Curated OER
Farmer Boy Days
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,...
Curated OER
Moving West With Pioneers
Fifth graders read a book written by Laura Ingalls Wilder to examine the hardships that were endured by pioneers traveling during the Westward Expansion of the US. They predict, summarize and participate in literature circles. They visit...
Curated OER
Farm Animals ABC Book
Learners create an ABC book. In this language arts lesson, students create a page for an ABC book authored an illustrated by the class.
Curated OER
Garden Guard
Students read about the history of farming with the use of scarecrows and then sort clothing, build scarecrows, write descriptions, and more. In this scarecrows lesson plan, students also play a game called Garden Tag.
Curated OER
The Gingerbread Man
Students complete a variety of activities related to the Jan Brett version of the book "The Gingerbread Man." They compare and contrast two versions of the story, prepare and eat gingerbread cookies, describe their gingerbread man...
Curated OER
Hot Weather, Rain Mean Fewer Pumpkins
Learners share their knowledge of pumpkins, then read a news article about how hot weather and rain are affecting the pumpkin crop. In this agriculture and current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a discussion and...
Curated OER
Farm Animals ABC Book
Students read and examine various books and websites on farm animals and farm life, then create a class farm ABC book. Each student is responsible for one page in the book.
Curated OER
Yesteryear and a One Room School House
Fourth graders explore a one room schoolhouse at their school. They write questions to interview teachers and administrators involved in preserving the one room schoolhouse. They create Venn diagrams to compare and contrast information...
Curated OER
A Field of Stars
Students discover the earth can be compared to the shape of an apple, having a spherical shape, and has a north and south pole. They listen to the story, "A Field of Stars" and then observe as the apple is cut open on the equator to...
Curated OER
Professions in My Village
Students construct oral sentences including what they did "before" and "after" the tsunami. In this ESL vocabulary development and verb tense practice lesson, students orally state what is illustrated on a flash card using proper...
Curated OER
Sequential Order for Holes
In this language arts worksheet, students place events from the book "Holes" into sequential order and answer 7 multiple choice questions about the book. This well-designed worksheet would be an excellent homework assignment or in-class...
Curated OER
Down Buttermilk Lane
Second graders read "Down Buttermilk Lane" by Barbara Mitchell. They note five differences and three similarities in the way the Amish live and the way they live. Students create a Venn diagram about the way the Amish live and they way...
Curated OER
Across Five Aprils
Students read the novel, Across Five Aprils and investigate the theme of the individual vs, community loyalties. They keep a daily journal, role-play situations, hold a mock debate, and write a research paper on "coming of age."
Curated OER
Head, Heart, Hands, Health
Fourth graders complete a compare and contrast activity for American agriculture historical events. In this historical events in agriculture instructional activity, 4th graders review a timeline and complete research for agriculture in...
Curated OER
The pH scale
Students list the common properties of acids and bases. They classify substances as acids or bases, by using pH and litmus tests and are able to explain the pH scale. They participate in a lab activity which reinforce their understanding.
Curated OER
Fashion Fanfare of the 19th Century
Fourth graders compare and contrast the clothing during the 19th century to the fashion trends of the present day. They design something suitable for a future time period and explain why.
Curated OER
Ancient Ones, the Study of the Anasazi
Students explore relationships between man and nature. They examine the culture of the Anasazi and the importance of the natural resources around them. Students examine reasons for Anasazi people to leave this area.
Curated OER
Silly Sentences
Students read and illustrate silly sentences. For this sentence structure lesson, students draw illustrations to reflect the parts of one of the silly sentences. Students pictures should show all the parts of their...
Curated OER
Me Oh Maya
Learners compare basketball to Mayan ring-ball. They write a newspaper article that may have been published during Mayan times.
Curated OER
Garden Guard
Students design and create scarecrows. They write descriptively about the scarecrow for a classroom scarecrow show.
Curated OER
The Turn of the Nineteenth Century: Lifestyles and Cultures
Student reflect on the differences between the life of children in the early
nineteenth century and their lives in the present. They demonstrate these differences by creating a drawing of "then and now." In addition, they create a...
Curated OER
A Trip To the Animal Fair
Students share their experiences they have had with animals. Using photographs of their own pets, they create a booklet out of construction paper in which they identify the pets needs. They also compare and contrast what they need to...
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: The American Family in Literature
What is the objective of this "American Family in Literature" unit? This site uses "Farmer Boy" and "Nobody's Family Can Change" to explore differences in families. The resource includes rationale and activities to help get this point to...
![Orca Book Publishers: 'Pigboy' Teaching Guide [Pdf] Lesson Plan](http://content.lessonplanet.com/resources/thumbnails/411262/large/bwluav9tywdpy2symdiwmduymc0xmdq1mc0xzhhhcmtslmpwzw.jpg?1589993198 "Orca Book Publishers: 'Pigboy' Teaching Guide [Pdf] Lesson Plan")
Orca Book Publishers
Orca Book Publishers: 'Pigboy' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
Pigboy by Canadian author Vicki Grant is sure to appeal to boys. In it, Dan resents having to go on a field trip to a heritage farm but when he is there, he discovers that the farmer is actually an escaped convict and has tied up the...
Other popular searches
- Farmer Boy Study Guide
- Farmer Boy Lesson Plans
- Laura Wilder Farmer Boy
- Literature Farmer Boy
- Vocabulary Farmer Boy
- Farmer Boy Wilder
- Farmer Boy Ingles
- Lesson Plans, Farmer Boy
- Farmer Boy Voc
- Farmer Boy Angles