Animal Classes - 4th grade elementary school lesson
Overview
4th Grade Elementary school CLIL lesson about the Animal Classes
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the different classes of animals (mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and insects).
- Identify and classify animals based on their characteristics.
- Develop language skills by learning vocabulary related to animal classes.
- Engage in hands-on activities to reinforce learning and understanding.
Materials Needed:
- Visual aids such as pictures, videos, and diagrams of different animal classes.
- Worksheets for classification activities.
- Animal classification chart.
- Flashcards with vocabulary words and images.
- Digital devices for interactive learning.
Introduction to Animal Classes
Warm-Up
- Begin with a brief discussion about animals students are familiar with.
- Show pictures of different animals and ask students to describe them
Presentation
- Introduce the six main classes of animals using visual aids and simple language.
- Discuss the characteristics of each class and highlight key vocabulary words.
- Engage students with questions to check understanding as "Can you think any other examples of mammals?"
- Play the song BRAMF, for the students to listen and facilitate animal classes learning:
Activities
Animal Classification
- Distribute worksheets with pictures of animals.
- In pairs, students classify the animals into their respective classes.
- Walk around to assist and provide guidance as needed.
Creative Project - Animal Posters
- Provide materials for students to create posters for one of the animal classes.
- Encourage creativity and inclusion of pictures, descriptions, and interesting facts.
Animal Classification game
- Display the interactive animal classification game on a TV or Video Beam to play together by group the Animal Classification Game
Assessment
Quiz
- Distribute a short quiz assessing student understanding of animal classes.
- Students complete the quiz individually.
Reflection
- Students reflect on what they learned and share their favorite animal class.
- Discuss any questions or misconceptions.