BOOK EXTENSION ACTIVITY - LESSON PLAN

YOUR NAME: ​Pamela Becerra ​ GENRE OF THE BOOK: ​Historical Fiction

BOOK TITLE: ​Summer Sun Risin’​ AUTHOR: ​W. Nikola-Lisa​ PUBLISHER: ​Lee & Low Books

DATE: ​2002

1. PRE-K/CCSD K-2ND GRADE CORE STANDARDS:

- L.PK.6 Identify animals and their homes.
- L.PK.7 Identify and/or sort plants and animals by observable characteristics.
- H1.PK.2 Be exposed to stories of family members, local residents, and prominent
figures.

2. OBJECTIVES:
- Students will be able to recognize the farm animals in the story book, and their
differences.
- Students will be able to recognize farm animals from other animals.
- Students will learn about living in a farm and what is done.

3. MATERIALS/EQUIPMENT:
- Story book “Summer Sun’s Risin’”
- Stuffed Farm Animals (as big as it realistically is)
- Fake plants and food toys.
- Farm tools toys.
4. TEACHING:
- Read aloud “Summer Sun’s Risin”
- After reading the story, ask students questions regarding the story. Such as their favorite
animal, what other animals are in a farm, and how they are different from other animals.
- Have students head to the play room where you will have the stuffed farm animals in
different sections of the room. Try to set up the stuffed animals in places they would
realistically be in.(Pigs in a pen, chickens inside a small hen house). Set up fake grass
as well, to make it look like wheat crops. Have students follow farm chores just as the
little boy did in the story book. Such as feeding all the animals, grooming them, cleaning
them.
- After they play with their classmates, have students sit back on the rug, and share their
favorite part of their “farm”.

5. CLOSURE:
- Students were able to learn about living in a farm life back in the 1950’s.
- Students were able to play with other classmates to maintain their farm.
- Students were able to identify the different farm animals and their different needs.
- Students were able to identify the differences of living in the farm and not living in a farm.