Biscuit's Day at the Farm

The children's picture book, "Biscuit's Day at the Farm", is great for readers at the beginner level. It has large text, so the student can clearly see the words, allowing them to focus more on reading. It also contains many sight words, which are key to memorize in order to read. The story is also very repetitive, so the same words are used, which is helpful to both english language learners and new readers. The more practice they get with the same words, the easier those words will become. If a struggling student is passionate about or motivated by animals, this would be a great book to get them to read. Two units or class activities that I think would correspond well with the book are farms and responsibility. With learning about show more farms, there are many farm animals discussed and illustrated, such as pigs, chickens, goats, sheep, and geese. There are also many farm structures and equipment included, such as barns, pens, cages, and tractors.
In regards to a unit on responsibility, the story depicts the various chores Biscuit and the girl had to do to help out on the farm. The class could make a list of each chore shown in the story, and then discuss responsibilities, chores, and ways to make them fun.
I don't feel that the story line is strong enough to keep the entire class engaged for the whole time, since it is very repetitive, so I would not use this book for whole group shared reading; instead, I would use it for small group or individual reading. show less

Farm life is for me!! Having a repeated reader with steps to feed animals shows children how much work animals can really be. It also shows them how the it isn't always just about feeding them, but making sure that they are safe.

I like this book because it it repetitive. Biscuit helps the little girl feed the farm animals. Wile they are feeding a little piglet escapes his pen. Biscuit and the girl have to keep putting him back in the pen. Biscuit stays with the piglet and the piglet stays in the pen.

I like this book because I live on a farm and we have these types of daily chores. My children have these chores to do as well. We also have a little dog that follows us around. I think this can teach responsibility.

I would use this book in a lesson about responsibility o r in a unit about farming or animals.

Cute, with many repeating words, a good choice for a beginning reader.

This book is great because it has a lot of repetition. It also moves along nicely as Biscuits moves from one animal to the next. If a kid is a dog, or animal lover, this book will motivate and entertain them immensely.

This follows a little girl and her puppy's adventure on the farm. Throughout the story they meet and help different animals and Biscuit makes friends with a little piggy.

This is a great story for beginner reader's and has easy text and many sight words.

Kearsten says: Cute, with many repeating words, a good choice for a beginning reader.