KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY

ELEMENTARY EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

LESSON PLAN FORMAT

Teacher Candidate: Lindsay Fries

Date:

Cooperating Teacher: Dr. Varano

Coop. Initials: KV

Group Size: 20

Grade Level: K

Allotted Time: 40 minutes

Subject or Topic: Migration

Section

STANDARD:
4.1.1.E Describe the seasons and describe how the change of the season affects living
things.
I. Performance Objectives (Learning Outcomes):
A. The students will display their knowledge of what animals migrate by creating
a booklet during a video.
B. The students will classify animals into two categories, hibernate and migrate,
by sorting animal pictures on a chart.
II. Instructional Materials
A. Crayons
B. Glue
C. Scissors
D. 20 booklets & animal sheets
E. Chart paper
F. 20 hibernate/migrate sort worksheet
G. Pencils
H. 20 paper towel rolls
I. 20 geese head & wing set cut outs
J. 40 googly eyes
K. 20 pieces of paper
L. Going Home: The Mystery of Animal Migration by Marianne Berkes
III. Subject Matter/Content (prerequisite skills, key vocabulary, big idea, outline of
additional content)
A. Prerequisite skills
1. Basic knowledge about animals in their environment.
B. Key Vocabulary

1. Migrate: move from one place to another

C. Big Idea
1. Some animals (butterfly, geese, whales, and salmon) migrate in the
winter in order to survive.
D. Content
1. Migration
a) Move to a new place
2. Animals Migrate
a) Butterfly, geese, whales, and salmon.
b) The move to find food
c) They move to find warmth
IV. Implementation
A. Introduction
1. Pass out a piece of white paper to each student. Give the students
crayons. Ask the students to draw an animal hibernating in winter.
2. When students are done, ask for volunteers to share.
3. Ask what hibernation is.
4. Tell the students they are going to learn what other animals do in
winter.
B. Development
1. Read the story, Going Home: The Mystery of Animal Migration by
Marianne Berkes. While reading ask questions.
2. Ask the students what they think migration means.
3. Write answers on the chart paper.
4. Ask students, What are some of the animals that migrate? What
animals did you see in the story?
5. Record answers on the chart paper.
6. Tell the students they are going to watch a video and will be
completing a booklet. Tell the students it is like what they did
yesterday with hibernation. (see attached)
7. Have the students watch the video
(https://jr.brainpop.com/science/animals/migration/)
8. After each animal is mentioned, pause the video. Tell the students to
color that animal, cut it out, and glue it to the correct page. (Pages
will be in order of the video)
9. Walk around and help students as needed.
10. Continue this until the video is over.
11. Once video is over, clean up supplies. Keep the glue out.
12. Tell the students they have completed their booklet about animals
that migrate.
13. Ask the students what they learned.
14. Explain the definition of migration to the students.

15. Ask the students if they remember why animals migrate during the
winter.
16. Explain to students that animals migrate to find warm weather and/or
to find food.
17. Tell the students they are going to create a Canadian goose using a
paper towel roll and paper. Tell the students that you will hang these
from the celling when they are finished.
18. Pass out supplies to each student. Each student needs 1 paper towel
roll, one pre-cut black head, one pre-cut brown wing set, 2 googly
eyes, and black feathers. (see attached)
19. Tell the students they will be creating their goose step-by-step.
20. Tell the students to grab their wing set. Have them put some glue on
it and place feathers on top of the glue.
21. Next have the students glue the wing set onto the paper towel roll.
22. Tell the students to glue the eyes onto the head.
23. Tell the students to glue the head onto the paper towel roll.
24. As students work and the teacher gives directions, the teacher will
walk around the room to help students.
25. When students are done, have the students carefully move their
goose to the back table to dry.
26. Ask the students if they remember what letter shape birds will fly in
from the video. Ask for volunteers.
27. Explain to students they fly in the letter V.
28. Split the class in half. Move tables around to get an open space.
29. Tell the students they are going to be the birds. They will start on one
side of the room (North) and have to move to the other side (south)
in a v shape.
30. Have one group go at a time.
31. When done, put the tables back.
C. Closure
1. Tell the students they are going to do a picture sort. They have to
place animals that migrate on the right side and animals that
hibernate on the left side. Pass out scissors and glue. (see attached)
2. Have students work on exit slip. Walk around and help as needed.
3. Tell the students that they are going to have review activities about
winter for tomorrow.
D. Accommodations/Differentiation
1. Luke, a student with autism, will have preferred seating in the
classroom close to the teachers desk. Luke can work with his class
buddy while making the book.
2. Students can draw the animals instead of coloring and cutting out the
printed animals. Animal cards can be precut for students during the
animal sort exit slip.

E. Assessment/Evaluation Plan
1. Formative: Exit slip will be collected.
3- Student sorted all 8 animals correctly.
2- Student sorted most animals correctly. Incorrectly sorted 1-3 animals.
1- Student correctly sorted 3 animals. Student did not sort the rest or
incorrectly sorted the animals.
0- Student did not complete assignment.

2. Summative

V. Reflective Response
A. Report of Student Performance in Terms of Stated Objectives (Reflection on
student performance written after lesson is taught, includes remediation for
students who fail to meet acceptable level of achievement)

Remediation Plan

B. Personal Reflection (Questions written before lesson is taught. Reflective

answers to question recorded after lesson is taught)
1. How did the lesson go?

2. Did the students understand what was taught?

VI. Resources (in APA format)

Berkes, M. C., & DiRubbio, J. (2010). Going home: The mystery of animal migration.
Nevada City, CA: Dawn Publications.
https://jr.brainpop.com/science/animals/migration/

Hibernate or Migrate?
Name: ________________________________

Hibernate

Migrate