Lesson Plans for One Week

Standard Indicator:5.4.4.—Explain that in any particular environment,

some kinds of plants and animals survive well, some do not survive as well, and some cannot survive at all.

By: Breanne Sollman

MONDAY

Activity: Divide students into groups, to observe and

classify different pictures of animals. As a group, students will make inferences to

describe the places and environments that they think these animals live.

The class will then come together, and students will present their ideas to the rest of the class.

Together, we will come to conclusions about where these animals live.

MONDAY

Objective: To activate prior knowledge, the

students will observe and classify animals, and make inferences to describe their environments.

MONDAY

Requirements Covered: Interpersonal, Classifying, Inferring,

Observing, Communication, Naturalist 

TUESDAY

Activity: Students will make their own individual plant

and animal picture books. They will use either the internet or cameras to

get pictures of different plants and animals. Students will then write a short caption under

each picture about the plant/animal, what they eat, where they live, and whatever else they have found interesting.

Students will be graded on the validity of the information in their plant and animal books.

TUESDAY

Objective: Students will construct their own plant

and animal picture book, by using what they have learned about different plants, animals, and they way they live.

TUESDAY

Requirements Covered: Art, Technology, Writing, Linguistic,

Intrapersonal, Assessment, Naturalist

WEDNESDAY

Activity: Read a poem and listen to a song about

habitats. Have a discussion about what a habitat is.

With the students, brainstorm different types of habitats for plants, animals, humans, and insects.

In pairs, students will create their own poem or rap about a particular habitat.

Students will then present these to the rest of the class.

WEDNESDAY

Objective: To activate prior knowledge on poetry,

students will create a poem or rap about a habitat of their choice.

WEDNESDAY

Requirements Covered: Interpersonal, Writing, Linguistic,

Communication, Musical, Bodily-Kinesthetic, Interpersonal

THURSDAY

Activity: In pairs, students will go outside and measure out a one meter by

one meter square. Use a magnifying glass to closely examine the plot of ground, and

record everything that they see. Students can use digital cameras, or draw pictures of what they

see. Students will find both the dominate plant and dominate animals

in the area. They will observe to see if there is any evidence of humans in the

plot. Students will make predictions about plants and animals in other

areas of land. Students will be assessed by observation from the teacher.

Students should be working together with their partner, and completing the task given.

THURSDAY

Objective: Students will use their prior knowledge

of habitats to measure an area and examine which plants and animals live in that area.

THURSDAY

Requirements Covered: Measuring, Spatial, Logical Mathematical,

Technology, Art, Predicting, Assessment, Communication, Interpersonal, Naturalist

Indicator Connection: Standard 5.4.7—Explain that living things, such as plants and animals, differ in their characteristics, and that sometimes these differences can give members of these groups an advantage in surviving and reproducing.

FRIDAY

Activity: With the same partner as the day before,

students will repeat the measuring, examining, and recording in another area of land.

After collecting data, students will compare and contrast the two different areas.

Students will come back together as a group and discuss the different types of plants/animals they found in their areas.

FRIDAY

Objective: Students will compare and contrast

data that they collect about plants and animals in different environments.

FRIDAY

Requirements Covered: Measuring, Spatial, Logical Mathematical,

Art Technology, Communication, Interpersonal, Naturalist

Indicator Connection: Standard 5.4.7—Explain that living things, such as plants and animals, differ in their characteristics, and that sometimes these differences can give members of these groups an advantage in surviving and reproducing.