Science----Unit A Chapter 1: All About Animals
Unit Length: 15 days
August 13-17, 2012
Lesson 1 ----What are living and nonliving things? (2 days)
Page 50-57
Vocabulary: living, nonliving
Students will classify things as living and nonliving.
Students will explain that living things need food, water, and air.
Students will focus on comparing and contrasting by looking for ways living things and nonliving things are alike and different.
Reading and Support and Homework pp. RS 5-6.
Day 2 Read: All About Animals
Lesson 2---- What do animals need? (3 days)
Page 58-65
Vocabulary: lungs, gills, shelter
Students will observe animals meeting their needs.
Students will explain that animals need food, water, air, and shelter to live.
Students will focus on four things all animals need to live.
Reading and Support and Homework pp. RS 7-8.
Day 2 Read: Animal Groups
August 20-24, 2012
Lesson 3----How can we group animals? (3 days)
Page 66-75
Vocabulary: mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, insect
Students will classify animals into groups based on observable characteristics.
Students will identify physical characteristics of animals and their functions.
Students will focus on main idea and details for each animal group.
Reading and Support and Homework pp. RS 9-10.
Lesson 4----How do animals grow and change? (2days)
Page 76-85
Vocabulary: life cycle, tadpole, larva, pupa
Students will compare animals to see how they are similar, but not identical, to their parents.
Students will identify ways animals change as they grow and mature.
Students will recognize that animals grow in different ways over different lengths of time.
Students will focus on the sequence of animal’s growth and change.
Reading and Support and Homework pp. RS 11-12.
Day 2 Read: Move It!
August 27-31, 2012
Lesson 4----How do animals grow and change? (1day)
Page 76-85
Vocabulary: life cycle, tadpole, larva, pupa
Students will compare animals to see how they are similar, but not identical, to their parents.
Students will identify ways animals change as they grow and mature.
Students will recognize that animals grow in different ways over different lengths of time.
Students will focus on the sequence of animal’s growth and change.
End of Chapter (2 days)
Page 86-89
Students will evaluate relationships of science, technology, and society.
Students will review chapter concepts.
Review----Unit A Chapter 1 All About Animals
Test---- Unit A Chapter 1 All About Animals