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My Farm
我的农场3rd Grade Teacher: Hsiung, Hui-Chen 熊慧珍
JingMei Elementary School 景美小学
My Farm
CCSS-
MathSocial
Studies
STEM
Positive
Behavior
Management
CCSS-
ELA
Social
Emotional
Learning
Chinese
Language
Art
Daily Work Record
Earning Money with Hard Work
- Ticket token as
money
- Earned after each
class work is done
- Value of the ticket
- Exchange time
- Money
management
Starting with a Scenario
- Recently moved to a village in
Yakima WA, where many
people work in the farms
- Teacher as the land owner
- Students rent the land from
Teacher
- Students paid the rent weekly
- Difference between buying and
renting
Buying the Farm Animals
- Arouse interests
- Background
knowledge
- Making connections
- Price and Value
- Purchase farm
animals
- Money management
Designing a Farm
- Calculate the
area for the
animals to live
- Space design
Esta
blish
ing
a F
arm
Raising the Farm Animals
-
-
- Virtue: Responsibility
- What to feed the
animals?
- Students input
- Life Cycle of a chicken
- The weight of the food
- Economy, the cost
- Multiplication and
subtraction
- Data table
2
4
Area: 6 x 4 = 24
4
4 Pig Food
6 Pig Pen
Area: (4+2) x 4 = 24
Fa
rm a
nd
the
Re
co
rd
Making a Profit
- Product and Service
- Cost and profit
- Student input
- Potential products
- Multiplication and
subtraction
- Teacher as the buyer
Ca
lcu
latin
g th
e p
rofit
How Does Economy Work?
Owning a House
大中小
Designing a House
- Areas of a house
- Different sizes
- House materials for
sales
- Area, multiplication
- Measure the materials
- Design of a house
小
房
子
Architecture Design
Literature
- Topics related to the
farm, farm animals, buy
and sell, how economy
works, math skills,
measurement of weight
and length, life cycle,
design of a structure,
engineering process
etc.,
Litera
ture
Co
nn
ec
tion
s
Reading Time
Running a Lemonade Stand
- Operations, data, bar
graph, record keeping
- Weight measurement
- Economy, run a small
business and marketing
- Health/Nutrition: Lemon
- Art: Lemonade Stand,
design of the product
and the sign
Cla
ss Disc
ussio
n
Extension to Writing
- Record the work
- Math element
- Sentence support
- Writing prompt
- Opinion, narrative
and expository
writing
Writin
g P
rom
pt
Stu
de
nt W
riting
Typing the Work
Katherine 是一位十三岁的小女孩。她的爸爸和妈妈都是农夫,所以她住在一个农场上。她有自己的马叫Bella。Katherine的家总共有十匹马!所以她的家人有十匹马,三头牛,两只狗,一只猫,两只母鸡,一只公鸡,和三只非常可爱的鸡宝宝!她们总共有二十二只动物!
Katherine 非常喜欢动物。她也很喜欢做衣服。一只狗是她自己的狗。她的狗叫 Butterscotch。Katherine 喜欢叫Butterscotch scotchie。Butterscotch 是女生。它三岁。Katherine 喜欢 给Butterscotch 做狗衣。Katherine 很爱Butterscotch 和 Bella。Bella 和 Butterscotch 也很爱Katherine。Butterscotch 很小,Bella 很大。可是 Butterscotch 和 Bella 是朋友。Butterscotch 喜欢到 Bella 的背上玩。
今天是 Katherine 的生日。她今天变十四岁了!Katherine 很高兴因为她的爸爸和妈妈再给她一只狗了!这只狗也三岁。这只狗一个眼睛上有一个黑园圈。Katherine 跟 Bella,Butterscotch,爸爸和妈妈说:“我要叫这只狗 Blueberry。”现在 Katherine 的家人有二十三只动物了!
今天早上,一匹马跑走了!Katherine 爬到 Bella 的背后 跟 Bella 说:“Bella!赶快!” Bella 跑得很快。他们很快就找到那匹马了。
Bella 很脏,所以 Katherine 把 Bella 洗一冼。隔天早上,Bella 看到它喜欢的马。那匹马叫Dusty。Dusty 也很喜欢 Bella。
Katherine 很喜欢跟妹妹看马的电影。Katherine 的妹妹叫 Leila。有一天,Leila 和 Katherine 一起大叫说:"爸爸,妈妈!Bella 生了一个宝宝了!" Katherine 和 Leila 去跟新宝宝一起玩。马宝宝是母的。Katherine 说:"我想要叫这匹马宝宝 Star。"Leila 说:"好!"现在,Leila,Katherine,Butterscotch,Blueberry,Bella 和 Star 都会一起玩。
包 海 蓝
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