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Lesson Plans - 3rd Grade

Animals of the World: An Internet Scavenger Hunt!

June is National Zoo and Aquarium Month — a great time to introduce your students to some of the best zoo Web pages on the Internet.

What Is at the Zoo?

What Is at the Zoo? introduces students to the interrogative sentence form by asking them which animals are at the zoo. Although students may wish it were so, the last animal isn’t seen in zoos these days. Pictures support early readers.

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Zoo Rendezvous Lesson Plan

Students will:
-Listen to a fluent reading of the story.
-Choral read as a class.
-Define unfamiliar vocabulary.
-Identify parts of the story that are reality and fantasy.
-Find examples of reality and fantasy in other books.
-Write about their favorite parts of the story.
-Share writing with class.

Zoo animal facts

After the students have researched their given animal they will create one fact sheet naming the animal’s habitat, distinguishing characteristics, eating type, country of origin, and any interesting facts that they find.

What Animal Am I?

What animals do you need to make a square?

2. What can you do if you are surrounded by lions, tigers, leopards, and bears?