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Ag Literacy Herbert Parks Tennessee Foundation for Ag in the Classroom National AITC Conference Fort Lauderdale, FL June 2011
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Ag LiteracyHerbert Parks
Tennessee Foundation for Ag in the ClassroomNational AITC Conference
Fort Lauderdale, FLJune 2011
Ag LiteracyPre-K through 2nd Grade
By integrating activities with agriculture themed books:Teachers will welcome agriculture into their
reading programsAdding an activity to a story helps reading
retention by 75-90%.
Presenter
Presentation Notes
Ag Literacy
I TeachHarry E. Wilson
I learn so I may teachI teach because I learn
I teach because it’s hardI teach because it’s easy
I teach to share the treasurers I have foundI teach to show how one may find one’s own treasurers
I teach to see more clearlyI teach for the joy of watching children learn
I teach to see children sharing, discovering, teaching…. LearningI teach to share the joy of learning
I teach to see the smilesI teach to smile
I SMILE OFTEN
Tops & Bottoms
•Moral Values•Honesty•Make a vegetable garden book•Opposites•Mural
Growing Vegetable
Soup Seed Germination Planting Vegetables Plant an outdoor garden Match names to vegetables Counting Recipe for vegetable soup
Hello, Biscuit! Treasury
•Gourmet dog biscuits•Beefy dog biscuit recipe
Garth Pig and the Ice Cream
Lady
Saying no to strangersIce Cream
Chemistry
All About Seeds
WaterSoilSunshineWatching the
process from seed to plant
Extra Cheese, Please!
How cheese is madeProcess from cow
to pizzaFood Pyramid--
Dairy
Learn about spread of illnessGerms and
bacteriaHow to was your
hands
Germs Make Me Sick!
WoolMilkMeatWool (or cotton ball) Sheep
SHEEP
Mouse protects a strawberry for himself
Make paper strawberries
ImaginationSharing
The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry and The Big Hungry Bear
Tree providing for a boyPlant a treeMaking apple
butterMake a tree
The Giving Tree
Relating Agriculture to technology
Hand PuppetsWhere food comes
fromPurple cow dessert
Click, Clack, MooCows That Type
All about pumpkinsPaper plate pumpkinGut a pumpkinTaste pumpkin seedsPumpkin seed letters
Pumpkin, Pumpkin
Pig eats too much and gets stuckNumber pigPicture of farm
and animalsPaper bag puppet
Pig Gets Stuck
Farm equipmentcomes to lifeSeeds & gestationDraw favorite
character and write about it
Welcome to Merriweather Farm
Elements and patienceMake a hatDifferent types of
growthFruitVegetables
Surprise Garden
Pumpkins fall off a truck in her yardMake pumpkin
piePumpkin faceSink or float
Too Many Pumpkins
Making a presentLettersSetting the “moo-oo-ood”Colorful cows
Millie Waits for the Mail
Sank the boatHow now brown
cowTil’ the cows
come homeGraph favorite
dairy foods
Hooray for Dairy Farming!
Paper plate duckWritingColorful quilt
Giggle,Giggle, Quack
Pig maskPaper plate pig
Life on a Pig Farm
Stuffed pumpkinPaint a pumpkinCarve a pumpkinMake your own
pumpkin book
The Pumpkin Book
Decorate picture with corn kernelsCorn picturesPlace cards
What’s for Lunch? Corn
Bag plantingJournalsDiscuss and write
about book
Oh Say can you Seed?
Word searchColor of foodsCow puppet
The Milk Makers
Macaroni NecklacesGummy worm
stretchWorm watchWorm condo
Diary of a Worm
Goat puppetMazeGoat toilet paper
roll craft
GOATS
Pig puppetPork for dinner
Pigs
Sheep puppetPuzzle
Charlie needs a Cloak
Draw a pictureVocabularyVeggie games
If It Weren’t for Farmers
Life cycle of chickenLet’s make a deal
game
Pig and Crow
Order of EventsFoodWrite short stories
Mrs. Wishy Washy’s Farm
Plant growth chart
How a Seed Grows
Potato stampSunflower seeds
for birdsFood pyramid—
vegetables and fruits
Lily’s Garden
Draw a pictureLabel farm
machinesWrite about the
story
Fantastic Farm Machines
Century farm signCompare 100 to
today
Century Farm
Chart animals that the class hasMake a bar graph
Cows, Cats, and Kids
Make an instrument
Daddy Played Music for the Cows
Ear of corn
CORN
Word SearchPlant seeds
Jack’s Garden
Make a tractorCompare tractor
The Rusty, Trusty Tractor
Matching to animalsDraw a tractorColor a tractor
On The Farm
Cotton kitDraw a picture
Cotton Now & Then
Pumpkin patsColoring sheetDecorate a
pumpkin
Pumpkin Circle
Cut a tomatoTasteLook at the seeds
TOMATOES
Plant pumpkin seedsRoast pumpkin
seeds
The Stubborn Pumpkin
Eat green eggs and hamDiscuss what
animals produce eggs and ham
Green Eggs and Ham
Make stick puppets
Dooby Dooby Moo
