Grade Level: 2nd Lesson Plan Developer: Brittany Hill Concept / Topic To Teach: The anatomy, life cycle, and habitat of Sonoran Desert wildlife. Standards Addressed:
General Goal(s): Students will be able to understand the life cycle of various wildlife native to the Sonoran Desert, the habitat in which it lives, what it eats/how it survives, and understand the parts of its body as well as its distinguishing characteristics. Specific Objectives: Students will demonstrate their knowledge of their assigned wildlife’s habitat by creating their own model and its anatomy by correctly building their wildlife. Their story the will write will also demonstrate their knowledge on their wildlife. Required Materials: Pencil, notebook paper, crayons, computer with Internet, different colors of clay, sticks, rocks, paint, colored paper, different colors of fabric and felt, leaves, small cardboard box, clue, tape, scissors. Anticipatory Set (Lead-In): Students will be asked to come up with animals they think live in the desert. The teacher will then read the book A Desert Scrapbook: Dawn to Dusk in the Sonoran Desert by Virginia Wright-Frierson. Step-By-Step Procedures:
Plan For Independent Practice: Students will construct a model of the yellow headed blackbird’s habitat and then print out a picture of the bird and make it out of clay, paper, felt, or any other material they would like to. Once students completed this the will write a short story about their blackbird. - Closure (Reflect Anticipatory Set): Students will present their habitats and stories. - Assessment Based On Objectives: The accuracy of the habitat the students created and the story they came up with. - Adaptations (For Students With Learning Disabilities): Students will be aided when writing their story. - Extensions (For Gifted Students): Students will write a longer story about their animal. - Possible Connections To Other Subjects: Students will be practicing their writing and comprehension skills. |