WELCOME TO THE "FARM VILLE"!

Hi kids! I'm Tobby, the dog. 

I live in the Farm Ville, with my owner Kate, the farmer.


I'm going to show you how the life in the farm is.

Pre-Tasks

It's time to sing! 


Are you all ready? Pay attention on the farm animals. 

       Let's have fun with the song Old MacDonald  Had a Farm!

  

   Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=hDt_MhIKpLM

See the video again and count how many animals there appear.

Let's play! 

Tobby and his friends are playing hide-and-seek. Find all  of them! There are six friends and Tobby. Try on!

Task Preparation

To begin to know the farm, we have to know the animals we can find in it.


In class we have known some of the animals such as the rabbit, the dog, the chick ... But which animals more are there?


Think about the animals you can find on a farm and make a list! The picture below can help you.

Tasks Realisation

Now that we have an idea about the animals that there are in a farm, we are going to learn more!

Activity 1. Here you are some of the farm's animals. It appears some animal that you thought in the pre-task? Sure!

If there is any animal that you didn't think on the first activity, don't worry! Now is the time to know them!

To continue learning, we are going to do some funny activities:

Activity 2. This activity it's very easy: you only have to identify the animals of the pictures. Write the number and the name of the animal that corresponds:

Now, you have to explain some characteristics of the animals that you have learned in Science: what they eat, where they live, how they born, what the humans use of them...

Tasks Realisation.

Activity 3. Bobby has lost some vowels of the names! Can you help him to fill in the names of the animals?

You have the names in three languages: catalan, spanish and english. 

P_ll_t / P_ll_t_ / Ch_ck 

 V_c_ / V_c_ / C_w

 P_rc / C_rd_ / P_g

 Ov_ll_ / Ov_ j _ / Sh_ _p

 C_n_ll/ C_n_ j _ / R_bb_t

 C_v_ll / C_b_ ll_ / H_rs_

            R_c / B_rr_ / D_n_k_y

 G_ll d'Ind_ / P_v_ / T_rk_y

Activity 4. Well! Now It’s the moment to show what you have learned. Find the name of the animal’s list in the Alphabet Soup. If you don’t see one, don’t worry, ask your partner or teacher.

Activity 5. A good farmer has to know how many animals has in the farm. Kate, the owner of the farm, has a lot of work, and she asks Bobby to do the counting of the animals for her. But, Bobby is not too good at maths... Can you help Bobby to count the animals? At the same time, the animals want to know it too. Can you tell them? They were born in differents places, so you have to speak them in catalan, spanish and english.


How many animals? Quants animals hi ha? ¿Cuántos animales hay?

1: ONE / UN / UNO.
2: TWO/ DOS / DOS.
3: THREE/ TRES/ TRES.
4: FOUR/ QUATRE/ CUATRO.
5: FIVE/ CINC/ CINCO.
6: SIX/ SIS/ SEIS.
7: SEVEN/ SET/ SIETE.
8: EIGHT/ VUIT/ OCHO.
9: NINE/ NOU/ NUEVE.
10: TEN/ DEU/ DIEZ.
11: ELEVEN/ ONZE/ ONCE.
12: TWELVE/ DOTZE/ DOCE.




- There are _ _ _ _ /_ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ cows/vaques/ vacas.
- There are _ _ _ _ _/_ _ _ _/ _ _ _ _  sheep/ovelles/ovejas.
- There are _ _ _ _ _/ _ _ _ _/ _ _ _ _ horses/cavalls/caballos.
- There are _ _ _ _ _ _/ _ _ _/ _ _ _ _ _  ducks/ànecs/patos.
- There are _ _ _ _/ _ _ _ _/ _ _ _ _ _ chickens/gallines/gallinas.
- There are _ _ _/ _ _ _/ _ _ _ donkeys/rucs/ burros.
- There are _ _ _/ _ _ _/ _ _ _ _ pigs/porcs/cerdos.

Now, circle the right choice:

- There are nine/ eight/ ten  pigs and donkeys.

- There are six/ nine/ eight horses and chickens.

- There are eleven/ ten/ nine ducks and cows.

- There are twelve/ eleven/ ten/ sheep and horses.

- There are seven/ five/ eight/ chickens and donkeys.

Activity 6. It's time to show what a good farmer you are! Explain to a partner what do you think is important to know in a farm. 

Then, it's the turn of your partner and you have to listen carefully because later you have to decide between the two what is the paramount!

Post-Tasks.

We're going on an excursion to a farm!

In the farm, the farmer will explain us all that she do with the animals, because we are studying farm animals. We will meet how is a real farm and how is the farmer's work!

Activity 7. You have to do groups of 5 persons. Each group  will have a photo camera. You have to make photos of what you see in the farm: animals, the farmer, the landscapes... 





Then, you have to do an album, and in above of each picture you have to write a short description.

Activity 8. You have to draw a picture of what you liked most over the farm.

Activity 9. In the same groups of 5 as before, mark in the map that the teacher will give to you the route we do with the farmer when she takes out the sheep to pasture. 

Activity 10. In the same groups of 5, you will have a notebook and a pencil and you have to write some of the explanations of the farmer about the work that he/she has with the animals. 

Later, in the school, each group will expose one of the explanation to the rest of the class.

To learn more

Well, here you are some links to continue learning! 


Click on the vocabulary words and drag them to their corresponding image. Click check to correct: http://www.madridteacher.com/Activities/farm-animals.htm





***All the images of the blog have been taken from Google Images.