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Academic Standards
Reading Objective:
Children will compare and contrast lions and their grassland habitat with tigers and their jungle habitat.
Science Focus:
habitats
CCSS:
SL.1.2 Discuss a video; L.1.4 Clarify words and phrases; RI.1.1 Key details; W.1.1 Writing; RI.1.3 Compare/contrast; RI.1.4 Vocabulary; RI.1.10 Read and discuss first-grade texts, SL.1.3 Ask and answer questions
With our Who Lives in That Habitat game, children place different animals in their correct habitat, including forest, seashore, and pond scenes. (SKILL: Identifying habitats)
Objective: Children will play a 20-questions style game to identify habitats and animals that live there.
Materials: chart paper, markers
Is the habitat wet? (yes)
Is it green? (no)
Is it underwater? (yes)
Guess: Is it the ocean? (yes)
Does the animal have fins? (no)
Does it have legs? (yes)
Guess: Is it an octopus? (Yes, it is!)
(SKILL: SL.1.3 Ask and answer questions)