Grade 1 - Animals and Habitats

Animals and Habitats: Supplemental Guide 2B | Animals of the Arctic Habitat 45

Note: Extensions 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.

Extensions 20 minutes

Habitat Chart (Instructional Master 2B-1) 10 minutes

Note: Remind students that they are not expected to read all of

the words on the chart because they are still learning the rules for

decoding. Tell them that you are writing what they say so that you

can remember their answers, and that you will read the information

on the chart to them.

Introduce the Habitat Chart to students. Point to the column

for the Arctic habitat. You may wish to have the class think of a

symbol for the Arctic habitat and draw it at the top of the column.

Tell students that you will fi ll in this chart with information they

have learned about the Arctic habitat.

Read the items for the rows: Climate, Water, Ground, Plants, and

Animals. Have students tell you about each of these features for

the Arctic habitat. A completed chart may look like the following:

AAnimals of the nimals of the

AArctic Habitatrctic Habitat^2 B