Last updated: April 12, 2023
Lesson Plan
Goats at Connemara Farm (Grades K-2) Carl Sandburg Home NHS
- Grade Level:
- Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
- Subject:
- Science
- Lesson Duration:
- 60 Minutes
Essential Question
What is your opinion about taking care of a goat on a farm? What evidence and reasons support your opinion?
Objective
I can ask and answer questions about key details.
I can write using key details.
Background
The purpose of this lesson is to show students how the park rangers take care of the goats at Connemara Farms today and connect with the reasons that Mrs. Sandburg had a herd of dairy goats.
Preparation
Upload the Powerpoint as google slides to be pushed out in Google Classroom.
Teacher will share or show the video “Goat Care at Connemara Farms” with students. (Link on PowerPoint slide 2) What are the ways the rangers care for the goats?
Materials
Contains lesson plan materials and links to be used remotely or in person
Download Goats at Connemara Farms Powerpoint
Procedure
Remote Learning
Share the PowerPoint “Goats at Connemara Farms” with students. The PowerPoint can be uploaded as a Google Slide and pushed out in Google Classroom. Students will learn about how park rangers take care of the goats today and why Mrs. Sandburg had a dairy goat farm. Students will write a poem and piece of opinion writing about goats.
In-Person Learning
Activating Strategy
Teacher will share or show the video “Goat Care at Connemara Farms” with students. (Link on PowerPoint slide 2) What are the ways the rangers care for the goats?
Teaching Strategy
1. Show students “Mrs. Sandburg Had a Farm.” (PowerPoint slide 2) What key details do you learn about goats?
2. Share the example Five Senses Poem on slide 3. What do you notice about the poem?
3. Students can independently write their own Five Senses poem about their observations of the goat barn based on details from the video and story. Students can write on paper, or the PowerPoint. (If using the PowerPoint converted to a Google Slide, the students can type on the Slide and submit their writing.) Teacher may want to model this first using slides 4-8.
2. Share the example Five Senses Poem on slide 3. What do you notice about the poem?
3. Students can independently write their own Five Senses poem about their observations of the goat barn based on details from the video and story. Students can write on paper, or the PowerPoint. (If using the PowerPoint converted to a Google Slide, the students can type on the Slide and submit their writing.) Teacher may want to model this first using slides 4-8.
Summarizing Strategy: Give students an opinion writing piece (could be completed on paper or slide 5) to answer the essential question:
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- In your opinion, would you want to take care of a goat? Explain your answer with supporting details from the video and PowerPoint.