Grade 1 - Animals and Habitats

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

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Savanna/Grassland

 Show image 4A-4: African savanna grasses

1. In today’s lesson you will hear about a habitat called the
   savanna or grassland.


2. Say savanna with me three times.
   Say grassland with me three times.


3. Look at this image, and tell your partner what you think the
   word grassland means. [Hint: The answer is in the word.]
   Grassland is land that is covered in wild grass. [You may wish
   to distinguish grassland from a soccer fi eld or grass fi eld at
   school. The wild grasses of the grassland were not planted
   but were there already. The area of grassland is much larger
   and vast than a soccer fi eld.]
   Savanna is another name for grassland. A savanna is a wide-
   open, vast stretch of grass-covered land that does not have
   many bushes or trees.


4. The African savanna or grassland is a habitat for some of the
   most famous animals. Can you guess which ones? (giraffe,
   zebra, elephant, and lion)


5. [Show additional images of the savanna.] Describe the
   savanna to your partner. What plants do you see? Which
   animals can you name?

Purpose for Listening

Tell students to listen to fi nd out how the East African Savanna

may be the same and/or different from the Arctic and the Sonoran

Desert habitats.