Field Trips at 826 MSP
826 MSP offers 2 FREE field trip experiences for teachers and students: Storytelling & Bookmaking Field Trips for 3rd and 4th grade classes and Poetry Field Trips for 1st and 2nd grade classes.
826 MSP field trips are always free. Due to the high demand for our field trips, 826 MSP gives priority to schools in the 7-county Twin Cities Metro Area that have a Free or Reduced Price School Meal percentage of 51% or higher.
Learn more and sign up your class below.
Storytelling & Bookmaking Field Trips
Available to 3rd and 4th grade classes across the Twin Cities, our Storytelling & Bookmaking Field Trips strive to embolden the next generation of writers to explore and value their own voices. During a field trip, students are given a mission from our mysterious “grumpy captain” who demands a brand-new book be written for them to read—and as soon as possible! Students will learn about the elements of a story while collaborating in small and large groups. At the end of the field trip, students are invited to finish the story individually, which the group has left at a cliffhanger ending. After the field trip, students will receive a personalized copy of their storybook complete with their name, official author photo, and unique ending.
“We have struggled academically this year because students are so far behind after lost schooling from Covid. Writing has been a big challenge for me with students, and this has been a fantastic jumping off point for us.”
– teacher partner, Seward Montessori
Field trips are offered at no cost to schools where 50% or more of students receive free or reduced-price lunch.
Who: Elementary classes; 3rd or 4th grade
What: Write and publish an original fictional story with your class!
When: One 2 1/2 hour session; Tuesdays
Where: 826 MSP, 1915 E. 22nd St., Minneapolis
“The way that each student got to contribute something, and then at the very end when the Captain complimented each one of the books was absolutely amazing. I will never forget their faces when they realized the Captain would be speaking to them.” – teacher partner, Midway Star Academy
Request a Storytelling & Bookmaking Field Trip by filling out the form at the link below. Questions? Email ellen@826msp.org.
1st & 2nd grade
Poetry Navigators is a field trip for 1st and 2nd grade classes, focusing on poetry and socioemotional learning.
During the field trip, students will get a mission from "the Captain," our mysterious fictional leader who is looking for some poems to cheer them up.
Students will work with foundational language arts elements like parts of speech, rhyme, alliteration, model texts, and basic figurative language. Students will also explore the basics of socioemotional health and empathy while creating and sharing their poems. After the trip, students will receive a bound publication of their work.