SIOP Lesson Plan

Standards:

 Classify living things based on their similarities and differences

Theme: Science

Lesson Topic: Classification of animals

Objectives:

 Language:

The student will be able to name types of mammals, fish, amphibians, birds and reptiles.

The student will be able to differentiate characteristics of animals through verbal explanation.

The student will be able to writes facts about mammals, fish, amphibians, birds and reptiles.

 Content:

Students will classify animals as being either warm blooded or cold blooded.

Students will identify characteristics of mammals, fish, amphibians, birds and reptiles.

Learning Strategies:

 Visual
 Applied
 Creative
 Social

Key Vocabulary:

 Mammals
 Reptiles
 Fish
 Amphibians
 Birds
 Cold blooded/ warm blooded
 Classification

Materials:

Mensa chart
Handout
Motivation:
(building background)

Students will be given a chart and will have to answer the questions as well as they can (questions
will include where they live, type of skin they have, and if they lay eggs)

Presentation:
(language and content objectives, comprehensible input, strategies, interaction and feedback)

The teacher will show PowerPoint to the class. The PowerPoint will contain information on
mammals, fish, amphibians, birds and reptiles. In the PowerPoint teacher will address the
vocabulary words (warm/clod blooded, classification, mammals, fish, amphibians, birds and
reptiles). Teacher will distribute cut out animals to the class. The student will be given an animal
face (mammals, fish, amphibians, birds and reptiles). They will open the flap of the animals and
write the fact about them that we mentioned in the power point presentation.

Practice and Application:

(meaningful activities, interaction, strategies, practice and application, feedback)

Chart on animals (handout)

Animal face fact book (power point presentation)

Review and assessment:

(review objectives, vocabulary, asses learning)

Teacher will assess the skills by the student by their verbal responses to the questions to key
vocabulary, and their ability to differentiate between mammal, reptile, birds, amphibian, fish and
explain important characteristics of the animals. Teacher will give a handout to the class in which
they are required to answer questions. Teacher will assess their understanding after going over to
the responses of the worksheet.

Extension:

In the case that there is more time at the end of the lesson, teacher will show the student a new
animal and ask the student if either mammal, reptile, birds, amphibian, fish.