Fantastic Farm Machines by Cris Peterson (32 pages; 1 book) #25
Peterson, Cris (2006). Fantastic Farm Machines. Honesdale, PN: Boyds Mills Press, Inc.
Awards: Eligible for Children’s Choice Award 2006
Peterson, Cris (2006). Fantastic Farm Machines. Honesdale, PN: Boyds Mills Press, Inc.
Awards: Eligible for Children’s Choice Award 2006
Grade Level: K-4 grades
Author Credibility: Peterson wanted to portray agriculture and farming accurately. She wants people to know the impact that farming had in American History. In addition she was named 2002 “Woman of the Year” by American Women in Agriculture. She lives on a five-hundred-cow dairy farm on a thousand acres.
Summary/Response: Farm equipment is used to do many jobs around the farm. In a large farm the equipments that are used range from a small skid steer to clean barns to huge eight wheel tractors for planting. They even use computers to tell how much seed it takes to plant an area and regulate the chemicals it takes to spray the crops. It is interesting how they use cow manure to fertilize the soil then use the hay grown on the farm to feed the cows…talk about recycling!
National Standards: Language: Students read a wide range of print and nonprint texts to build an understanding of texts, of themselves, and of the cultures of the United States and the world; to acquire new information; to respond to the needs and demands of society and the workplace; and for personal fulfillment. Among these texts are fiction and nonfiction, classic and contemporary works.
Science: Abilities of technological design, Understandings about science and technology
Illustrations: Color and Black and White Photographs
Access Features: None
Related Texts: Harvest Year by Cris Peterson, Century Farm: One Hundred Years on A Family Farm by Cris Peterson, Milk: From Cow to Carton by Aliki
Classroom Use: This would be good to use with a farm unit and also a machine unit. It is also a good book for a compare/contrast on farming in the past to farming now.
2 comments:
This seems like a book that initially may not sound interesting but once you read it, you love it! I think this would be a good book to use in a careers unit, since lots of kids who live in cities may not be familiar with all the equipment needed on a farm!
When I taught kindergarten, I found that many of my students loved to hear about things that happen on a farm. This sounds like a great book to introduce young students to the equipment that is used and how we must use all of our resources.
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