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Lesson 28 Sis Brown Protected
Lesson 28 Sis Brown Protected
Lesson 28
Lab 2
Farm Animals
Date:
Supervisor:
Lead Teacher:
times and he did not respond. I showed Adalynne a toy cow and asked her what it was. She said it was a cow. I
asked her where it lives and she said a farm. I asked her what it does on the farm and she said it eats and walks.
From this preassessment, Ive learned that most of the children know that a cow and goat live on a farm.
They do not know what kind of farm, though. The children also know that the cow eats hay and walks on the
farm. Only a couple of the children are aware that cows provide us with milk. The children enjoyed learning
about animals on Stephanies pet care day. They played with the stuffed animals at dramatic play and
pretended they were their pets. The children like animals and have basic knowledge of what happens on a farm.
Id like to help the children learn that farm animals do much for us-more than just milk and walking around. They
provide us with milk, yogurt, ice cream, eggs, and meat. Id also like to help them learn that farmers jobs are to
care for the animals so that we are provided with food and other things.
Ideas to be Emphasized:
1. Many animals live on a farm with a farmer who takes care of them.
2. Animals give us different kinds of food.
Preschool Concepts or Skills:
1.
Biology
2. Classifying
3. Comparing/Contrasting
Ideas to be Emphasized:
3. Many animals live on a farm with a farmer who takes care of them.
4. Animals give us different kinds of food.
Preschool Concepts or Skills:
1. Biology
2. Classifying
3. Comparing/Contrasting
Assignments:
Self-Selected: Everyone
Gathering Time & Small Focus: Katie
Wash Toys: Katie
Hand-Washing: Brittany
Snack: Alice
Runner: Callie
Booth/Photographer: Stephanie
Check-In/Check-Out: Stephanie
Greeter: Mallory
Data Collector: Everyone
Special instructions for the day: I will need the wooden cow during the gathering time. Tape will line the floor in
the gathering area so the children know to sit on the line. I have perishable items for gathering time and will need
them put back in the fridge proceeding gathering time and at the beginning of small focus.
SELF-SELECTED ACTIVITIES 8:20 - 9:45 a.m.
Literacy Books: Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown pictures by Felicia Bond (B35), Animals should definitely not act
like people. Written by Judi Barrett and drawn by Ron Barrett (P B2), On the Farm by Alastair Smith (P S9), Over on the
Farm by Christopher Gunson (G18), Old Manhatten Has Some Farms by Susan Lendroth and illustrated by Kate Endle
(L29), Farm Animals by Katie Daynes (Z27), The Sheep by Angela Royston (R22), The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Paul
Galdone (G30), Chickens Arent the Only Ones by Ruth Heller (H10), Bruno Munaris Zoo (M18), Cock-A-Doodle-Moo
by Bernard Most (M14), Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw (S14), Cock-a-Doodle-Doo! A Day on the Farm by Venice
Shone (S19), An Alphabet of Animal Signs by S. Harold Collins (P C11), Animal Action by Nancy Sheehan (P P4), Kiss
the Cow! By Phyllis Root illustrated by Will Hillenbrand (R16), Animal Dads by Sneed B. Collard III illustrated by Steve
Jenkins (C14), Usborne World of Animals by Susanna Davidson & Mike Unwin (Z26)
Literacy Activity: Literacy will be embedded into this activity as teachers read books with the students and point to
the words as they read them.
Activity Description: Books will be set up in the reading area. Chairs and pillows will be set up in a comfortable and
inviting way.
Child Objective: The children will listen and engage with the text as teachers read the stories to them.
Intentional Teaching: The teacher will prompt children to engage in the text by modeling as they use their pointer
finger to follow their reading. Teachers may ask the children: Where do you think I read next in this book? to help
the children understand print awareness and directionality of text.
Materials: Books above, pillows, chairs
Activity Name
Description/Activity Objective
*Creative Art:
Manipulatives:
Linking Letter
Monkeys (3)
*Sensory Table:
Animal Fur Peek-ABoo(4)
covered with white butcher paper. The paints will be set in the
pallets for the children to dip the animal feet in and make
prints on the paper.
Child Objective: The children will make the connection that
the marks on the paper made from the animal feet are the
shapes of the animal feet and are connected to what kind of
animals they are.
Intentional Teaching: The teacher will prompt the children to
engage in this activity by asking them: What animal made
these footprints? and How can we make marks on the paper
with the animals feet?
Activity Description: The linking letter monkeys will be set on
the table with the childrens laminated names.
Child Objective: The children will use the Linking Letter
Monkeys to connect letters and form a word or name.
Intentional Teaching: The teacher will help the children be
successful at this activity by inviting children to make their own
name with the monkeys. The teacher may help the child pick
out the letters of their name.
Activity Description: The Feed the Animals activity will be
placed on the table.
Child Objective: Children will feed the animals using the given
plastic pieces of food and will count the number of food items
given to the animals. Children will also sort the food items.
Intentional Teaching: Teachers will help children be successful
at this activity by prompting them to count the food that they
feed to the animal. Teachers may say: How many pieces of
food does the horse get today? or Is all the food at this table
the same? to promote math skills including counting and
sorting.
Activity Description: Pictures of life-size farm animal feet prints
will be taped on the table. Several rulers will be set out. The
whiteboard will say: How many inches are the animals feet?
Markers will be available for the children to write how many
inches the animals feet are.
Child Objective: The children will use the ruler to measure the
foot. Children will associate the number in measurement with
the size of the feet.
Intentional Teaching: Teachers will help children be successful
at this activity by inviting them to come measure how big the
animal feet are. Teachers may model how to use the ruler to
measure the size of the feet.
Activity Description: Pictures of animals and of food will be set
on the table.
Child Objective: At this activity, children will sort and organize
the pictures according to the animal characteristics and the
food they provide. Children will make the connection that
certain farm animals provide us with certain foods. D1G13: The
children will combine past information with new information to
hypothesize about animals and the food they give us. They will
organize and sort the pictures according to their combined
knowledge.
Intentional Teaching: Teachers will help children be successful
at this activity by using verbal prompts, such as: Where do
eggs come from? and What goes with the cow?
Activity Description: Animal furs and feathers will be placed in
the sensory table. A large piece of cardboard will be taped to
the top of the sensory table. Several holes will be cut into the
cardboard for the children to stick their hands into to feel the
furs. The holes should be taped so that children do not scratch
themselves on the cardboard.
*Blocks: Animals on
the Farm (5)
Alternatives:
Creative Art: Stamps
(4)
OUTDOOR PLAY
Gross Motor:
Parachute (10)@
*2nd: Farm
Scavenger Hunt
(4)@
9:10-9:45 a.m.
Medium
Parachute (GG)
Clipboards (WR)
Checklists (IWP)
Pencils (Art Shelf in
Objective: Children will start and complete an activity as they find items
from the checklist and mark them found. D1G3: Children will start this
activity and sustain their attention on this activity as they complete this
activity with peers. They will make decisions about what items to look
for and what items to check off. They will ask peers to help find items
and will work to complete the activity.
Intentional Teaching: Teachers will help children be successful in this
activity by inviting them to come on a scavenger hunt. Teachers may
need to explain to children how to use the list to find items and then
cross them off once theyve found them.
Description: The beanbag boards and beanbags will be set up in a
stable location on the playground.
Objective: Children will use hand-eye coordination to throw the
beanbags into the holes of the beanbag board.
Intentional Teaching: Teachers will help children be successful at this
activity by inviting them to come closer to the board to throw the bean
bags in or to swing their arm before they throw the bean bags in.
classroom)
Pictures of: cow,
cat, shovel, pig,
chicken, rooster,
goat, horse, hay,
tractor, barn, dog,
eggs, milk, cheese,
truck, 4 wheeler,
sheep, duck,
geese,
Beanbag Board
(GG)
Beanbags (GG)
Old
McDonald
Had a Farm
ITBE #1: Many
animals live on
a farm with a
farmer who
takes care of
them.
2.
Animals
Give Us
Food
ITBE #2: Animals
give us different
kinds of food.
Say: Boys and girls, there are a lot of animals in our classroom today! I
have right here a cow. Its not a real cow, but it looks kind of like a cow
you might see on a farm! Where have you seen cows before? Who has
seen cows or horses on the side of the road? Those cows and horses
live on farms. There are farms all around us in Idaho! Whats been your
favorite activity with animals? There are lots of animals that live on a
farm. Im going to make a noise and then you tell me what animal it is.
Oink-oink! Pig! Yes, a pig goes oink-oink and lives on a farm. What do
pigs do on a farm? They roll around in the mud! Lets make pig sounds
and roll around in the mud just like pigs! Moo! Cow! Yes, a cow also
lives on a farm and goes moo. What does the cow do on a farm? It
eats hay, swings its tail, and chews. Lets act like cows and go moo. I
have some pictures of animals that live on a farm. Here is a goat, a cat,
a dog, a pig, chicken, cow, rooster, goat, horse, sheep, duck and a
goose. All of these animals live on a farm. But who takes care of them?
Do they all live on their own without caretakers? No! These farm animals
have a farmer who takes care of them. The farmer watches over them,
keeps them safe, and feeds them so that they are taken care of. We
are going to sing a song about animals that live on a farm and a
farmer whose name is MacDonald. (Play music and sing song with
children.)
Say: Boys and girls, what do you think that animals on a farm do? Yes,
they play, eat food, and make noises. They also give us food! Did you
know that? Lets take a look at our cow right here (point to wooden
cow). What foods do you think a cow gives us? A cow gives us meat,
ice cream and milk. (Show meat, ice cream, and milk.) What do you
think a chicken gives us? Yes, eggs! A chicken lays eggs in her nest.
Here are some eggs in a carton that I bought from a store. (Show eggs
in carton.) These eggs came from a chicken. Heres a goat. (Show
picture of goat.) What do you think the goat gives us? A goat gives us
Wooden Cow
(from dramatic
play area)
Pictures of goat,
cat, dog, pig,
chicken, cow,
rooster, goat,
horse, sheep,
duck, and goose
(IWP)
Picture of farmer
(IWP)
Speakers (Brother
Allen)
Old MacDonald
Had a Farm
(https://www.yout
ube.com/watch?v
=rWj-BAf_lYo
Phone)
Meat, eggs,
butter, milk, ice
cream, cheese,
and yogurt (IWP)
Pictures of goat,
chicken, and cow
(IWP)
butter, milk, yogurt, and cheese. (Show all products one at a time.) We
get all dairy products from animal milk! So, not only do animals eat on a
farm with a farmer who takes care of them, they also provide US with
food!
SMALL FOCUS GROUP
10:10-10:25 a.m.
Chickens:
Cows:
Pigs:
Elyse, Price, Gunner, and Knox, Lee,
Adalynne, Ryan, Pennie, Annie,
Allie, Tanner P., Keelie, Kallie, Aiva,
and Olive
Simon, and Tanner C.
and Emma
Your Activity
Description & Objective
Materials
Transition to Small
Say: Bock-bock-bock! If you have a chicken on the back of your
Nametag pictures
Focus Groups
nametag, go with the teacher who also has a chicken! Moo! If you
of chickens, cows,
have a cow on the back of your nametag, go with the teacher who
and pigs (IWP)
also has a cow. Oink! Oink! If you have a pig on the back of your
nametag, go with the teacher who also has a pig.
Location: Classroom Activity Description: At this activity, children will engage in read aloud
Books from
Activity: Animals on
stories about farm animals. Each child will be given a popsicle stick with bookshelf in
the Farm Storytime
a picture of a farm animal on it. Children will be formed into three
reading area
groups where they will read the books and hold their animals.
Child Objective: The children will make connections between their prior
knowledge and the things they learn about farm animals. They will
engage with the text to confirm their understandings about the animals
that live on a farm and what they do on a farm. D1G13: The children
combine past knowledge and new information to accommodate
unfamiliar ideas or situations. The children will conclude that certain
animals give us certain foods and that lots of different animals live on a
farm. Their conclusions will be a result of their previous knowledge
combined with the new knowledge theyve gained.
Intentional Teaching: The teacher will prompt the children to engage
with the texts by saying: What does this animal do on the farm? The
teacher may also ask: Where does this animal live?
CLOSING CIRCLE
10:25-10:40 a.m.
Transition: I will play the song: Baa, Baa, Black Sheep by Raffi and will move along to the song with the children.
When the song is finished, I will say: Okay, lets sit on our bags of wool so they dont blow away.
Description
Materials
Activity Name
Review: Walk
Around the Farm
Phonemic
Awareness: Old
MacDonald
Song:
Rollercoaster
Book: Cock-ADoodle-Moo
Play the song, move, and sing along to the song with
the children.
Game: Animal
Action Dice
Children will roll the dice one at a time and all the
children will do the action of the animal rolled.