Agriculture In The Classroom
| State | WV |    |
| Status | Ready for Users | |
| Stage | Public | |
| Subject | English/Language Arts Mathematics Science | |
| Author | Sharon Byers, Jennifer Huffman, Sheila Callison | |
| Description | The student will have a working knowledge of the farm and the
place agriculture plays in society. This includes farm animals, farm products, farm safety, and highlights farming as an occupation. The unit also includes a simple lesson plan on understanding the taking of a census. | |
| The 21st Century Tools | Computer with internet access, printer, digital camera,
overhead projector, data projector, TV, VCR, bread machine, CD/audio casette player. | |
| Grade Level | K 1 2 3 | |
| National Standards | Science:
Understands the nature of scientific inquiry Understands relationships among organisms and their physical environment Mathematics: Uses a variety of strategies in the problem-solving process Understands the general nature and uses of mathematics Language Arts: Uses the general skills and strategies of the writing process Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of literary texts Uses listening and speaking strategies for different purposes | |
| Career Clusters | Business and Marketing Fine Arts and Humanities Health and Human Services Science and Natural Resources | |
| Keywords | fantastic farm sites, farm animals, animal sounds, census, farm products, field trip, recipes, crafts, stories and poems | |
| Lesson Plan URLs (new Window) | Overview: Agriculture In The Classroom
Lesson 1: Farm Animals Lesson 2: Sheep To Shawl Lesson 3: What's Cooking Mother Hen? Lesson 4: Taking Count...A Farm Census Lesson 5: Milk To Cup Lesson 6: Farm Safety-Farm Field Trip | |
| References | Mrs.Wishy Washy by Joy Cowley
A House Is a House for Me by Mary Ann Hoberman Inside a Barn in the Country by Alyssa Satin Capucilli "Charlie Needs a Cloak" by Tomie de Paola "So Dear To My Heart" - Walt Disney The Egg, (A First Discovery Book) The Little Red Hen illustrated by Berta Hader Daisy Comes Home by Jan Brett 1001 Things To Spot On The Farm by Gillian Doherty Milk: From Cow To Carton by Aliki "Make Mine Milk" The American Dairy Association (video) A Visit to the Dairy Farm (Field Trip Books) by Sandra Ziegler What It's Like to Be a Dairy Farmer by Susan Cornell Poskanzer | |
| English IGO or CSO | K.1-6, K9, K14, K23, K31, K33, K38-39, K54, K62, K64-65,
1.1, 1.3, 1.6-7, 1.11-16, 1.21, 1.72-74, 1.92-97, 1.112-113 | |
| Fine Arts IGO or CSO | Art: K.5, K.10 1.5, 1.25, 1.28
Music: K.5, K.10 1.5, 1.25, 1.28 | |
| Health IGO or CSO | K.5, K.7, K.11, K.23
1.5, 1.7, 1.32, 1.34, 1.38 | |
| Math IGO or CSO | K.1-2, K.21, K.24, K.28-29
1.1-2, 1.18, 1.23-24, 1.26, 1.33, 1.35 | |
| Science IGO or CSO | K.1, K.3-6, K.8-12, K.16-17,
K.20, K.22-23, K.28, K.32-33, K.54 1.1, 1.4-11, 1.17-18, 1.20-24, 1.26, 1.34, 1.66 | |
| Social Studies IGO or CSO | K.1, K.5, K.8, K.10, K.14, K.16, K.22
1.3,1.6, 1.9 | |