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Classifying Animals Lesson for Kindergarten

This lesson plan aims to teach kindergarten students about classifying animals. Students will watch a video about classifying animals and have a visit from a zoologist who will bring animals for students to see and touch. Students will then create their own PowerPoint or digital book on animal similarities and differences. The teacher will submit the student books to various zoos so they can be featured in summer programs. The lesson integrates technology at a refinement level and encourages universal design for learning.

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Classifying Animals Lesson for Kindergarten

This lesson plan aims to teach kindergarten students about classifying animals. Students will watch a video about classifying animals and have a visit from a zoologist who will bring animals for students to see and touch. Students will then create their own PowerPoint or digital book on animal similarities and differences. The teacher will submit the student books to various zoos so they can be featured in summer programs. The lesson integrates technology at a refinement level and encourages universal design for learning.

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Lesson Idea Name: Classifying Animals


Content Area: Science
Grade Level(s): Kindergarten
Content Standard Addressed: SKL2. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to compare the
similarities and differences in groups of organisms.

Technology Standard Addressed: 3

Selected Technology Tool: PowerPoint

URL(s) to support the lesson (if applicable): https://jr.brainpop.com/science/animals/classifyinganimals/

Bloom’s Taxonomy Level(s):


☒ Remembering ☒ Understanding ☒ Applying ☒ Analyzing ☒ Evaluating ☒ Creating

Levels of Technology Integration (LoTi Level):


☐ Level 1: Awareness ☐ Level 2: Exploration ☐ Level 3: Infusion ☐ Level 4: Integration
☐ Level 5: Expansion ☒ Level 6: Refinement

Universal Design for Learning (UDL):


This lesson encourages UDL by:
1. Providing visual, touch, sight, and hearing materials to those who may need them.
2. Each book will have auditory as long as words so that each type of learner will be able to use which
sense most help them.
3. Students are encouraged to use their recording devices, so those students who have a hard time
remembering can refer back.
Lesson idea implementation: The teacher will introduce the lesson using a “classifying animals” video located
on BrainPop.com (6 minutes). The students will watch this video. After the video, a zoologist will come in as
the class guest. The zoologist will talk about what makes animals similar and different. The zoologist will also
bring in animals for the students to see and feel. The students are encouraged to use their recording devices
(iPads) to record the zoologist so that they can refer back to it (45 minutes). The students will then be able to
pick if they want to do a PowerPoint/digital book on the differences or similarities between the animals. Each
student is to work independently. I have provided an example of what one should look like. After the students
have completed their PowerPoint, the teacher will submit each digital book to the Zoologist (2 hours). The
zoologist will then submit the books to various zoos in the country. The PowerPoint can be featured in
summer camps/programs to help students learn about animals and their differences/similarities.
Reflective Practice: I believe this lesson will absolutely make an impact on the students. The students will
enjoy being able to create their own book and hear themselves reading the book. The students will also
remember seeing the animals that the zoologist brings in. In addition, the students will know that their books
are out there and other students are learning from them.

Spring 2018_SJB
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Spring 2018_SJB

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