Grade 1 - Animals and Habitats

Animals and Habitats: Supplemental Guide 4 | Animals of the East African Savanna Habitat 71

Note: Introducing the Read-Aloud and Extensions may have

activity options that exceed the time allocated for that part of

the lesson. To remain within the time periods allocated for each

portion of the lesson, you will need to make conscious choices

about which activities to include based on the needs of your

students.

Exercise Materials Details

Introducing the Read-Aloud (10 minutes)

What Have We Already
Learned?

Habitat Chart; Venn Diagram

(Arctic vs. Desert)

You may wish to use either of these

graphic organizers to review content from

Lessons 2 and 3.

Where Are We? Image Card 8 (Acacia Tree), yarn,
world map

You may wish to connect Image Card 8

to the East African Savanna area on a

world map (east Africa).

Vocabulary Preview: Savanna/
Grassland

Image 4A-4; additional images of

the savanna

Purpose for Listening chart paper to make a Know-
Wonder-Learn (KWL) Chart

You may wish to create a KWL Chart

for the savanna habitat. Ask students

what they know and wonder about the

savanna. At the end of the lesson or on

the following day, have students share

what they learned about the savanna.

Presenting the Read-Aloud (15 minutes)

Animals of the East African
Savanna Habitat

You may wish to conclude the read-aloud

with a short video clip of the savanna

habitat.

Discussing the Read-Aloud (15 minutes)

Comprehension Questions Habitat Chart Refer to the Habitat Chart for the
questions that refer to habitats from
previous lessons.
You may wish to fill in the Learn column
of the KWL Chart for the savanna.

Word Work: Predators/Prey Images 2A-7 (Fox) and 2A-8 (Hare);
Images 2A-12 (Polar Bear) and 2A-
11 ( S e a l s);
Images 3A-11 (Coyote) and 3A-10
(Rabbit);
Images 4A-13 (Lions) and 4A-11
(Zebra)

Show these sets of images as examples

of predators and prey.

 Complete Remainder of the Lesson Later in the Day