Simple Farm Tools – Meaning (Examples) of Crop Farm Tools (Primary 4)

 

AGRICULTURE 

PRE-VOCATIONAL STUDIES 

THIRD TERM 

WEEK 2

PRIMARY 4

THEME: AGRICULTURAL TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT

PREVIOUS LESSON – Useful and Quick Links for Second Term Plan Lesson Notes All Subjects Primary 4, Primary 5 and Primary 6

TOPIC – SIMPLE CROPS FARM TOOLS 

LEARNING AREA

1. Identify Farm Tools

2. Identify Uses of Each Farm Tools

 

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, the pupils should have attained the Farm objectives (cognitive, affective and psychomotor) and should be able to:

1. name farm tools.

2. identify farm tools and their uses.

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:

Different farm tools e.g. hoe, cutlass, spade, shovel, rake, pick axe, wheelbarrow, fishing nets, hook and line, baskets, watering troughs, feeding troughs, etc.

Poster, charts and pictures of farm tools.

 

 

METHOD OF TEACHING – Choose a suitable and appropriate methods for the lessons.

Note – Irrespective of choosing methods of teaching, always introduce an activities that will arouse pupil’s interest or lead them to the lessons. 

 

REFERENCE MATERIALS

Scheme of Work

9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum

Course Book – Basic Agriculture for Primary Schools Pupils’ Book Four

All Relevant Material

Online Information – LEGIT.NG INFOGUIDENIGERIA.COM

 

Relevant link – Third Term Scheme of Work and Plan Lesson Note for Agriculture Primary 4 Primary 5 and Primary 6 Links

 

CONTENT OF THE LESSON 

LESSON ONE – INTRODUCTION 

Farm tools are the equipments or instruments that are used on the farm.

 

CROP FARM TOOLS 

Crop farm tools are the equipments that are used for clearing, cultivating, planting, harvest, etc. on the farmland.

Examples of crop farm tools are the cutlass, hoe, rake, garden fork, spade, shovel, axe, pickaxe, wheelbarrow, secateurs, shears, sickle, head pan and watering can.

 

 

Crop farm tools can be put in groups as:

Cutting tools

1. Cutlass

2. Sickle

3. Axe

4. Machete

5. Knife

Digging tools

1. Hoe

2. Pick axe

3. Spade

4. Shove

5. Garden fork

6. Hand trowel

7. Digging fork

 

 

Carrying tools

1. Basket

2. Head pan

3. Wheel barrow

4. Bag

  • Gathering tools – Rake

Watering tools

1. watering can

2. Water hose

3. Bucket

4. Water tank

 

Teacher’s Activities – Guides and allows pupils to identify and state the uses of simple farm tools. 

 

LESSON TWO – REVISION AND WEEK 2 LESSON ASSESSMENT 

As stated in performance objectives or lesson evaluation. 

 

 

PRESENTATION

To deliver the lesson, the teacher adopts the following steps:

1. To introduce the lesson, the teacher revises the previous lesson. Based on this, he/she asks the pupils some questions;

2. Displays the farm tools in class.

Pupil’s Activities – Identify farm tools.

3. Give a board summary.

Pupil’s Activities – Copy board summary.

 

CONCLUSION

  • To conclude the lesson for the week, the teacher revises the entire lesson and links it to the following week’s lesson.
  • Assignment – Find out the uses of farm tools.

 

LESSON EVALUATION 

Pupils to:

1. list 4 farm tools.

2. state the uses of hoe, hand trowel, rake, matchet, on the farm, fishing net, hook and line.

3. mention the uses of wheel barrow, watering can, head pan in the farm.