STANDARDS: SCIENCE

THEME:
- Science

LESSON TOPIC:
- Sloths

OBJECTIVES:
Language:
Students will be able to orally describe the features of sloths.

Content:
Students will be able to analyze the differences between the two types of sloths.

LEARNING STRATEGIES:
- Adapted Venn Diagram: helps to understand the difference between the two types of
sloths
- Progressive Maps: organizes new and old information, uses visuals
- Split-Page Note Taking: lets students take notes and ask questions

KEY VOCABULARY:
- Bradypus
- Choloepus
- Monotypic
- Arboreal
- Maned
- Pale-Throated
- Brown-Throated
- Pygmy
- Hoffman’s
- Linnaeus’s
- Omnivores

MATERIALS:
- Video: https://youtu.be/JnE_a0ekwPI
- Sloth Board Game

MOTIVATION:
There will be a four minute video on the different species of sloths. The terminology used in
the video is comprehensible and student friendly.

The students will stand up and physically act out sloth behaviors.

The students will play a sloth board game. It will have questions based on the powerpoint and
the video that they have watched.

PRESENTATION:
The teacher will ask the students to pretend to walk around the classroom like the students are
stuck in peanut butter. After, the students have finished walking around, the teacher will
present a powerpoint about the different species of sloths. After explaining the different
species of sloths, the teacher will create a web on the board. The teacher will ask the students
what they know about the different sloths and will write down their ideas on the web. When
the students have written down their information, the teacher will put the students into groups.

PRACTICE AND APPLICATION:

The students will break up into groups and create a Venn Diagram based on what they have
learned about the sloths. Then they will share their ideas with the rest of the class. After, the
students will play a sloth vocabulary game, going over the vocabulary that they have learned.

REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT:

Sloth Exit Ticket

EXTENSION: