No matter what school looks like this fall (in-person, remote, or some combination of the two), there’s no doubt it will rely on online resources more than ever.
Teachers and parents, mix up your students’ learning experiences with these engaging options!
eLearning from National Agriculture in the Classroom
If you’re not already familiar ...
Teaching:
School: St. Mary, DeKalb
Grade: 5th
Number of years teaching: 22 years
Farm Bureau/Ag Literacy connection: I have taken the Farm Bureau’s Summer Ag Institute several times, and I am the Ag Ambassador for my school. I was the first Dairy Princess in DeKalb County, when I was Sue Harms.
What is your favorite ...
by Barbara LockhartAge level: 5 - 8 yearsHardcover: 32 pagesPublisher: Schiffer (2013)ISBN-13: 978-0764343889
Mosey’s favorite place to curl up for a snooze is in the middle of a farm field. But noisy machines followed by rapidly-growing green stalks make his napping spot difficult to find. Readers accompany the inquisitive hound as ...
Exploring the Diversities of Food and FarmingThursday, July 309 a.m.-noon and 1-3 p.m.
This FREE 5-hour mini-conference will feature:
• Lessons highlighting the diversities and cultures of agriculture
• Overview of Illinois Ag in the Classroom resources like Ag Mags and grants
• Exploration of ag literacy resources available online
• Presentations from Illinois commodity ...
Teaching:
Teacher: Sarah Alexander
School: North Elementary School, Sycamore
Grade: 1st
Number of years teaching: 13 years
Farm Bureau/Ag Literacy connection: I have always enjoyed when volunteers from Ag in the Classroom come into our classroom to work with my first graders and teach them about agriculture and seeds. I was also fortunate enough to ...
The Farm Matching Game was distributed with kindergarten readiness materials.
By the time school starts this fall, more than 1,530 DeKalb County households will have received a special toolkit.
Designed to help families prepare their preschool children to enter kindergarten, each toolkit contains crayons, sidewalk chalk, scissors, dice, a dry erase board ...
Teaching:
School: Genoa-Kingston High School
Grade: 9-12
Subjects: Agriculture
Number of years teaching: 15 years
Farm Bureau/Ag Literacy connection: My students help present Ag in the Classroom lessons every year, and I have been the ag literacy ambassador for our school.
What is your favorite unit to teach? I truly enjoy teaching agriculture in all aspects ...
Illinois and National Agriculture in the Classroom offer online summer workshops for teachers.
The COVID-19 pandemic means most face-to-face professional development opportunities scheduled for this summer have been cancelled, including Summer Ag Institutes and the National Agriculture in the Classroom Conference, which was to have taken place in Salt Lake City.
The ...
Teaching:
School: Founders Elementary, DeKalb
Grade: Fourth
Subjects: All Subjects
Number of years teaching: 32 years
Farm Bureau/Ag Literacy connection: I have utilized the Ag in the Classroom presentations, attended the Summer Ag Institute at the Farm Bureau, and I am the Ag Literacy Ambassador for Founders Elementary.
What is your favorite unit to teach? I ...
“Mom, I don’t have anything to DO.”
You probably wish you had a dollar for every time you’ve heard your kids say that in the past month. And, chances are they’ll still be home for at least a couple more weeks.
What to do? We’ve gathered some online ag literacy resources to ...
