Zoo Animals
Created By:
Patricia Louis
Title/Role:
School Librarian
Organization/School Name:
Aliamanu Elementary School
Location:
Hawaii
Grade Level:
K Type of Lesson:
Lesson in a unit Type of Schedule:
Combination Collaboration Continuum:
Moderate Content Area:
Science Content Topic:
Identifying key characteristics of different animal categories. Scenario:
Students will be going on a field trip to a local zoo. In order to prepare for their field trip, they are studying the different categories of animals. The focus of the unit is to help students identify new facts they learned about the different animal categories and the resources they used to gain this information. Overview:
Students address the following essential questions in this unit: What are reptiles? What are mammals? What are birds? How are these animals alike? How are they different? Final Product:
Students complete an organizer in which they state a new fact they learned about animals and draw a picture reflecting this fact. Library Lesson:
Kindergarteners will (1) share what they already know about mammals, reptiles, and birds, (2) identify new facts about zoo animals from different sources of information, (3) draw pictures depicting the information, and (4) identify the source of their information (e.g., book, video, person).
Estimated Lesson Time:
45 minutes Have you taught this lesson before:
Yes Strategies for differentiation:
The teacher and LMS circulate as students work on their organizers and provide on-the-spot guidance as needed. Students who can write sentences, write a description of their picture while students who cannot dictate a description while the teacher or LMS writes it down.