A Detailed Lesson Plan in Science V

I. Lesson Objectives
At the end of the period, the Grade 5 pupils should be able to classify animals according to food they
eat.

II. Subject Matter

Classifying Animals According to the Food They Eat: Herbivores, Carnivores, Omnivores

A. Reference: PELC II.1.1.1

Science for Daily Use 5 pp. 64-65
Science Spectrum 5 pp. 80-81
Enjoying Science and Health Workbook 5 by Natalia Salcedo Belina p. 35

B. Materials:

C. Science Ideas:
1. Herbivores are animals that eat plants only.
2. Carnivores are animals that eat meat of other animals.
3. Omnivores eat both plants and animals.

D. Science Processes: Observing, Identifying, Classifying, Inferring

E. Value Focus: Love and Care for the Animals

III. Procedure

Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

III. Preliminary Activities

“Good morning Class." “Good morning Ma’am”

“Let us pray.” (One student will lead the prayer)

(Checking of Attendance) (Raise their hand and say present as the teacher call
– Say Present – their name)

“Pick up the pieces of paper under your chair” (The students will pick up the pieces of papers)

“Align your chairs” (The students will align their chairs)

“Let’s check your assignment.”

A. Review of Past Lesson

“Before we move on to our next lesson, “Air, food, shelter, and sleep.”
yesterday we learned that animals need four
things in order to survive, what are they?

“Very Good”

How many animals are in this classroom? "21 animals”

“Very Good”

B. Lesson Proper
1. Motivation

"Let us have a short guessing game. I will give

you the beginning letter of an animal and
corresponding food it eats. Guess what animal
is described."
"Do you have any question?" "None"

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 "Okay, let's start the game."
(Guess the animals with their names.)
Look at the picture everyone, what animal is
this?
(call a pupil) “Ma’am the name of that animal that eats grass is
Very good! This is a goat. goat!”

“How about this food? “That animal is bear!”

Very good! This is a bear. “

“Ma’am the name of that animal is dog!”

How about this one?
(call a pupil)
Very good! This is a dog.

“Are these animals eat the same kind of food?

(call a pupil)
"Yes ________. " ”No ma’am, they eat different kinds of food.”
“Because goats only eat grass or leaves.”

Very good! What else? “Bears eat meat of other animals.”

Excellent! Any other idea? “The dog eats rice, fruits, meat and vegetables.”

2. Presentation
“Our lesson for today is about Classifying
animals according to the food they eat: The
Herbivores, Carnivores, Omnivores. But before (watching attentively)
that I’ll show you a video clip/pictures of
animals. Observe the animals on what they are
doing.”

3. Developmental Activity
"I need three groups with members; we are
going to have a simple game."
(form three groups)
"I will give each group 3 minutes to pick the
names of animals inside the envelope. Each
group will classify the activity cards inside the
envelope and paste it in a manila paper. If you (listen attentively)
are done pasting, the group will post the manila
paper on the board. If the group classified it
correctly, they will get 9 points, and if they
work silently they will get another 1 point."
(Each group will have members of 14.)

"None"
"Do you have any question?"
(pick the words, paste on the manila paper and post on
"Okay, let's start the game." the board)

4. Discussion

"Now that you classified the names of the

animals. Let’s check your work."

"Group 1 made it correctly. Very good! (listen attentively)

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“Very good Group 2.” (read after the teacher)
“Very good Group 3.”

"Very good!"

“What have you learned from the activity?

(call a pupil)
"Yes ________. " “I have learned that animals are classified according to
"Very good!" the food they eat.

“What do you call those animals that eat

grass/leaves? (call a pupil)
"Yes ________. "
"Very good!" “I have learned that herbivores eat plants/grass only.”

“Aside from the animals posted on the board,

who can give another example of a herbivore?
(call a pupil) “A butterfly is also a herbivore.”
"Yes ________. "
"Very good!"

“What do you call those that eat flesh/ meat? “The lion, bear, crocodile, tiger and shark, these
(call a pupil) animals are called carnivores!”
"Yes ________. "
"Very good!"

“Aside from the animals posted on the board,

who can give another example of a carnivore?
(call a pupil) “A fox is also a carnivore.”
"Yes ________. "
"Very good!"

What do call those that eat both plants and “Those animals are called omnivores.”
meat?
(call a pupil)
"Yes ________. "

"Very good!"
“Aside from the animals posted on the board,
who can give another example of an omnivore?
(call a pupil) “A cockroach is an omnivore.”
"Yes ________. "
"Very good!"

“In your case, what do you usually eat on your “On my breakfast, lunch and dinner, I usually eat rice
meals?” and side dishes.”
(call a pupil)
"Yes ________. "

“Yes, we as human also considered as

omnivores. We eat anything as long as it is not
poisonous.”

"Excellent! We can see some of these animals

around us. Remember that we also need to love
and care for them. Like our pet dogs and cats
live with us in our homes. Do you agree with “Yes ma’am.”
me?”

Who among you here have pets at home? “I have a pet cat.”

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 (call a pupil)
"Yes ________. "
“Why do we need to take care of animals?” “In my case, I need to take care of my pet dog as they
(call a pupil) are also made by our God and we are responsible to
"Yes ________. " take care of them.”

“Very well said ___.”

“Excellent! I think you are familiar now with

herbivores, carnivores and omnivores. And you
also cared and love animals. Let’s have recap
on what we have discussed."

C. GENERALIZATION

“Again who can tell me the name of those

animals that eat grass/ plants?
(raise their hands)
Yes ________!
(call a pupil) "Herbivores."

"Very good. Another question, what do you

call those that eat flesh/ meat?
(raise their hands)
Yes ________!
(call a pupil)
"It is called carnivores."

“Excellent! How about those that eat both

plants and meat?
(raise their hands)

"It is omnivores."

"Now, that you can classify the animals

according to the food they eat, Let us have
another activity."

D. APPLICATION

"I will flash the pictures of animals and

identify their classification. Just tell herbivores,
carnivores, or omnivores. Are you ready?" (Yes ma’am)

(raise their hands)

(flashing pictures of animals)
(answering attentively)

IV. EVALUATION

Name: ______________________________________________ Date: _______________

Directions: Classify animals according to the kind of food they eat by writing the name of the animal
under the correct table below.
shark pig man
cow lion giraffe
fox goat horse

HERBIVORES CARNIVORES OMNIVORES

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V. ASSIGNMENT
Draw 3 animals with different mouth parts in a short bond paper.

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