Title – Shearing Sheep Sequence

By – Tosha Thomas

Primary Subject – Social Studies

Grade Level – K

Teaching Strategy: whole group

Time Required: 45 minutes

1. Concept or Skill:

Social Studies — learning how sheep are sheared.

2. Alabama Course of Study Correlation:

#27. Trace the production of a product from beginning to end.

3. Behavioral Objectives: The student will be able to draw the steps of the sequence of shearing sheep.

4. Materials: Small paper plates, large paper plates, cotton balls, construction paper, glue, scissors, markers, crayons, 15×18 inch art paper,

Farmer Brown Shears His Sheep – A Yarn About Wool

by Teri Sloat

5. Teaching/Learning Procedures

A. Motivation:
Ask the students “Have ever seen a sheep before?” Then ask,
“Where do sheep live?” I will also ask the children, “Do you know what you
can make from a sheep’s fleece?”

B. Instructional Procedures


1. Have the students sit on the floor in the learning area.

2. Read the story,

Farmer Brown Shears His Sheep – A Yarn About Wool

by Teri Sloat.

3. Call the children by their table color to sit at their table.

4. The students will illustrate what happens in the story on each section of the given paper labeled: first, next, and last.

C. Closure:

The students will make a sheep using small paper plates, large paper plates, construction paper, markers, scissors, glue, and cotton balls.

6. Evaluation: I will informally assess the students by their illustrations of
the story in sequential order: first, next, and last of the book.

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