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Farmers Lesson Plans
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Students complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book Farmer Boy Days. In this reading lesson plan, students complete journal entries, go over vocabulary, answer short answer questions, have discussions, and more.
Students experiment with a situation as if they were farmers in a co-op. In this democratic decision making lesson plan, students role-play as farmers that are members of a co-op and a have a serious decision to make about spreading their wealth or keeping money for themselves. The students are given role play cards with different situations, then must write about why they made their decision.
Students share information about falcons, then read about how farmers are using falcons. In this falcon instructional activity, the teacher introduces the article with a discussion and vocabulary activity, then students read the news report and participate in a think-pair-share discussion about ways animals are used for crop protection. Lesson includes interdisciplinary follow-up activities.
Students discuss the essay, Kumara From the Farmer's Field and examine strategies for organizing facts for future reference. For this reading comprehension lesson, students pretend they are advertising executives who must create a grocery store poster to promote Kumara. Students use their notes from their reading and their imagination to create a slogan, jingle, or an artistic presentation of Kumara From the Farmer's Field.
Young scholars explore farming by creating visual demonstrations. In this agriculture lesson, students read assigned text about a farmer's duty and identify the events that have taken place in the history of agriculture. Young scholars collaborate in groups to create posters or PowerPoint presentations showcasing an aspect of farming.
Second graders investigate rice farming. In this farming equipment lesson, 2nd graders discover what type of equipment is needed to get rice farms ready to plant. Students gain knowledge about what a combine does and how it is important to farmers. Students draw pictures of what farmers do to get fields ready to plant.
Students study how worms improve the soil. They explore why earthworms are called "Little Farmers", and draw a picture accurately depicts the process of a worm improving the soil and write facts about worms.
Students participate in a level C-3 guided reading lesson plan. In this guided reading lesson plan, students preview and read the book Farmer's Market by Juan Quintana. They define vocabulary words, determine what happens when they come to a period at the end of a sentence, and discuss the story with classmates. They read about a market and attempt to make connections to their own lives. They write a simple sentence about what they prefer to eat.
Read about Oklahoma's first farmers. In this farming lesson plan, learners read about 14 different agricultural workers and their contribution to Oklahoma's farming. They complete several activities such as: researching an agriculturist, creating a wanted poster, and working on an Oklahoma map.
Students read 1 page about Gulf Coast rice farmers and then describe what rice farming in the U.S. is like in the United States. In this rice farming lesson plan, students tell why they would or would not want to be a rice farmer.
