Grade 1 - Animals and Habitats

Animals and Habitats: Supplemental Guide 5 | Animals of the Temperate Deciduous Forest Habitat 91

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 Do We Know? chart paper to make a Know-
Wonder-Learn (KWL) Chart

You may wish to create a KWL Chart for

the forest habitat. Ask students what they

know and wonder about the forest. At the

end of the lesson or on the following day,

have students share what they learned

about the forest.

Where Are We? Image Card 12 (Deciduous Forest),
yarn, world map

You may wish to connect Image Card

12 to a deciduous forest area on a world

map (e.g., the Great Smoky Mountains

between Tennessee and North Carolina).

Vocabular y Preview:
Temperate, Deciduous Forest

Images of the four seasons

Image 5A-2; additional images of

a deciduous forest and animals of

the deciduous forest

Purpose for Listening

Presenting the Read-Aloud (15 minutes)

Animals of the Temperate
Deciduous Forest Habitat

You may wish to pause after Image 5A-9

and review the different plants found in

a forest before continuing on to Image

5A-10 and telling about the animals found

in a forest.

You may wish to conclude the read-aloud

with a short video clip of a deciduous

forest habitat.

Discussing the Read-Aloud (15 minutes)

Comprehension Questions Habitat Chart Refer to the Habitat Chart to answer
Question #4.