20 Animals and Habitats: Supplemental Guide 1A | What Is a Habitat?
Note: Introducing the Read-Aloud may have activity options that
exceed the time allocated for this part of the lesson. To remain
within the time periods allocated for this portion of the lesson,
you will need to make conscious choices about which activities to
include based on the needs of your students.Introducing the Read-Aloud 10 minutes
Essential Background Information or Terms 10 minutes
Tell students that you want them to think about some things that
are living and nonliving. How do they know if something is living or
nonliving?
Explain to students that all living things need food and water.
People, plants, and animals are all living things because they all
need food and water to stay alive. Most living things also grow and
change during their lives and do not always look exactly the same.
Living things can also reproduce, or make new living things that
look like them.
Have students name things that are living, and then have them
name things that are nonliving. Be sure to reinforce the fact that
nonliving things do not need food or water because they are
not alive. Explain to students that you are going to read a list of
things—some of which are living and some of which are not. If
what you name is a living thing, students should say, “That is a
living thing.” If what you name is not a living thing, students should
say, “That is a nonliving thing.”- dog (That is a living thing.)
- tree (That is a living thing.)
- rock (That is a nonliving thing.)
- cat (That is a living thing.)
- chalkboard (That is a nonliving thing.)
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