About This Unit

SUBJECT
Early Writing, Classification, Teacher Tips and Strategies, Farm and Ranch Animals, Agriculture, Farm and Ranch Life

GRADE
Pre-K-K

DURATION
15 Days

We Need Farms

By Jan Tankey

Students will learn about farms and the resources that we need from farms. They will learn about writing descriptively, and how to focus on their audience. They will also learn about writing questions.

OBJECTIVE

Students will:

  1. List resources from farm animals.
  2. Describe fruits and vegetables and how they grow.
  3. Visit a farm and complete a farm scavenger hunt.

LESSONS FOR THIS UNIT
Lesson 1: We Need Farm Animals
Lesson 2: Plants Give Us Food
Lesson 3: Going to the Farm

REPRODUCIBLES
Farm Plants (PDF)
Farm Scavenger Hunt (PDF)

CULMINATING ACTIVITY

The best way to wrap up this unit and give the students a fantastic way to apply what they have learned is to visit a farm. I outline a farm field trip in Lesson Three that includes a scavenger hunt and an interview with a farmer. Then the students make a scrapbook of their trip that can be put in the classroom library and enjoyed all year!

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