LESSON 4 TEACHER’S GUIDE Jobs on the Farm · • Surprise ending: an egg falls out of the collecting basket Content • Chores and fun on a farm Themes and Ideas • There are many

Characteristics of the Text Genre • Informational Text

Text Structure • First-person narrative describing how children can help on a farm• Surprise ending: an egg falls out of the collecting basket

Content • Chores and fun on a farmThemes and Ideas • There are many things to do on a farm.

• Everyone can help get work done on a farm, but there’s time for fun, too.Language and

Literary Features• Clear, straightforward language• First-person narrator

Sentence Complexity • Many simple sentences: Look at us.• Some longer sentences: We can help Mom and Dad on the farm.

Vocabulary • Words relating to farms: farm, pigs, barn, horses, corn, fi elds, berries, eggsWords • Many high-frequency words: and, look, help, play

• More challenging words: berries, brushIllustrations • Illustrations that support and add to the text

Book and Print Features • Nine pages, with two to four lines of text and one illustration on each page• Balloon text in illustration: Oops!• Large print and good spacing between words

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Jobs on the Farmby Holly Fry

Fountas-Pinnell Level DInformational TextSelection SummaryA sister and brother show what they do to help on the family farm.

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Build BackgroundRead the title to children and talk with them about what the characters are doing in the cover illustration. Ask them what they know about farms. Then ask: What are some jobs that need to be done on a farm? What can children do to help?

Introduce the TextGuide children through the text, noting important ideas, and helping with unfamiliar language and vocabulary so they can read the text successfully. Here are some suggestions:

Page 2: Explain that this book shows many jobs on a farm. The two children telling about the jobs are a sister and brother who help their parents on the family farm.Suggested language: Turn to page 2. The two children in the picture are talking directly to the readers. They are sister and brother. They say: Look at us. Say the word look. What letter would you expect to see fi rst in the word look? Find the word Look and put your fi nger under it.

Page 3: Turn to page 3 and look at the picture. The children say: We can help Mom and Dad on the farm. What do you think the children are getting ready to do? How can you tell?

Page 4: Remind children that they can use information in the pictures to help them read. Look at this picture. Now what will the children say they can do to help?

Page 5: On page 5, they say: We can brush the horses. What two sounds do you hear at the beginning of the word brush? Find the word brush on the page.

Page 8: Turn to page 8 and look at the picture. It shows that picking berries is one of the jobs on the farm. Find the word berries on page 8. Why does this job look like fun?

Now go back to the beginning and read to fi nd out about the jobs children can do on a farm.

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ReadAs the children read, observe them carefully. Guide them as needed, using language that supports their problem solving ability.

Respond to the TextPersonal ResponseAsk children to share their personal responses to the book. Begin by asking what they liked best about the book, or what they found interesting.Suggested language: What jobs would you like to do on the farm? Why?

Ways of ThinkingAs you discuss the text, make sure children understand these teaching points:

Thinking Within the Text Thinking Beyond the Text Thinking About the Text

• Children can help their parents on a farm.

• Some jobs children can do on a farm include feeding pigs, brushing horses, picking corn, picking berries, and gathering eggs.

• Children can have fun on a farm, too.

• There are many things to do on a farm.

• Everyone can help get work done on a farm, but there’s time for fun, too.

• The writer’s attitude is that there is a lot of work to be done on a farm, but children can have fun, too.

• The pictures extend the text.

• A speech balloon in the last picture adds to the twist at the end of the book.

© 2006. Fountas, I.C. & Pinnell, G.S. Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency, Heinemann, Portsmouth, N.H.

Choices for SupportConcepts of PrintHelp children understand that a sentence is a group of words with ending punctuation. Point out that the ending punctuation in Jobs on the Farm includes periods and exclamation points. Model how to read a sentence ending with an exclamation point.

Phonemic Awareness and Word WorkProvide practice as needed with words and sounds, using one of the following activities:

• Listening Game Have children listen for words that rhyme. Have children raise their hands if the words rhyme, and keep their hands in their laps if the words do not rhyme. Say pairs of words, for example: pig and big, farm and barn, brush and hush, corn and car, berries and cherries, eggs and legs, etc.

• Clapping Syllables Have children hear syllables in these words: horses, corn, berries, basket, eggs. Have them clap on each syllable: hors-es, corn, ber-ries, bas-ket, eggs.

• Matching Letters Materials: upper and lowercase magnetic or cardboard letters or letter cards. Have children choose letters and match them with their upper or lowercase form.



Writing About ReadingCritical ThinkingRead the directions for children on BLM 4.4 and guide them in answering the questions.

RespondingRead aloud the questions at the back of the book and help children complete the activities.

Target Comprehension SkillText and Graphic Features

Target Comprehension Skill Remind children to think about how words

work with the pictures. Model how to use pictures and other graphic features to help explain words in a text:

Think Aloud

On page 10, I can see how the words and the picture work together to tell me what happens in the book. The words say, But all the eggs can not fi t in the basket! The picture shows that the basket is so full that one egg fell out and broke. The picture also shows the boy saying, Oops!

Practice the SkillHave children choose another page from the book and tell how the words and the pictures work together to help readers understand what is happening.

Writing PromptRead aloud the following prompt. Have children draw and write their response, using the writing prompt on page 6.

Draw a picture of a job you would like to do on a farm.

Write about why you want to do that job.



Think About It Children look at the pictures and circle the correct answers.

1. What are some things the family has on their farm?

Children draw a picture of something found on a farm.

2.

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English Language LearnersCultural Support People grow food all over the world, but not everyone has farms like the one shown in Jobs on the Farm. Help children understand the farm described in this book and invite them to describe the farms they know about.

Oral Language DevelopmentCheck the children’s comprehension, using a dialogue that best matches their English profi ciency level. Speaker 1 is the teacher, Speaker 2 is the child.

Beginning/ Early Intermediate Intermediate Early Advanced/ Advanced

Speaker 1: Where do the children live?

Speaker 2: farm

Speaker 1: Point to a horse.

Speaker 2: [Points to a horse.]

Speaker 1: What do the children pick?

Speaker 2: corn (or berries)

Speaker 1: Where do pigs like to play?

Speaker 2: in the mud

Speaker 1: Where does corn grow?

Speaker 2: in the fi elds

Speaker 1: What do the children do in the fi elds of corn?

Speaker 2: They pick corn and they hide in the tall corn.

Speaker 1: Why does the egg break?

Speaker 2: All the eggs can not fi t in the basket.



Name Date

Jobs on the FarmDraw a picture of a job you would like to do on a farm.

Write about why you want to do that job.



Think About It Children look at the pictures and circle the correct answers.

1. What are some things the family has on their farm?

Children draw a picture of something found on a farm.

2.

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Jobs on the Farm • LEVEL D Jobs on the FarmRunning Record Form

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Behavior Code Error

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page Selection Text Errors Self-Corrections

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Look at us.

We live on a farm.

We can help Mom and

Dad on the farm.

We can feed the pigs.

The pigs live in a barn.

They like to eat and

play in the mud.

The horses live in the

barn, too.

We can brush the horses.

They like to be brushed!

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