A DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN SCIENCE GRADE III

I. OBJECTIVES:
At the end of a sixty – minute period, the grade 3 pupils should be able to:
A. define habitat,
B. classify animals according to their habitat,
C. write the classifications of animals according to their habitat, and
D. participate actively in group activities.

II. SUBJECT MATTER:

A. Topic: Habitat of the Animal
B. Reference: Science and Health 3 by Carmelita C. Coronel et al. pages
70 – 73
C. Materials: Power point presentation, Pictures, and Activity Sheets
D. Value Concept: Taking care of the animals.
Curriculum Links:

III. Learning Activities:

Teacher Activity Pupils’ Activity
1. Preparatory Activities
A. Daily Routine
1. Short Prayer
Kindly lead the prayer.  Our Father….

2. Greetings/Pledge  Good morning Ma’am! We’re

Good morning children! glad to see you.

3. Checking of attendance
Is there any absentee today?
 None Ma’am.
B. Motivation
1. The teacher will inform the
pupils that they will be
playing the game pass the
box.
2. She will cite the mechanics of
the game.
a. There are different
pictures inside the
mystery box.
b. The pupils will pass
the mystery box while
there’s music playing.
c. When the music stops,
the one who is holding
the box will pick out
the picture and post it
on the board where it
is belong.
 3. She will ask the pupils to
observe the pictures.
insert ( PICTURES)
a. What animals can you  I can see animals in the pond,
see in the pond? like fish, frog, crab, and duck.
 I can see water.

b. What can you see in  In the grassland, there are

the grassland? animals like carabao, cow, horse,
goat and grasshopper.
 I can also see grasses on the
ground.
 I can see land.

c. What can you see in  I can see snakes, monkeys, wild

the forest? pigs, and eagles in the forest.
 I can also see trees, bamboos and
different kinds of plants.

(The pupils’ answers are varied.)

 Ponds, grassland and forest are
habitats of animals.
4. Based on the pictures, what
do you call to the ponds,
grassland and forest?

C. Lesson Proper
1. The teacher will conduct a
Team Game Tournament.
2. The teacher will group the
pupils into three.
3. The teacher will explain the
mechanics of the game.
a. Leader of each group
will be given an
envelope.
b. There’s a slide
presentation with
different animals, what
the pupils should do is
to identify their
habitats using the flag
inside each envelope.
c. The blue flag
represent the pond;
yellow one for the
forest and green flag
 for the grassland.

Activity 2
She will read a selection about animals. It
was entitled “Mc Donalds”.

Mc Donalds
One Saturday morning, Mc Donalds
went to their small farm to feed their
animals there. There were cows, carabaos,
goats, chicken, horses, and even pigs. Near
the farm is a swamp where bunches of
ducks and herons swimming and playing
along. At the end part of the farm is a forest
where you can see wild animals like snakes
and alligators, and others such as monkeys,
deers and eagle.

1. Who is the main character in the

story?

2. When the story happens?

3. What animals are mentioned in the The main character in the story is Mc
selection? Donalds.

The story happens one Saturday

morning.
4. What animals do you have in your
community?
The animals mentioned in the selection
are cows, carabaos, goats, chicken,
horses, and even pigs, snakes, alligators,
5. Let me give you a situation. Your monkeys, deers and eagle.
family visits the zoo. Your younger
brother sees a lion and run
immediately towards the cage. As an Ma’am we have goat, cow, carabao.
older brother or sister, what should
 you do?
As an older sibling, I’ll tell my younger
brother that lion is a dangerous animal
because it can hurt you by its claws and
sharp teeth. So, we should keep away
from them and be careful enough not to
harm us. But still, no matter how
dangerous they are, we should still care
Activity 3 for them.
For Group 1:
Group 1 will re-form the jumbled letters of
different animals found in grassland:
a.) s h e s r o
b.) a b c a a o r
For Group 1:
c.) h p g a s r s r p e o
animals found in grassland:

a.) horses
b.) carabaos
c.) grasshopper
For Group 2:
Group 2 will re-form the jumbled letters of
different animals found in
in pond:
a.) t s u r e l t
For Group 2:
b.) f y l g n o r a d
c.) s s f h i e

animals found in pond:

a.) turtles
For Group 3:
b.) dragonfly
Group 3 will re-form the jumbled letters of
different animals found in c.) fishes
at the forest:
a.) r d e e r
b.) k y o n m e s For Group 3:
c.) s k e a n s
 animals found at the forest:
GENERALIZATION: a.) deers
1. Who among you can define habitat? b.) monkeys
c.) snakes
2. What are the three different types of
habitats of animals?

1.) Habitat is the place where the

animals live.
3. What are examples of animals can you
see in the pond? In the grassland? How
2.) Ponds, grassland and forest are the
about animals found at the forest?
three different types of animals’ habitat.

3.) I can see frogs, fishes, dragonflies

and some turtles at the pond. In the
grassland, I see all horses, fat
cows/carabaos, short goats and green
grasshoppers.

EVALUATION:

1. Here are the names of some animals. Use

the table below to classify them. Write each
animal under its habitat.
Goat calf monkey
Crabs elephant eagle
Duck janitor fish cow
Lion horse dragonfly
POND GRASSLAND FOREST

POND GRASSLAN FORES

D T
crabs goat monkey
 duck calf elephant
AGREEMENT: janitor cow eagle
fish
Make a habitat box. Cut out paper animals
to place in your habitat box. Report about dragonfly horse lion
your habitat box and the animals that live
in it.