August 12th, 2020
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 ...read more
July 17th, 2020
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 ...read more
July 17th, 2020
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 ...read more
July 17th, 2020
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 ...read more
June 18th, 2020
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 ...read more
June 18th, 2020
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 ...read more
June 17th, 2020
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 ...read more
April 21st, 2020
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 ...read more
April 21st, 2020
“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 ...read more
April 21st, 2020
What does agriculture look like to an elementary student? As part of Farm Bureau’s new cover design contest, students showed us by drawing illustrations depicting agriculture.
In 1990, DeKalb County Farm Bureau launched a poster contest for elementary students. Three years later, it became a t-shirt design contest. In 2002, students ...read more