By: Hannah Ames EDCI 270

Down on the Farm By: Hannah Ames EDCI 270

Audience • Kindergarten Learners or 1st Grade Summer school • Second Semester of School year • Middle Class, Suburban/Rural/Innercity Communities • Children who want an activity during centers, or for more practice outside of class

Environment • Individually or groups of two • At a computer with headphones • At home with a parent or older sibling • In an area where noise and their talking will not be disruptive to other children

Standards • K.1.2 Follow words from left to right and from top to bottom on the printed page • K.1.4 Recognize that sentences in print are made up of separate words. • K.1.5 Distinguish letters from words. • K.1.7 Listen to two or three phonemes (sounds) when they are read aloud, and tell the number of sounds heard, whether they are the same or different, and the order. • K.1.9 Listen to and say consonant-vowel-consonant (cvc) sounds and blend the sounds to make words. • K.1.11 Listen to one-syllable words and tell the beginning or ending sounds. • K.1.12 Listen to spoken sentences and recognize individual words in the sentence; listen to words • and recognize individual sounds in the words.

Standards, continued • K.4.3 Write using pictures, letters, and words. • K.4.5 Write by moving from left to right and from top to bottom. • K.6.2 Spell independently using an understanding of the sounds of the alphabet and knowledge of letter names.

Objectives Upon successful completion of this powerpoint, in conjunction with the farm unit in class, students will be able to identify farm animals and aspects of a farm environment. Also, students will practice and apply reading and motor skills. Skills will be evaluated with three activities. Students will take a quiz in class with 80% accuracy.

Learn the Buttons! Next! “Old McDonald” Go Back! Farm Quiz Farm Animals Home Go!

What do you want to learn today? “Old McDonald’s Farm” Animals Show what you know! Off to the Farm!

Show what you know!

Pick an activity to test your skills! Farm Phonics Animal Sounds Writing Farm Words

Farm Phonics • Say the name of the animal that you see. • Listen to the beginning sound of the word to find out what the first letter is. • Click on the correct letter that appears from alphabet.

cow c w k

Ooops! I’m sorry, try again!

Yes! Great Job! Keep Going!

chicken n c k

Yes! Great Job! KeepGoing!

horse r s h

sheep p h s

dog g d o

pig p g i

Yes! Great Job!

Animal Sounds • Listen to each animal sound, • then, answer the fun questions about which animal makes that sound!

What does a pig say? Moooo! Neigggh! Oink! Oink!

Ouch! Sorry, try again!

Awesome job! Keep going!

What does a cow say? Cluck, Cluck! Moo! Moo! Neiggh!

What does a sheep say? Baa, Baa! Oink, Oink! Moo, Moo!

What does a horse say? Moo, Moo! Baa, Baa! Neigggh!

Awesome job!

Writing Farm Words • Let’s write our new farm words! • This activity should be done with your big brother/sister, or mom and dad! • Directions: Use your mouse writer to write the names of the farm objects on the lines! To locate the writer, right click on the screen with the mouse, and select “pointer options.” Then, you can select the type of writer for the activity.

Click on the picture you want to write.

Corn

Pig

tractor

sheep

Old McDonald Had A Farm If you click on the site below, you can listen to this song! Save this for the end of the show! http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/lyrics/mcdonald.htm

Off to the Farm!

By: Hannah Ames EDCI 270