Favorite Farm Animals
Brenda Best
Beaufort Elementary
April 29, 2003

Subjects included in this Lesson Plan: Language Arts, Math, Technology

Brief Description: A study of farm animals and their babies are completed by graphing your favorite farm animal.

Standard Course of Study Goals and Objectives:
Math: 
1.01 Model numbers in a variety of ways.
1.02 Rote count forward and backward
1.03 - Use 1-1 correspondence to identify how many (0-10).
1.07 Create and identify sets with more, less, or equal members by matching.
4.01 Collect data to create concrete and pictorial graphs.
English Language Arts 
1.04 Read or begin to read.
Technology 
2.1 Locate and use letters, numbers, and special keys on a keyboard. 
2.2 Place the cursor at a specified location.
2.3 Identify items by different attributes using manipulatives and/or software.

Teacher's Lesson Goals/Objectives: The students will participate in the completion of a bar graph showing their favorite animal by typing the correct number beside each animal name, and type his/her name.

Materials/Resources Needed: 

1. Up Close and Personal with Farm Animals video, 

2. Spreadsheet with pre-made bar graph, 

3. TV monitor or projection system

4. Tally board,

5. Computer,

6. Printer and paper

Pre Activities: The students will need to recognize animal names and have developed kindergarten computer skills.

1. Students will watch Farm Animals video.

2. Teacher leads discussion of the video.

3. Students are asked which animal is their favorite as teacher shows a class tally or whiteboard (choose top five favorite animals).

Guided Practice:

4. Teacher will tally responses of students of their favorite farm animal on board. 

5. Students will use the computer to enter data for 5 farm animals and watch the pre-constructed bar graph change.

Independent Practice: 

6. Students will take the completed Favorite Farm Animals bar graph sheet to a computer.

7. Using the AppleWorks spreadsheet on the computer, students will read the animal names.

8. Students will place the cursor on column B next to each animal name and type the correct number, watching the bar graph on the screen

9. The student will type his/her name on line 7.

10. Students answer "how many" and "more, less, or equal" (math objective 1.03 and 1.07) questions created by teacher

11. Students will print the completed bar graph.

Closure: Teacher reviews the students' most favorite animal and states that the students will make a puppet of their favorite animal the following day.

Assessment:

• Observation:  Students can place the cursor in the correct cell beside the farm animal and enter the correct data. 
• Check as mastered after spreadsheet and graph are printed:  Students correctly find the number on the keyboard and enter it in the spreadsheet. 
• Check as mastered after spreadsheet and graph are printed:  Students counted tallies of their favorite farm animal and entered the correct number into the spreadsheet correctly. 
• Check as mastered when teacher listens for response: Students correctly answer "how many" and "more, less, or equal" questions created by teacher.