A DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN SCIENCE AND HEALTH

Grade Five

I. OBJECTIVES

At the end of the lesson, the pupil should be able to:

A. Identify the foods that animals eat.

B. Classify animals according to the food they eat.

II. SUBJECT MATTER

Unit : Man and the Living Environment

Topic : Responding to the Environment

Concept : Herbivorous, Carnivorous and Omnivorous are

the three classifications of animals according to the
food they eat.

Process involved : Inference, Observation, Classification

Reference : MLC, Science and Health for Better Living

III. PROCEDURE

Teacher Activity Pupil’s Activity

A. Preparatory activities

Class, everybody stand up! The pupils will stand.

Jul-amin come forward and lead us Jul-amin will come for-

Prayer. Ward and lead the

Prayer.

Good morning class! Good morning maam,

Good morning class-

Mates, good morning.

 How are you this morning We are find thank you!

How are you too maam?

Im fine.

Let’s have a short exercise, arms The pupils will follow

Forward, upward, sideward and down.

Everybody take your seat! Thank you maam.

B. Motivation

Class, I have here ananimals chart. (look at the animal chart

You are to name the animal in each chart. Shown to them.)

(call on one pupil to name what animal is.)

What animal is this? Carabao

What does this animal eat? Grass

(Write the answer on the board)

C. Lesson Proper

1. Presentation

Now, let us group the animals.

We will divide them according to the (Participation)

Food they eat.

(Based on the board work)

Are there animals that eat the same YES!

Kind of food?

What are these animals? Carabao, Cow, Goat.

What particular foods do they eat? (Animal Bones)

How about the other animals like the Monkey both eats plants

Monkey? Animals.

2. Group work

I will divide you into 3 groups. Each group (Listen to the teacher)

Group will talk about their Pet at home or give

example of animals they know.

(Instruction)

The 1st group will work on animals that eat

Plants only.

The 2nd group is animals that eat both

Plants and animals.

The 3rd group on animals that eat other

Animals.

Write the animals that you are assigned by (Give and Share examples)

Filling this table.

(Draw a table to fill in.)

Animals that eat Animals that eat both Animals that eat other
Plants only Plants and animals animals

3. Discussion

Which animals eat plants only? (Get the answer by reading

Which animals eat both plants and the table on the board)

Animals?

Which animals eat other animals?

Okey class, from the examples of animals

That you did and from the group of animals

That we discussed. We will classify the animals

According to the food they eat.

The animals that eat plants only are

Called HERBIVOROUS.

(Put the flashcard on the board and write

The meaning.)

Animals that eat other animals are

CARNIVOROUS.

The other classification is OMNIVOROUS

Animals that eat both plants and animals.

(Write the definition of the term and give time (Get their notebook and

For pupils to copy.) copy.)

(After the pupils have finished, teach them to

Pronounce the terms.)

D. Generalization

How do we group or classify animals Animals are classified as

According to the food they eat? Herbivorous, Carnivorous

And Omnivorous.

Herbivorous animals are__

Omnivorous animals are__

Carnivorous animals are__

E. Application

Fill in this chart by writing the classi-

Fication of the following animals.

(Show the table and call on the pupils to (Goes to the front and

Answer.) answer.)

(Calls on other pupils to

Answer the next and go

On.)

Animals Classification

1. Cat

2. Dog

3. Cow

4. Pig

5. Goat

6. Horse

7. Sheep
 8. Monkey

9. Carabao

10. Wild boar

IV. FORMATIVE TEST

Direction: Choose the correct answer, Encircle the letter of your choice.

1. Which of these animals is Omnivorous?

a. Goat c. Chicken

b. Tiger d. Crocodile

2. The frog is an example of what kind of animal?

a. Omnivorous c. Herbivorous

b. Carnivorous

3. Carnivorous animals______________.

a. Eat plants only c. Eat both plants and animals

b. Eat other animals

4. The cow is Herbivorous animal because it _______________.

a. Eats plants only c. Eats both plants and animals

b. Lives in a farm d. Helps the farmer plow the field

5. Which of these animals can eat both plants and animals?

a. Pig c. Snake

b. Shark d. Rabbit

V. ASSIGNMENT

Give atleast 5 example of animals that classify according to the food they eat

HERBIVOROUS, CARNIVOROUS and OMNIVOROUS.

Prepared By:

ROSHELLA H. CHIONG