Synthesis: The students will select their animal and support it's character Knowledge: The students will identify other farm animalsĪnalysis: The students will select one animal from their list Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question. By completing this, they have the opportunity to use their imaginations and produce a creative writing selection. After narrowing it down to one specific animal, they will create a list of what that animal might want to tell its' humans. Students can relate to this activity by thinking about what animals they may own or take interest in. Thinking how this pet would think, act, feel, requests it may have, and more.

The students will use their imaginations to think like one of their pets. Synthesis: The students create a list of ideas/itemsĪpplying: The student creates his/her own brochure Write informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section. By completing this activity, the students can use their imagination, creativity, and personal experience when they think of an item they want and how to create the brochure. They will recall items from the story that the farm animals requested. The students will put themselves into the cows or hens' place by creating their own brochure persuading their parents to buy an item they've been wanting to have. I have created this website and the many activities to be incorporated into a 2nd grade classroom. From this reading, the students will learn how to persuade, compromise, and negotiate. This Caldecott winning book can be used to engage students in the writing process as they read about typing farm animals and read the letters they wrote to the farmer. Farmer Brown must decide a way to get his milk and eggs back. After he refuses their request, the animals start to go on strike. He learns that his cows know how to use a typewriter and are requesting electric blankets. Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type, written by Doreen Cronin, is about Farmer Brown and his farm animals.

Click clack book