Sarah Glenn

Kindergarten Lesson Plans

Content Area—Science Focus—Bears and Hibernation Dates—January 28-February 1, 2013

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Lesson Focus Bears Bears Bears Bears Bears
Standards 0007.3.1-Observe plants 0007.3.1-Observe plants 0007.3.1-Observe 0007.3.1-Observe plants 0007.3.1-Observe plants
and animals and make and animals and make plants and animals and and animals and make and animals and make
records of their records of their make records of their records of their records of their
similarities and similarities and similarities and similarities and similarities and
differences. differences. differences. differences. differences.
0007.5.3-Match pictures 0007.5.3-Match pictures 0007.5.3-Match 0007.5.3-Match pictures 0007.5.3-Match pictures
of animals and plant of animals and plant pictures of animals and of animals and plant of animals and plant
characteristics needed characteristics needed plant characteristics characteristics needed characteristics needed
for survival to for survival to needed for survival to for survival to for survival to
appropriate environments. appropriate appropriate appropriate appropriate
-0007.3.1-recognize that environments. environments. environments. environments.
living things need water, -0007.3.1-recognize that -0007.3.1-recognize -0007.3.1-recognize that -0007.3.1-recognize that
food, and air. living things need water, that living things need living things need water, living things need water,
0007.5.2-Create a mural food, and air. water, food, and air. food, and air. food, and air.
of an ecosystem and 0007.5.2-Create a mural CC.K.MD.3-classify *make Eric Carle
compare characteristics of an ecosystem and objects into given artwork
of animals and plants compare characteristics categories; count the
within that environment of animals and plants number of objects in
within that environment. each category.
Objectives TLW name and describe TLW learn about polar TLW understand that TLW learn facts about TLW review bear facts
different kinds of bears bears. bears and some other bears. and add more facts
and where they live. TLW create a booklet animals hibernate and TLW unscramble they have learned over
TLW glue bears to what about polar bears. what hibernation sentences to make them the week.
country they live in. means. true about bears. TLW test foods bears
TLW glue animals to like to eat and give
match where they
their opinion of the
hibernate.
food.
TLW discuss what their
favorite book of Eric
Carle’s bear books.
Lesson Bears, hibernate, winter, Polar bears, winter, Bears, hibernate, Bears, hibernate, winter, Bears, hibernate, tuna,
Vocabulary world, map sequence winter unscramble honey, jam
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Kindergarten Lesson Plans

Opener -Show students a map I’m thinking of Would like to Write “trees climb Who likes honey?
and ask them what it is? something big, white, hibernate? Why or bears” on the board.
-We read the story fury, and likes cold why not? Have a student read
Little Panda a couple of weather. What is it? the sentence. Thumbs
weeks ago. Who up if it’s correct,
remembers? Where was thumbs down if it’s not
little panda from? Yes, correct. Have a
panda bears live in China. volunteer come up and
write it correctly.
Lesson, -Today we are going to -Students will listen to -Students will listen -Have a large brown Discuss what bears eat.
Practice, learn where other types the story Polar Bear, to the story bear template. Have students try
Activities of bears live in the Polar Bear, What Do Hibernation Station. -Students will be given honey, tuna, and jam
world too. You See? -Work together whole a bear card with a word and graph if they like it
-First have students -We will sequence the group placing animals on it. or not.
name other kinds of animals in the story on where they hibernate -First they must sort
bears and glue them to the board. on large poster board. themselves by what
chart paper as they -Students will fill in and -Have students go kind of bear they are
name them. color their own booklet back to their seats and count how many in
-Next, answer questions about Polar Bears to with a smaller version each group. They will
about each bear. take home. of the poster board compare their groups.
-Last give students picture and animals. -Next, they will try to
smaller bear templates They will color the read their words and
and a world map. Have background and add build the sentence
them color the map. snow. correctly using the
Work together to find -Students will glue words.
and glue where each animals in the correct -Last, we will glue the
bear lives on the map. spot on their page. words to our bear in
the correct order to
make a complete
sentence.
Differentiated -Below-students will -Below-students will -Below—Students will -Below-students will -Below—same
Instruction have an example on the use a word bank to fill be assisted by the have smaller and easier -Advanced-same
board to follow and will in the blanks teacher and have an words in their groups
have help from other -Advanced-students will example to follow. -Advanced-students
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students if needed. sound out the words to -Advanced- Students will have more complex
-Advanced-students may fill in the blanks will be given labels to words and be in charge
help write on the chart glue to each of checking their
and label on their maps. hibernation station group’s sentence at the
spot. end.
Closure I will describe the bear -We will read the story -Students will share -We will read our -Tell a friend their
I am thinking of, and together. where their favorite sentences and students favorite bear food.
students will point to -We will make a list of place to hibernate is will be given a sheet of
theirs on the map and facts about polar bears and why. I will call paper to record the
call out the bear and and make believe things out an animal and they sentences on.
where they live. about polar bears. will tell me where
they hibernate.
Assessment -Informal observation -Informal observation -Informal observation -Informal observation -Informal observation
Options -Questioning -Questioning -Questioning -Questioning -Questioning
-map with bears -booklet -artwork/labeling -sentences -graph
Materials -world map template -booklet -winter scene -sentences recording -tuna fish
-small and large bear -Polar Bear, Polar Bear template sheet -honey
templates What Do You See? -crayons -pencils -jam
-glue -crayons -glue -brown bear template -chart paper
-crayons -pencils -scissors -word cards -markers
-scissors -whiteboard -cotton balls -glue -books
-chart paper -markers -winter scene poster -scissors
-markers -tape -white board
-large world map -Hibernation Station -markers