Grade 1 - Animals and Habitats

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

Exercise Materials Details

Extensions (20 minutes)

Food Chain Game Savanna—Image 4A-15; Image

Cards 8, 10, and 11; Instructional

Master 4B-1

Arctic—Image Cards 1 and 3;

Instructional Master 4B-2

Desert—Image Cards 4, 6, and 7;

Instructional Master 4B-3

There is a Food Chain worksheet for the

savanna, arctic, and desert habitats. You

may wish to complete the worksheet

for the savanna habitat for this lesson

and complete the other two during the

Pausing Point and Domain Review.

Habitat Chart Habitat Chart

Habitat Journal: The Savannah

Habitat

Instructional Master 4B-4, drawing

tools

Habitat Review Image Cards 1–11; Habitat Posters

1–3; Instructional Master 4B-5

(Rattenborough cutout)

Invite students to put their Rattenborough

cutout on the correct Habitat Poster.

Domain-Related Trade Book trade book about the desert or the

savanna habitat; drawing paper,

drawing tools

Advance Preparation

Bring in additional images of the savanna or grassland habitat;

fi nd an age-appropriate short video about the savanna habitat (or

tropical savanna or savanna biome) to show to the class.

Make copies of Instructional Masters 4B-1, 4B-2, and 4B-3 for

each student. They will use these worksheets for the Food Chain

Game.

Make a copy of Instructional Master 4B-4 for each student. This

will be the savanna habitat page in their Habitat Journal.

Make copies of Instructional Master 4B-5 so that each student has

a Rattenborough cutout. Have students color and write their name

on Rattenborough. Then have students cut him out. Students will

use their Rattenborough cutout to answer questions during the

Habitat Review activities.

Find a trade book about the desert or the savanna to read aloud to

the class.