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TOPIC
Name
Subject
Grade Level
Date/Duration
Big Ideas
Essential
Questions

PA/Common
Core/Standards
Objective

Agriculture
Kayla Salego
Science
3rd Grade
1-2 weeks
Farmers grow and take care of the crops that we eat
every day.
What is a crop?
What do plants need in order to grow?
What does the farmer need to do in order to grow good
crops?
Standard: 4.4.3.A Identify Pennsylvania crops that
provide food for the table and fiber for textiles.

Independently, the students will use the given

materials to plant a seed and document their
observations with 90% accuracy.

The teacher will check the students observation sheets

every other day to make sure the students are
completing the work. Also, this will allow for a small
discussion one on one, teacher and student, regarding
their plant and its growth.
Youtube video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=oR6iFSxHpME - the student can watch the short
video on how corn in planted and taken care for on the
far.

Bloom's
Taxonomy
Webb's Depth of
Knowledge
(DOK)
Formative &
Summative
Assessment
Evidence
ISTE Standards
for Students
Framework for
21st Century
Learning
Accommodation
s, Modifications

CK

James will have a class helper to help him initially plant

his seed.
James will have magnets and clips to help him hold his
paper still while he is drawing and writing.

SUPERVISING
TEACHERS
SIGNATURE

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RATIONALE for
the Learning
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The students will become in class farmers who plant their own
crops to realize the important job farmers have in order to
make food for us to eat.

CK

Introduction

Explicit
Instructions

Lesson
Procedure

Activating Prior Knowledge

What types of foods come from a farm?
Where do these foods come from? How are they
created?
Who takes care of the food we eat?
Hook/Lead-In/Anticipatory Set
Did you know that farmers take care of more than just
animals on a farm?
Who do you think grows and prepares some of the fruits
and vegetables that we eat?
Big Idea Statement
Farmers take care of more than just animals, they take
care of the food we eat every day.
Essential Questions Statement
What is a crop?
What do plants need in order to grow?
What does the farmer need to do in order to grow good
crops?
Objective Statement
The students will work on their own to plant a seed to
observe and document its growth over time.
Transition
At the beginning, the students will come sit on the floor
in the front of the room to view the YouTube video.
The students will then have the opportunity to get up to
retrieve all of their materials.
Lastly, the students will plant their seeds in their cups at
their desks.
As the two weeks go by, observing their plant will
become a transition. They will have the opportunity to
walk over and write about their plant prior to the new
science lesson.
Key Vocabulary
Crops
Growth
Farmer
Needs
PreAssessment of Students
KWL chart. The student will complete the KWL chart for
the teacher to get a feel for what the students know,
want to know, and and later, have learned.
After the students have created their KWL charts the
teacher will read the students Food from Farms by Acorn
so the students can learn the different crops on a farm
and how they are grown.
Modeling of the Concept
Prior to beginning the lesson, the teacher will grow a
seed at home while also filling out an observation sheet.

This will give the students model of what their

observation sheet should look like as well as what the
end result will be for their seed.
Guiding the Practice
The teacher will walk around and help the student plant
their seeds.
Also, every other day the teacher will remind the
students to observe their seed to complete that days
observation square on their sheet.
Providing the Independent Practice
The students will be planting and observing their own
seed. Their observation sheets will only be for just their
plant. The teachers model will serve as a rubric because
they will have a completed example to base their work
off of.
Transition
At the beginning, the students will come sit on the floor
in the front of the room to view the YouTube video.
The students will then have the opportunity to get up to
retrieve all of their materials.
Lastly, the students will plant their seeds in their cups at
their desks.
As the two weeks go by, observing their plant will
become a transition. They will have the opportunity to
walk over and write about their plant prior to the new
science lesson.

Reading
Food from Farms by Acorn
Materials
Youtube video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Technology
v=oR6iFSxHpME
Equipment
Dirt
Supplies
Cups
Seeds
Observation Sheets
Crayons
Evaluation of
Formal Evaluation
the
The teacher will hold a check sheet and mark off what
Learning/Master
students are taking care of their plant daily and who is
y of the
not.
Concept
The teacher will then also collect each students
observation sheets and read each note section and
drawing that goes along with each days observation.
Informal Evaluation
The students will get in small groups and discuss with
one another their observation sheets. They could talk
about their differences between each others, the
similarities, what they did differently to help it grow, and
etc.
Closure
Summary & Review of the Learning

Teacher
Self-reflection

Talk with the students and discuss the reason for this
activity.
Ask the essential questions to the class.
Discuss some of the things each small group discussed
in their group discussions.
Homework/Assignments
As the project is going on, the students assignment
would be to work at growing their seed and completing
their observation sheet.