Story Prompts — At the Farm
🎯 Goal
Help João Miguel read and say:
- I can see…
- He is… / She is…
- They are…
- I like… because…
- I prefer… because…
We will read many easy sentences about the farm and what people are doing.
❓ 1. Warm-Up Questions
- Where are the people?
- What animals do you see?
- What is the boy doing?
- What is the woman doing?
- What is the man doing?
- Is this a farm or a city?
- Do you like farms?
📘 2. Vocabulary (Easy)
| English | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| farm | fazenda |
| cow | vaca |
| chicken | galinha |
| baby chicken | pintinho |
| eggs | ovos |
| apples | maçãs |
| tree | árvore |
| ladder | escada |
| basket | cesta |
| milk | leite |
| feed | alimentar |
| boy | menino |
| woman | mulher |
| man | homem |
- I can see a farm.
- I can see a cow.
- I can see chickens.
- I can see baby chickens.
- I can see eggs.
- I can see apples.
- I can see a tree.
- I can see a boy.
- I can see a woman.
- I can see a man.
📖 4. Reading — What Is Happening
The people are on a farm.
They are working.
The boy is feeding the baby chickens.
The baby chickens are eating.
They are eating because they are hungry.
The woman is milking the cow.
The cow is standing.
The cow is calm because the woman is nice.
The man is picking apples.
He is using a ladder.
He is using a ladder because the apples are high.
The apples are in a basket.
Everyone is working because this is a farm.
📖 5. More Simple Sentences
The boy is happy because he likes the animals.
The woman is happy because she is helping the cow.
The man is happy because he has many apples.
The baby chickens are small.
They are small because they are babies.
The farm is calm.
The farm is calm because there are animals.
🧠 6. Check
Answer with because:
- What is the boy doing?
- Why are the baby chickens eating?
- What is the woman doing?
- Why is the man using a ladder?
- What animals do you see?
🏙️ 7. Farm or City?
Now talk about you.
Read the models:
- I like the farm because it is calm.
- I like the farm because there are animals.
- I like the farm because I like cows and chickens.
- I like the city because there are many people.
- I like the city because there are many places.
- I like the city because there are cars and buildings.
Now read:
Do you prefer the farm or the city?
Choose and write:
- I prefer the farm because __________________.
- I prefer the city because __________________.
✍️ 8. Writing Help (Models)
João Miguel can copy and change:
- I prefer the farm because I like animals.
- I prefer the farm because it is calm.
- I prefer the farm because I like cows and chickens.
or
- I prefer the city because I like cars.
- I prefer the city because there are many people.
- I prefer the city because it is busy.
💬 9. Blog Comment
Write 2 or 3 sentences:
What do you see? What do you prefer? Why?
Example:
I see a cow and baby chickens.
I prefer the farm because I like animals.
I like the farm because it is calm.
In the picture, I see the farm. It’ s a family working at the farm. The boy is going to collect apples from the tree. The woman is going to collect the eggs. The father is going to collect milk from the cow.
In my opinion this picture is beautiful, because its a very colorful picture.
Teacher, in the picture I can see a family working at the farm. The man is going to collect the milk from the cow , the boy is collecting apples from the tree and the woman is going to collect the eggs. A chicken is eating food on the ground. In my opinion this picture is beautiful because it is a very colorful picture.
The boy is collecting the apples 🍎. The mother is collecting the eggs🥚. The father is collecting the milk 🥛. I can see the animals. I can see the tree 🌳. I can see the cow 🐄. I like the farm but I prefer the city because the city is very good.