Lesson Plan 1

Authors
Name(s): Özlem Köseoğlu
Ayşe Susam
Büşra Soydan
Details
Course
Math integrated Science whole group activity.
Unit Title
Animals- Where do animals live?
Grade Level
48-60 months
Time
1 lesson hours
Content
Learning Outcomes [ASSURE (State Objectives)]
Cognitive Development
Children who are 48-60 months old in the classroom will say the name of at least one animal from each place
at the end of this lesson.
Children who are 48-60 months old in the classroom will match at least 5 animals and their living area at the
end of this lesson.
Instructional Materials & Media [ASSURE (Select Strategies, Technology, Media and Materials)]
Pictures of pole, desert, ocean and forest.
Pictures of Giraffe, deer, polar bear, penguin, whale, octopus, camel, fox.
Mind map by GOConqr.
Computer.
Learning-Teaching Methods [ASSURE (Select Strategies, Technology, Media and Materials)]
Discussion, matching.

Teaching Activities [ASSURE (Utilize Technology, Media, and Materials and Require Learner Participation)]
a mind map by using GOConqr.
Individual Learning Activities Children make their puzzles on the own.

Group Learning Activities They discuss the animals together.

Summary
Where animals live are discovered with children by using pictures and mind map.
Measurement & Evaluation
Descriptive Questions
What animals were there in the activity?

Questions related with objectives

What are the animals that live in the pole/Desert/Ocean/forest?

Sensual Questions
How would you feel if you lived in the pole / desert?
What would you do there?

Daily life Questions

What kind of animals do you live in?
How are living spaces?
Measurement & Assessment Activities for
Individual Performance
Measurement & Assessment Activities for
At the end of the activity, the teacher puts the pictures in a
box and each child chooses a picture from the box. Then
they match the pictures and animals with mind map
according to the place where he lives with the animal in
the picture.
Teacher asks the evaluation questions to children.
Group Performance
Homework (optional) -
Explanation
If there is no internet connection in the classroom, teacher makes a board like a mind map. Then, S/he prints
the pictures. Then, teacher and the children make their mind map in reality.
Explanation regarding to the implementation of the plan
Teacher places the 4 pictures on the wall. Then, teachers ask children ‘What features do these places have?,
What animals can you live around here?, What kind of features should animals have if they want to live here?’.
Then the teacher gives each child two different puzzles. S/he gives children time to complete the puzzles. Every
child asks for the name of the animal in the puzzle. S/he asks ‘in which places do you think these animals can
live?’ . Then, teacher asks children to match their animals and places on the wall. After that, teacher shows the
mind map prepared before from GOConqr. Then, they check whether the matches are correct. If there are
mistakes, they talk about the characteristics of the animal and the place.