Have you ever heard the joke about chocolate milk coming from brown cows? Growing up and always living in rural South Dakota, I would laugh when I heard it. Then I traveled a bit and realized some people truly believe that or other types of ag myths. I wanted to find a way to help educate students, so these agriculture reading activities were born for upper elementary students.
Ready to buy? You can see all the Agriculture Reading Activities HERE.
Keep reading to see how you can use the various reading passages with your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade classroom or homeschool students.
South Dakota relies heavily on agriculture as part of our economy. I feel that informed consumers are better consumers. So why not share more about the actual agriculture world with students while allowing them to get more informational text reading done?
The goal behind this product line is to help students better understand where their food comes from. Kids with little to no agricultural background will get a brief introduction to the ag industry. Kids who have been raised in a more ag-centered way will get to read about their passions. (Because MANY farmers and ranchers take over generational operations that have been in the family for years!)
That’s how the agriculture reading activities called “Food Source” resource line in my store was born! I want kids to learn about their food, where it comes from, and a bit more about how the ag world operates.
Here are the topics we’ve already covered. (As more are created, we will add them here.)
What’s Included in these Agriculture Reading Activities?
Please look at each individual download above to see exactly what each one includes. But generally you can expect to see the following:
- an easier article (with color and b&w print options)
- a harder article (with color and b&w print options)
- a student worksheet with ten comprehension questions
- same 10 comprehension questions to be displayed or read aloud (to save ink)
- Answer key for the 10 questions above
- page with ideas to extend the learning
- list of informational text questions to ask (about ANY article or site)
- nonfiction text features chart worksheet
- KWL chart worksheet
Ready to buy? You can see all the Agriculture Reading Activities HERE.
How can these Agriculture Reading Activities be used?
These articles can be used any way you’d like, so do what works best for YOUR students. Here are my suggestions:
- Morning work – have a photocopy on each student’s desk to start the day and project the questions for them to fill out in their Interactive Reading Notebook
- Early or fast finishers – allow students to do this when they are caught up on everything else
- Time fillers – make the most of those extra ten minutes by reading the article aloud and answering the questions as a whole group, in partners, or individually
- Test prep – many of the articles students will encounter are informational text (or nonfiction) so articles like this are a great way to prep
- Reading centers, stations, or rotations – These make a quick print and go, no prep center
LAST CHANCE! You can see all the Agriculture Reading Activities HERE.
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