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Standards:
New Generation Science Standard: K-ESS3-1 Earth and Human Activity: Use a model to
represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including
humans) and the places they live. Performance Expectation Grade: K-2 K
o PO 1. Identify some plants and animals that exist in the local environment.
o PO 3. Describe how plants and animals within a habitat are dependent on each
other.
Reading Standard:
o 1.RI.5 Know and use various text features (e.g., headings, tables of contents,
glossaries, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text.
Objective:
Subobjective:
Students will be able to identify the habitat that they live in.
Vocabulary:
Continent- continent is any continuous land mass on earth (Africa, Antarctica, Asia,
Habitat- place in nature where plants, animals, and people grow and live.
Weather- daily conditions over a particular area that includes temperature, precipitation,
Lesson Summary:
Students will be introduced to Habitats through the Habitat Song provided. “Where Plants and
Animals Live,” by Bobbie Nyden is a guided reading for students, nonfiction providing
definitions and real photographs. Students will follow along as teacher reads aloud the text. After
this, the class as a whole will create a poster that outlines different habitats and their
characteristics.
Evidence of Mastery:
The board on habitats will be completed as a whole group with participation from the class as a
whole.
Prerequisite Knowledge:
Students should have prior knowledge on animals and weather conditions of habitats. This
Materials:
Posterboard
Markers/crayons
Teaching Procedures:
1. Teacher begin lesson by asking students what they know about: the oceans, wetlands,
forests, deserts and artic. Teacher should have students raise their hand to answer. Can
prompt with questions: What kind of animals live there? Is it cold or hot there? What
2. Teacher plays the habitat song and prompts students to pay attention and try to learn the
3. Repeat the song but encourage to try and sing all together (3:30)
4. “Where Plants and Animals Live,” by Bobbie Nyden is a guided reading for students,
nonfiction providing definitions and real photographs. This book defines what an
5. As a whole group with the teacher guiding, student and teacher will follow along to the
text. “Popcorn Reading,” will have every student get the chance to read a paragraph from
the story and make sure that students are paying attention (10 minutes)
6. After the reading, teacher will present the poster board that will be included about
habitats
7. As a whole with teacher guidance, have students help create a poster board on habitats
Ways of Thinking:
Systems thinking, learning how the habitat affects the animals and planets that live there and