LESSON PLAN

Aim To learn the name of different animals

To identify the environment where the animals live
To discover the world around them
To knowledge animals that they didnt know it before
To find information about animals on the web

Level A1

Content - Subject Content: animals and the environment where they live.

Subject: Science

Key functions Present

Describing
Rearranging information

Animales-animals
Ecosistema-ecosystem
Key vocabulary Medio ambiente-environment
Animales marinos-sea animals
Animales terrestres-earth animals
Aves-birds
Identificar las caractersticas de los animales-To identify the feature
of the animals
Comparar los medios animales-To compare the different
environments
Describir los animales-To identify the animals

Skills To describe the animals and their characteristics adequately

To be able to recognize the environment of each animal
To appreciate the world around us
To be able to search and classify the information of the web

Grouping Individual work, and in pairs in some activities

Assessment 1. Writing exam

2. Describe the basic characteristic and the environment of each animal
3. Talk to a partner about an animal and their opinion about it
4. To exchange the information on the web with the class

Approx. time overall 3 sessions

Session 1
Procedure 1. First, the teacher asks the children: What is your favourite animal?

2. Later, the teacher writes the word "Animals" on the blackboard and
asks the children: What animals do you know? In the meantime, he/she
writes them down on the blackboard.

3. Once the teacher posts all the animals the students know, children, in
pairs, look for some photos of these animals on the Internet in the
computer lab, in order to recognize them or know them, in case of not
knowing the existence of some of them.

4. Then, the teacher shows the students a video of different animals, with
their respective names and pronunciations.

5. Finally, they play a game: Bingo. The teacher shares out a different card
to each student and, as he/she names the animals aloud for the class. Then,
they should repeat the name of the animal aloud and cut it off (mark it) if
that animal appears in the card, until one or several of the players
complete the winning bingo pattern. BINGO!

Approx. time 45 minutes

Learning outcome To know and recognize different animals

To learn the name of the animals
To use digital devices for collecting visual and graphic information
To develop personal motivation

Indicators They identify different animals

They know how to say and write the name of the animals
They show interest in the activity
They participate during the development of the activity
They use the computer easily

Materials Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlQG7S_pHK4

Cards: http://momitforward.com/zoo-bingo-printable/
Session 2
Procedure 1. The teacher explains the students that there are domestic and wild
animals. Pets can live at home or at a farm and are cared for and fed by
people. Wild animals live free in the nature and arent cared or fed by the
people. On the other hand, there are some wild animals that are cared for
and fed by people: animals which live in captivity, in zoos, aquariums or
circuses.

2. Then, the teacher shows different flashcards with a photo of an animal

and the students have to organize them into two groups: wild animals and
domestic animals. They should raise their hand, stand up, come to the
blackboard, choose one flashcard and put them in the correct group.

3. In the end, after complete a series of worksheets, each student has to

draw an animal (wild or domestic), according to its characteristics and to
tell why he/she thinks that animal is wild or domestic. Then, they have to
tell their partner about it.

Approx. time 45 minutes

Learning outcome To write in the proper way the name of the animals
To differentiate domestic animals from wild animals
To develop confidence and expose conclusions or ideas to the rest
of the children
To develop skills they need to make simple sentences about animals
and its characteristics.

Indicators They distinguish pets from wild animals

They express themselves clearly
They can make simple sentences about animal facts.
They are capable of searching relevant information on the Internet
They are able to tell ideas to the class and talk about animals in
twos.

Materials Worksheets: Activity n 1, Activity n3 and Activity n 4

Flashcards: http://www.teachchildrenesl.com/flashcards/farm-animals/farm-
animals.pdf

http://www.teachchildrenesl.com/flashcards/wild-animals/wild-animals.pdf
Session 3
Procedure 1. The teacher explains that the animals can be classified in different
classes. There are animals that fly, animals that swim and animals that
walk.

2. In pairs, children have to tell their partners about where some animals
live and how they move, in order to classify them in different habitats.

3. Finally, children have to complete some exercises. For example, they

have to connect animals with their homes or their diet, and finally they
have to colour and cut out different animals, and put together with their
places or habitats (forest, sea, polar regions, desert).

Approx. time 45 minutes

Learning outcome To know the different habitats where animals live

To classify the animals according to their characteristics
To be able to communicate facts about animals
To recognize animals by telling characteristics about them, their diet
or their habitats.

Indicators Children know similarities and differences about animals

They are capable of classifying animals
They can look for information on the Internet
They know how to work in pairs

Materials Worksheets: Activity n 9, Activity n 12, Animal Homes, What do they eat?

Where do they live?