Lesson Plan Template

LESSON PLAN LESSON: How Do Animals stay safe

Teacher: Mariam Mohamed Alzaabi Subject: Science

Grade: 2/A Unit: How Do Animals stay safe Date: 21/10/2019

From 9:45 to 10:30 am

Trainee Personal Goals:

I am working on: To know how to control and deal with the student while they are doing their work.

I want to do the full lesson with the all parts which they are opening, activity and ending as I planned
but with great teaching from me and full understanding from the students.

Lesson Outcome:

At the end of this lesson students will be able to understand the following:

• Some animals use their body color, shape, or pattern to blend into the environment 


• By the use of camouflage prey animals protect themselves from predators 


• By the use of camouflage, predator animals hide to better catch their prey. 


Link to prior learning: (what they have known before)

Student already know where animals live

21st Century Skills:

During this lesson the students will develop:

Critical thinking skills in think and know How Do Animals stay safe.
Collaboration, Communication and Social skills in team activities.
Creativity skill in creating fun and enjoyable activities.

Key vocabulary: adaptations, Camouflage, safe

Possible problems for learners:
 Some of the student make mistakes
between the adaptations and
camouflage.
Solutions to possible problems:
 By show the student that we should to Stop searching
for the “Answer” – it’s not about the answer; it’s
about the process, because if they know it right the
answer will be absolutely correct.
 By recognize the importance of estimating before
they answer and teach this to students.

Resources/equipment needed:

1. Whiteboard
2. Whiteboard markers
3. Pencils
4. Erasers
5. Online timer (https://www.online-stopwatch.com/bomb-countdown/full-screen/)

To encourage my students, I will use my behavior strategies.

 UNIT: LESSON: Estimating TASKS/ACTIVITIES

Resources & Time Starter (warm up) engage the students

Teacher Will: Students Will:

 Welcome the student.
15m  Ask the student general  Student welcome me
questions before going deep back.
to the main topic of the  The student will answer
lesson. the questions and show
 Show the students video me the answer by
pointing into the
Questions: smartboards

 What is it called when an

animal blends into its
environment?
 What are two reasons why an
animal will blend into its
environment?
 What are two ways an animal
can blend into its environment?

Resources & Time Main activities

Timer while the student Teacher Will: Students Will:

does their work!
 Explain each activity to the  Student should to listen to the
20m student according to their teacher instructions.
levels I will pass Students of
each center.
Differentiation activities (Support): low level

Green group 1

 This group will get a material with Picture model.

 The student Look carefully at the pictures.
 Can you find an animal? Circle it.

Differentiation activities (Stretch): high level

Pink/Blue groups: 2

 High level student will get advance work which are they Writing
about how butterfly camouflage.
 They have a space to show the teacher how they work out and writing
about camouflage.

Differentiation activities (Support) medium level:

Red/Yellow: groups 2

 This first group will get Animals picture with different environments
they will matching the picture of animals with the correct
Environments.
 The second group will get picture and names of body parts keep them
safe, the students need choose the animals and stick in body parts
 The student should to answer and past them in the right place.
Resources Plenary (closing, ending)

10m Teacher Will: Students Will:

 At the end of the lesson I play
the game with my students its  Will read the question and figure
find animals where its hide in out the picture.
grass.
 After the activity, hold a
discussion about what made
the camouflaged “animals”
difficult to spot. Was it their
shape, patterns, colors, or a
combination of all three? 


 The winner group they will get

prize.

Homework - Nothing to give

Learning styles catered for (✓):

 Visual Auditory  Read/Write  Kinaesthetic

Assessment for learning opportunities (✓):

 Observation Student self-assessment Oral questioning Peer assessment

Quiz Student presentation Written work and Verbal feedback
feedback