Green Meadows Farm

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Green Meadows Farm

Writing assignment

Green Meadows Farm 2014

The first grade students of Ascension Catholic School enjoyed a day a Green Meadows Farm on April 7, 2014. They were able to observe and appreciate many examples of God's awesome creations as they moved around the farm learning about a variety of animals that live there. Students were able to see, hear, touch, and smell the animals living on the farm. Students had the opportunity to feed goats, pet sheep, ride a horse, milk a cow, catch chickens, hold ducklings, and see peacocks, pigs, ostriches, IIama, a zorse and a yak. It was a wonderful sensory experience for all! the trip to the farm helped students answer questions they had and offered opportunities to make many connections to our learning throughout the year about the structure and function of living things. In the days following the field trip, students used their first grade writing and grammar skills to write narratives about their experiences and illustrate their observations of the trip to Green Meadows Farm.

Science and Language standards addressed:

1.SF.a. Observe and analyze the exernal structures of animals to explain how these structures help the animals meet their needs.

1.SF.b. Make observations to explain that animals, including people, have body parts that they use to convey information, which the animal responds to with behaviors that help them survive.

1.SF.e. Gather and use data to explain that young animals and plants grow and change, and not all individuals of the same kind of organism look exactly the same.

1.SF.f. Obtain and share information to explain that patterns of behaviors between parents and offspring promote survival.

1.SF.g. Use observations and information as evidence that animals form groups of varying size and to describe how being part of a group can help individuals survive.

1.W.2. Write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.

1.W.3. Write narratives in which they recount two or more appropriately sequenced events, include some details regarding what happened, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide some sense of closure.

1.SL.2. Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

1.SL.3. Ask and answer question about what a speaker says in order to gather additional information or clarify something that is not understood.

1.SL.4. Describe people, places, things and events with relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly.

1.SL.5. Add drawings or other visual displays to descripitions when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.

1.SL.6. Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation.

1.L.1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking (singular/plural, nouns, verbs, adjectives).

1.L.2. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.