Farm Animals
Intern: Rawad Abu Zed
Mentor Teacher: Tammy
Grade Level: Kindergarten
Date: 03 – 03 - 2009
# of Students: 20 - 25
Time Frame: 30 min
Qatar Curriculum Standard
Science:
K - 1.3 Sort objects into groups according to common characteristics.
Math:
K - 6.3 Know that objects can be described in terms of their physical properties, such as
color, size, shape, weight, texture, flexibility, floating, sinking.
Instructional Objective: (Measurable)
By the end of this lesson student will be able to:
- Name two or more of farm animals correctly.
- Sort some plastic animals into farm animals and animals that don’t live on the farm with
90% accuracy.
- Compare two sets of objects according to big and small.
Materials:
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Bee puppet.
5 sets of farm animals made of plastic (horse, rooster, goose, sheep, and cow).
Elephant toy.
Lion toy.
5 Plastic boxes.
5 Flashcards with "Big".
5 Flashcards with "Small".
25 copies of Worksheet #1
Resources:
I have created my resources.
TEACHING PROCEDURE
Activating Prior Knowledge / Focus:
Start with daily routine asks: what is the day is today? The date, month, and year then the song
"There are seven days in the week"
Show the student the bee puppet and tell them, "This is my friend Bobo. She is here to tell you
about her last trip to the farm."
Teacher Strategies:
The teacher will use the puppet to tell the students, "Yesterday I was on the farm and I saw a …
and show them the toy sheep."
 Repeat the previous step with each farm animal (horse, rooster, goose, and cow).
The teacher will
 draw a mind map and ask the students to remind her, which animals did the bee see on
the farm? She will write it on the mind map.
 show the students some animals and ask them to sort them according to "Farm animals"
and "animals that don't live on the farm".
 ask students to name each farm animal and put it on its name on the mind map
 show the student two flashcards one written on it big and the other one written on it
small and ask the students to read them. "with teacher's demonstrator for big and small"
 show the student a set of five farm animals (horse, rooster, goose, sheep, and cow) and
have students classify them either "Big " or "Small".
The teacher will divide the students into five groups and give each group a set of five farm
animals (horse, rooster, goose, sheep, and cow) and the two flashcards "Big" and "Small" to
sort the animals according to big and small then put the flashcards "Big" and "Small" according
to which group has big or small animals.
Student Activities:
Students will:
 say the word "sheep" with teacher's help.
 say the name of each animal with teacher's help (horse, rooster, goose, and cow).
 say the name of each farm animal.
 sort the plastic animals into "farm animals" and "animals that don't live on the farm".
 name each farm animal and put it on its name on the mind map.
 read the two flashcards.
 classify the animals to big and small.
The students will divide into five groups and work cooperatively to sort the animals according
to "Big" and "Small", then put the flashcards "Big" and "Small" according to which group has
big animals or small animals.
Modifications / Differentiation
Students who progress further will complete Worksheet #1
Students who make slower progress will draw the "Big" farm animals.
Lesson Extension:
Ask children to draw a picture of the biggest animal they know. The teacher will tell them that
during the next lesson we will study zoo animals.
Closure:
Teacher will ask students to line up and go to the library quietly because the librarian will tell
them a story about "More" and "Less". (The teacher and the librarian have prepared for that
before)
Assessment: ongoing assessment
Teacher will informally assess the children as they determine whether the object is big or small,
and while children are sorting.
Reflection is done after teaching the lesson:
Reflective Evaluation of Lesson
Worksheet # 1
Write each animal's name on the right place:
Horse – sheep - goose – cow - rooster