False – they were first found growing as wild plants in the Andes mountains of South America. 5 True – look at the last activity to learn more about the history of tomatoes.6 True – they also have vitamin A, vitamin K, potassium, and lycopene.7 False – there are thousands of varieties grown around the world!8 False – they grow on vines that will keep growing as long as it is warm enough and they get enough daylight hours.
Complete the crossword puzzle below using the words in the word bank.
Across2. This person grew your tomatoes4. The flat parts of a plant that help it
harvest sunlight6. The plant family tomatoes belong to9. Tomato plants need this liquid11. The stuff most plants grow in12. A tool for digging
Soil Farmer Acequia
Shovel Salad Flower
Tomato Chomp
Nightshade Harvest
Red Water Vine Leaves
Created using the Crossword Maker on TheTeacherCorner.net
Down1. The color of most tomatoes we see2. The part of a plant that a bee pollinates3. A communal ditch for moving water to
gardens and farms in New Mexico5. A climbing or trailing plant7. A fruit8. What a farmer does when he collects
the food she/he has grown10. Another word for bite or eat11. Tomatoes go great in this dish with lettuce
Harvest seaon has begun, and the farmers are busily picking their tomatoes. The numbers of tomatoes are shown in the pictograph below. Note: each tomato in the pictograph stands for 5 tomatoes picked.
Use the information provided to answer the questions.
1. How many tomatoes did the farmer pick on the fi rst day? Answer ____________________________________________
2. What day did the farmer pick the most tomatoes? Answer ____________________________________________
3. Which days did the farmers pick the same amount of tomatoes? How many did he pick in total both of those days?
Answer _____________________________________________
4. What’s the di�ference between the number of tomatoes picked on Day 3 and Day 4? Answer _____________________________________________
5. How many tomatoes in total did he pick for this season? Answer _____________________________________________
Questions
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Tomato Fest! Reading a Pictograph
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Harvest season has begun, and the farmers are busily picking their tomatoes. The numbers of tomatoes are shown in the pictograph below. Note: each tomato in the pictograph stands for 5 tomatoes picked. Use the information provided to answer the questions.
= 5 tomatoes
Day Picked Tomato
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Questions:
1. How many tomatoes did the farmer pick on the �rst day?
Answer: ________________________________________
2. What day did the farmer pick the most tomatoes?
Answer: ________________________________________
3. Which days did the farmer pick the same amount of tomatoes? How many did he pickin total both of those days?
Answer: ________________________________________
4. What’s the di�erence between the number of tomatoes picked on Day 3 and Day 4?
Answer: ________________________________________
5. How many tomatoes in total did he pick for this season?
Answer: ________________________________________
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Tomato Fest! Reading a Pictograph
More worksheets at www.education.com/worksheetsCopyright © 2009-2010 by Education.com
Harvest season has begun, and the farmers are busily picking their tomatoes. The numbers of tomatoes are shown in the pictograph below. Note: each tomato in the pictograph stands for 5 tomatoes picked. Use the information provided to answer the questions.
= 5 tomatoes
Day Picked Tomato
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Questions:
1. How many tomatoes did the farmer pick on the �rst day?
Answer: ________________________________________
2. What day did the farmer pick the most tomatoes?
Answer: ________________________________________
3. Which days did the farmer pick the same amount of tomatoes? How many did he pickin total both of those days?
Answer: ________________________________________
4. What’s the di�erence between the number of tomatoes picked on Day 3 and Day 4?
Answer: ________________________________________
5. How many tomatoes in total did he pick for this season?
Answer: ________________________________________
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TOM
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700S
1500S
1700S
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