• NYS Agriculture In The Classroom 

    Lesson Plans: Kindergarten is Popping

    • Introduction
    • Language Arts
      • The Senses - The students will explore the senses of sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell in describing various items they come in contact with.
        • ELA 
          • Standard 1.1 - Listening and Reading
        • Career Development
          • Standard 3a.1 - Basic Skills
      • Animals - After completing these activities students will: learn names of animals; learn vowel and consonant sounds; learn singular and plural names; compare male, female, young, old, and plural names of animals to those same names for people; learn the fact that when an animal has horns, it is not necessarily a male.
        • ELA
          • Standard 1.1 - Listening and Reading
          • Standard 1.2 - Speaking and Writing
        • Math, Science, and Technology
          • Standard, 4.1 - Living Environment
        • Career Development
          • Standard 3a.1- Basic Skils
      • Feed the Turkeys - Students will learn that turkeys eat grains such as corn, oats, and soybeans. They will learn which words begin with C, 0, and S, and to count the number of words.
        • ELA 
          • Standard 1.1 Listening and Reading
        • Math, Science, and Technology
          • Standard 3.2 - Number and Numeration
        • Career Development
          • Standard 3a.1- Basic Skills
      • Fireflies - The student will explore a curiosity which they may have already noticed; the firefly. Read the book Fireflies in the Night by Judy Hawes. Questions for discussion are provided.
    • Mathematics
      • Popcorn - Your students will learn how popcorn grows and pops, and several ways to eat it. Activities include cutting out pictures and assembling them in sequence; measuring popcorn in volume; and graphing.
        • Math, Science, and Technology
          • standard 3.2 - Number and Numeration
          • Standard 3.5 - Measurement
          • Standard 4.1, 4.6 - Living Environment
        • Career Development
          • Standard 3a.1 -Basic Skills
      • A Turkey Grows Up - Your students will learn how a turkey grows through several activities and games. Have the students cut apart pictures and assemble them in order, from hatching to market. Play the Wild Turkey Trot Game.
        • Math, Science, and Technology
          • Standard 3.2 - Number and Numeration
          • Standard 3.5 - Measurement
          • Standard 4.1, 4.6 - Living Environment
        • Career Development
          • Standard 3a.1 - Basic Skills
      • Counting Animals - Students will learn to count to 10, sort into categories, determine more or less, and match. Conduct this lesson in conjunction with the Language Arts lesson of animal names. Have students count, match, sequence, and compare livestock pictures pinned on a bulletin board or wall.
        • Math, Science, and Technology
          • Standard 3.2 - Number and Numeration
          • Standard 3.5 - Measurement
          • Standard 4.1, 4.6 - Living Environment
        • Career Development
          • Standard 3a.1- Basic Skills
    • Science
      • The Soil - The students will describe what is in soil and why soil is important, and explain the difference between "dirt" and "soil." Activities include making "Dirt Cake," making "Dirty Dirt" and "Super Soil" puppets, and reading the Dirty Dirt and Super Soil story.
        • Math, Science, and Technology
          • Standard 4.6, 4.7 - Living Environment
        • ELA
          • Standard 1.1 - Listening and Reading
        • Career Development
          • Standard 3a.1 - Basic Skills
      • Germination - Students will sequence a pictorial of the growth of a bean plant. Lesson comes with pictures for students to cut apart and paste, a worksheet to compare bean and corn plant growth, and more ideas for seed learning such as making musical instruments and singing, and planting bean and corn seeds.
        • Math, Science, and Technology
          • Standard 4.1, 4.4, 4.6 - Living Environment
        • ELA
          • Standard 1.1 - Listening and Reading
        • Career Development
          • Standard 3a.1 - Basic Skills
      • Initials - At the end of this unit students will produce their initials by growing grass on a sponge, and understand that seeds need warmth and water to grow. Comes with complete instructions.
        • Math, Science, and Technology
          • Standard 4.1, 4.6 - Living Environment
        • ELA
          • Standard 1.1 - Listening and Reading
        • Career Development
          • Standard 3a.1 - Basic Skills
      • Making Raisins - Make raisins with your class! Also comes with two great raisin recipes.
        • Math, Science, and Technology
          • Standard 4.6 - Living Environment
        • ELA
          • Standard 1.1 - Reading and Listening
          • Standard 3a.1 - Basic Skills
    • Social Studies
      • Pig Party - At the end of this lesson, students will have an understanding of what products come from hogs. Fun activities include throwing a "Pig Party," making pig masks, and making mobiles of pork by-products.
        • Social Studies
          • Standard 4.1 - Economics
        • Math, Science, and Technology
          • Standard 4.6 - Living Environment
        • ELA
          • Standard 1.1 - Listening and Reading
        • Career Development
          • Standard 2a.1 -  Basic Skills
      • Thanksgiving - Students will fill a bulletin board cornucopia with foods served at their Thanksgiving dinner. Discuss that these foods came from farms across America. Lesson comes with activities and the history of Thanksgiving for teacher resources.
        • Social Studies
          • Standard 4.1 - Economics
        • ELA
          • Standard 1.2 - Speaking and Writing
          • Standard 4.2 - Reading and Writing
        • Career Standard
          • Standard 3a.1 - Basic Skills
          • Standard 3b.1 - Basic Business Understanding
          • Standard 3b.2 -  Business Related Technology
      • Beef - Learn how beef is produced as well as what products and food come from cattle. Graph the classes' beef preferences by voting on favorite beef foods. Lesson comes with activities and a game.
        • ELA
          • Standard 1.1 - Listening and Reading
        • Career Development
          • Standard 3a.1 - Basic Skills