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。

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