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COURSE: Intro to Agriculture

Science
EL LEVELS: Basic

SIOP/3PLD LESSON
PLAN
TITLE: Swine Ear Notching

Lesson Delivery (Lived

objectives, Student

MINUTES: 60
LESSON AUTHOR(S): Sarah
minutes
McMaster
Standard(s): Students understand the production of large D10.1
Know how to synthesize
and implement optimum requirements for diet, genetics, habitat, and behavior in the
production of large and small animals.
D10.2 Understand how to develop, maintain, and use growth and management records for
large or small animals. animals (e.g., cattle, horses, swine, sheep, goats) and small animals
(e.g., poultry, cavy, rabbits)
The foundation: Lesson Preparation
The Big
Idea(Concept):
BTEOTLSWBAT identify
what the ear notching
place values are and
apply that in reading and
notching pigs ears

Appropriate materials
Adapted Content Students
have notes sheets and work
sheets, lots of pictures and
demonstrations

COMPONENTS

Meaningful activities
Ear notch ID practice from
PP, Applying ear notching
on work sheet, cut out
assigned ear notches, ID
ear notches and breeds on
farm

INSTRUCTIONAL SEQUENCE
Focus Phase: Framing the learning

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Engagement (90-100%), and Pacing)

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FRAME THE
LEARNING
C/LOs
Major concepts
Itinerary
Why objective is
worthwhile
Reasons for
activities
Criteria for success
PREPARE for
INSTRUCTION

Pre-assess
academic
background

Build/Activate
current knowledge;
personal, cultural,
academic (preteach vocabulary)
Anticipate
confusions and
misconceptions
FOCUS LESSON

Teacher ModelsI
do

SIOP/3PLD LESSON
PLAN

Pigs having ear notches are their vesrion of having a last and
first name. Me llamo es Sarah McMaster.
(Power Point Slide 24) Ear notching is a universal, permanent,
and cheap ID System.
Equipment/Tools V Ear Notcher (show tool) and Disinfectant
(iodine)
(PP Slide 25) The pigs litter number is on the pigs right ear, not
your right. **Hold your ears** the right ear tells us the pigs last
name. If I was the pig, my right ear would say McMaster.
5 locations for notches, each is assigned a number: 1, 3, 81, 9,
27 (uno, tres, ochenta y uno, nueve, y veintisiete). Everything
except 81 can have 2 notches. The numbers must add up to the
litter number. *We Do example 1*
(PP Slide 27) The pigs PIG number is on its left **hold left ear**
the left ear tells us the pigs first name. If I was the pig, my left
ear would say Sarah.
3 locations for ear notching, each assigned a number: 1, 3, 9
(uno, tres, nueve). The numbers must add up to be the Pig
number. *We Do example 2*
Now, we need to be able to read the pigs whole name.
Slide 29 *Oral Review* (point to right ear) what ear is this? What
does it represent? What number is each ear notch?
(point to left ear) what ear is this? What does it represent? What
number is each ear notch?
Now, we need to be able to read the pigs whole name. (PP Slide
30) *We Do example 3*
**Pass out Work Sheet** now you can work together, but
everyone doing their own paper
Practice Phase

Strategies
(Questionin
g,
scaffolding)
Interactio
n
(Pair/Group
work)

Guided
Practice
We do
Collaborati
ve Practice
You do
together

*We Do example 1* PP Slide 26 Right Ear practice as a

think, pair, share
*We Do example 2* PP Slide 28 Left Ear practice as a
think, pair, share

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Practice &
Applicatio
n
(Hands-on,
authentic,
integrated
language
skills)

Independe
nt Practice
You do
alone

SIOP/3PLD LESSON
PLAN

*We Do example 3* PP Slide 30 Combining Both Ear as a

think, pair, share
*Independent Practice* work by yourself, and then check with a
neighbor when I say go
*Oral Review* What do we use to make notches in pigs ears?
(V-Notcher) Do we have to clean it between each pig? (yes, with
Iodine)
*On Board Review* Call students to individually draw notch on
the pig drawn on white board
Closure

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hecking for understanding

Comprehensible Input (appropriate speech, context & visual clues, clear explanations, and
scaffolding

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REVIEW/ASSESSME
NT

Key vocabulary
Check for
understanding
Regular feedback
Review objectives

SIOP/3PLD LESSON
PLAN
1) Students will use scissors to cut out ear notches on
individual sets of ears assigned to them
2) Students ID live pigs ear notches at the school farm
& review breeds - at school farm, catch one pig at a time
and have kids write down the pigs breed, litter number, and
pig number for 6 pigs (go over answers after each pig)
Conclusion: Now you can identify each notchs place
value, what each ear represents, and what its pig and
litter number are no matter where in the world you are!

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SIOP/3PLD LESSON
PLAN

Rationale: Learning ear notching is an invaluable portion of swine

production because it teaches problem solving in order to learn and figure
out how to apply that knowledge. It provides a hands-on learning
opportunity with practices that students can apply to other areas of learning
based of what they did in class for this lesson.

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