Farming: Raising Winter Wheat (Lesson 3)

A Reading Adventure Pack features a fiction and nonfiction text—The Oxcart Man by Donald Hall and illustrated by Barbara Cooney and Farming by Gail Gibbons. Following the readings, scholars make a collage showcasing foods farmed from...

Learners view a display of empty food containers (or illustrations). They select a food and decide as a class if it has an animal or plant origin. Students view a display of common farm animals that are commonly eaten (cow, pig, chicken,...

Young scholars discuss their food preferences. Using a flannel board and food models students describe what they would like to eat for dinner. Young scholars compare their selections with their classmates. Students identify the...

Students identify farm animals by the sounds they make and draw the animal and type of food they eat. In this farm animals lesson plan, students read the book Barnyard Song and view baggies of animal food.

Students listen to a teacher read aloud and discuss the farm animals. They participate in an role playing activity that explains how mother mammals recognize their young by their scent.

Friends arrive at the farm and aspiring agronomists help the farmer to grow what the friends want. With adorable animation and charming background music, little ones practice virtual gardening and farming while developing cognitive...

Young farmers explore the world of farm animals. They are introduced to a variety of animals, what their role is, how many legs they have, and what sounds they make. Worksheets and websites embedded in the plan are used to carry it out....

Students examine the sources, location and availability of local food, develop mapping skills, interact with Elders to gain pertinent information, and examine subsistence issues of the past and present.

After a class discussion about where their food comes from learners construct a farm from a print-out (embedded in the plan). They work in groups, and trace a food source from the beginning. For example, they discover how a farmer grows...

Students explain the seasons on a wheat farm. They identify the uses of a grain elevator as well. They use a dry erase board to illustrate the seasons and the grain elevator in operation.