Core and Supplementary Materials

This unit will be intended to provide the students with numerous opportunities to observe and manipulate plants and parts of plants in order to learn more about them. Plants are the second most complex kingdom of organisms and are split up into four groups.

The reason for teaching this unit is to make children aware of farms and farm animals. It is important to show where most of our food comes from before it gets to the store. It is important to make students aware of how valuable farms are to our lives.

The student will:

City A city is a place where a lot of people live and work. Cities have many tall buildings. A city is bigger than a town.

Dairy A dairy is a place where milk is put into bottles or cartons. It is also a place where butter, cheese, and other foods are made from milk. A farm where cows are raised for their milk is sometimes called a Dairy Farm.

Environment the environment is the air, the water, the earth, and all the other things around us.

Estimate To from or give an approximate opinion or calculation.

Evaporate To convert into vapor or to dry up.

Fact A fact is something that is true.

Farm a farm is a place where people raise animals and plants. Much of the food we eat comes from farms. A person who lives and works on a farm is called a farmer.

Food Food is what we eat. Everything that lives needs food to grow and stay alive. Bread, milk, and vegetables are important foods.

Footprint A footprint is a mark made by a foot or shoe.

Measure Measure means to find out the size or the amount of something.

Plants A plant is a living thing that grows and stays in one place. A plant also makes its own food. Trees, flowers, and grass are plants.

Poem A poem is a special kind of writing. Some poems have words that rhyme. Another word for poems is poetry. A person who writes poems is called a poet.

Product Something produced, manufactured, or obtained.

Size The size of something is how big or little it is.

Source Beginning or place of origin (where it starts from). A source can be a stream or river.

Time Time is when something happens. Time is also how long something takes place. Time can also be something that you have done.

Town A town is a place where people live and work. A town has houses and other buildings in it. It is smaller than a city.

Vegetables A vegetable is a plant that you can eat. Carrots and lettuce are vegetables.

Weight Your weight is how heavy you are.

Zoo A zoo is a place where animals are kept so that you can look at them. Many animals in zoos live in cages and some live outdoors in special areas.

1. Old McDonald Had a Farm(F)

2. Baa, Baa, Black Sheep(F)

3. Barn Books(F)

4. Pig Pen Number Matches(S)

5. Sidewalk Chalk- Making Animals(b

6. Cutting Animal Shapes(S)

7. Make collage of favorite animal(S)

8. Paint a Pig(Watch Babe) (I/S)

1. Plan a visit to a farm(I,F,S)

2. Sponge Print Farm(I)

3. Play musical chairs with animal sounds(S)

4. Pig Facts (F)

5. Go outside and have children close their eyes and have them pretend they are an animal. (I)

6. Help Children make eggs (I)

7. Sing Songs!!(I)

8. Experiment with different types of Milk (I)

Evaluation:

To assess the child’s progress through the unit I would use observation of the child during the unit/ theme activities; both in small and large group. Making a checklist that is based on the learning objectives would be made. A checklist could also be made to see how the child’s progress through the unit too. I would also do a daily observation on the child and keep a close watch on the children having problems.

To assess the progress of the child through out the whole year I would use observation of the child during daily activities. I would also keep a filing portfolio of the child’s work that is done throughout all of the units. At the end of the unit I would allow the child to keep their portfolio of the work they have completed throughout the unit.

http://www.fhsu.edu/te/facstaff/nixon/units/03sp/fanimals/Vocabulary/vocab.html

http://www.abcteach.com/farm/checkofflist.htm

My curricular framework is both subject/developmentally based. It consists of: Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, Community Resources, Character Education, Math, Physical Movement, Music, Writing, and Reading. I feel that this unit and curriculum will be successful at the Kindergarten level

Develop a conceptual understanding of 0-20

Recognize and read the numerals 0-20 in any sequence

Sort and compare quantities using 1-1 correspondence

Discover the possible arrangements and combinations for numbers (0-10) using concrete materials.

Count by rote 0-49

Count backwards 10-0

Verbalize a numeral, given a set or picture (to 20)

Construct a set or draw a picture of a set (20) of a given numeral

Children see and experience weather every day. The significance of this lesson is to recognize what weather is and the three main elements that make up the weather: sun, wind, and water. The goal of this lesson is have the students identify what the weather include so they become more aware of what is happening and why it is repeatedly changing.

Teacher Resources

http://www.kidsfarm.com/farm.htm

http://abcteach.com/directory/theme_units/animals/farm_unit/

Dear Family and Friends of: ____________________________

The focus of our next theme of study is Farm Animals. IT will be very exciting and a very busy moth. Through experience provided by this theme the children will be very away of the various characteristics and differences of Animals.

1. Plan a visit to a farm:

2. Sponge Print Farm.

3. Play musical chairs with animal sounds

4. Pig Facts: display in our room!

5. Go outside and have children close their eyes and have them pretend they are an animal.

6. Help/ Teach children make breakfast (EGGS)

7. Sing Songs!!

8. Experiment with different types of Milk