farmanimals

Process

Day 1—Introduction.

Explore webquest.
Print the KWL chart.
Fill in the KW portions of the KWL chart with your partner.

Day 2—What animals live on farms?

Print the farm worksheet.
Visit KidsFarm, which gives information about different animals on the farm.
View KBears Farm to hear the sounds that the farm animals make.(Right click link to open in a new window).
Complete your worksheet using the information you learned.
Explain 3 things that you learned about farm animals to your partner.

Day 2—Who takes care of the farm animals?

Print the farmer worksheet.
Read Elmo Minds the Farm to learn about the animals Elmo takes care of on the farm.
Watch the life of a MarkDean--What is a Day Like?
Watch How Do You Run a Cow Farm?
Complete the farmer worksheet.
Discuss the role of a farmer with your partners.

Day 4—What are the different kinds of farms and what foods do they give us?

Print the Farm and Match worksheet.
Take the Virtual Farm Tour and click on each farm.
Read about what farm animals give us.
Complete your worksheet.
Discuss what you wrote with your partner.

Day 5—If I were building a farm, what would it look like?

Complete the L section of your partially completed KWL chart.

Using Kidspiration, you and your partner are to create a farm including all of the elements that you learned about.
On a 3x5 index card you and your partner must each write 5 sentences that describe what you chose to include in your farm photograph.

Day 6—How is the farm different from a city.

Visit the City and Farm coloring pages.
One partner will choose a city page to print and the other partner will choose a farm page to print.
Discuss what the differences are between the two pictures and then color.
Use Kidspiration to classify farm and city pictures.
Print your document.
Discuss with your partner why the items you chose belong in each category.

Introduction	Task	Process
Additional Resources	Evaluation	Conclusion

Objectives	Beginning (B)	Developing (D)	Secure (S)	Score
Identify animals that live on farms, what they eat, and what sounds they make.	Students can only identify one or two farm animals and do not know what sounds the animals make or what foods they eat.	Students can identify two to four animals on the farm. However, they are confused about the animal’s sounds and the foods they consume.	Students can identify four or more various animals on the farm, what they eat, and the sounds they make.
Understand the role of a farmer.	Students cannot explain any duties of the farmer.	Students can only tell one or two things that farmers are responsible for doing.	Students can explain 3 or more duties that farmers are responsible for doing.
Students will identify the products that come from different types of farms.	Students don’t know any or can only describe one type of farm. However, s/he does not know what foods are produced there.	Students describe one or two different farms and what comes from them.	Students can accurately explain 3 or more different farms and the foods that come from them.
Create a visual representation of a farm that displays animals, the foods they eat, who takes care of them, and the foods they produce.	Students create a farm that accurately depicts one out of the four elements.	Students create a farm that accurately depicts two to three of the project elements.	Students create a farm representation that shows accurately displays all of the elements.
Can identify differences between the farm and the city.	The student cannot distinguish between the city and farm at all. While one ore two pictures are in the correct category, the rest are out of place.	The student can identify most characteristics of the city and farm, placing only one or two pictures in the wrong category.	Each picture is classified into the appropriate box, demonstrating that the student can easily identify characteristics of the city and farm.