Home Plan - [GR1-L4-U1-LC1-36 Animal Skeletons]

The document provides teaching strategies and activities for introducing students to reading strategies, vocabulary words, and comprehension skills related to animal skeletons. It covers techniques like asking questions, comparing and contrasting skeletons of various animals, and understanding content words. Students engage in activities like reading texts, comparing different animal skeletons, and practicing comprehension skills through exercises like matching words and identifying characteristics. The document emphasizes linking animal skeletons to their behaviors and movements, prompting students to observe, compare, reflect, and connect learning objectives to real-life examples in the animal world.

Contents

• Pages 1—34: Reading lesson strategies
• Pages 35—59: Animal skeleton diversity.

The section provides tips and guidelines for teaching a lesson on reading strategies, vocabulary words, and comprehension skills. It emphasizes the use of asking and answering questions, comparing and contrasting, and understanding the meanings of content words. The example given involves introducing the word “skeleton” to students through visuals, definitions, and sample sentences. There are also activities where students read a text and answer questions, make comparisons between different skeletons (human, bird, frog), and practice comprehension skills. Additionally, it includes exercises where students match words to fill blanks and identify characteristics of different skeletons.

This section of the document focuses on introducing students to various animal skeletons, including those of a whale, horse, snake, and more. Different animals have unique skeletal structures suited for their way of life. It emphasizes that each animal’s skeleton provides the necessary support for their movements. The document prompts questions to engage students in understanding the differences in animal skeletons and linking them to the animals’ behaviors. It also encourages students to compare and contrast the skeletons of different animals, such as a whale and an eagle, and to observe and identify animal skulls. Additionally, the section ends with a reflection on learning objectives, comprehension skills, and a focus question connecting animal skeletons to their way of living.