Unit: Nocturnal Animals Name: Lindsey Hall Grade/Subject: 2nd Grade/Science ALCOS Standard: 6.

) Identify characteristics of animals, including behavior, size, and body covering DAY 1: DAY 1: Objective: Selected groups Materials: of students will complete Class-wide KWL Chart certain centers (explained "Night Creatures" folder in the activities) to Raccoon fact passage observe, analyze, and with true or false interpret information statements about four different "Amazing Facts About nocturnal animals. Skunks" video on YouTube Skunk KWL Chart Koalas Fact or Opinion Sort Opossum by Lee Jacobs (2 copies) Opossums "Can, Have, and Are" graphic organizer Computers for viewing videos Pencils DAY 1: Activities: Four centers will be in place for students to work through for four consecutive days. o Centers will consist of information on raccoons, skunks, koalas, and opossums. Center activities will include the following: o Raccoon: Fact passage with True or False statements for students to select based off of their reading. o Skunk: KWL chart--"L" to be filled in after viewing the "Amazing Facts About Skunks" video:
http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=5p7RmnK0gsw

DAY 2: Objective: Same as above

DAY 2: Materials: Same as above

DAY 3: Objective: Same as above

DAY 3: Materials: Same as above

o Koalas: Fact or Opinion Sort o Opossums: Completion of a "Can, Have, and Are" graphic organizer after book research The following tables will complete each center for Day 1: o Table 1: Raccoons o Table 2:Skunk o Table 3:Koalas o Table 4: Opossum DAY 2: Activities: Centers will continue with the following tables completing the appropriate tasks: o Table 1: Opossum o Table 2: Raccoon o Table 3: Skunk o Table 4: Koalas DAY 3: Activities: Centers will continue with the following tables completing the appropriate tasks: o Table 1: Koalas o Table 2: Opossum o Table 3: Raccoon

o Table 4: Skunk DAY 4: Objective: Same as above DAY 4: Materials: Same as above DAY 4: Activities: Centers will continue with the following tables completing the appropriate tasks: o Table 1: Skunk o Table 2: Koala o Table 3: Opossum o Table 4: Raccoon DAY 5: Activities: Students will select one of the nocturnal animals we have discussed during the unit. Students will narrate a day in the life of that animal; for example, where it sleeps, how it eats, how it hunts, how it gets from one place to the next, etc. o Their narrations will be written on the inside of one-half of the folder. o The name of the selected animal will be placed on the outside of the folder. Students will illustrate the animal selected on the other half of the inside of the folder. This will be used as their assessment of learning during the unit.

DAY 5: Objective: Students will individually select a nocturnal animal and will narrate a day in the life of that animal with a matching illustration.

DAY 5: Materials: Class-wide KWL Chart "Night Creatures" folder Manila folder for each student Crayons/Markers Pencil

Raccoon facts found at http://www.paws.org/kids-raccoons.html