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OBSERVING ANIMALS
animal ________________________________________________
Observations
Write what you
notice about the
animal using your
senses.
★I saw
★I felt
★I smelled
★I heard
★I tasted
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Drawing
Draw a picture of
the animal.
Make sure your
drawing is:
A: accurate
B: big
C: colorful
D: detailed
Label the parts
(structures) of the
animal.
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Conclusion
Detail:
Topic
Sentence
Detail:
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DESCRIBING ANIMALS:graphic organizer
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DESCRIBING ANIMALS:graphic organizer
topic:
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2. detail _______________________________________
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3. detail _______________________________________
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DESCRIBING ANIMALS:sentence frames
•I observed ____________.
•I noticed _____________.
•______________ reminds me of _____________
because ______________.
•When _____________, it _____________.
•I wonder what would happen if ___________.
•At first, ___________, but now __________.
•It surprise me that _____________.
Written observations should be:
➡accurate
➡complete
➡organized
➡made with applicable senses
➡observable (not inferred)
➡scientific (no opinions)
➡relevant
adapted from Writing in Science in Action by Betsy Rupp Fulwiler
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DESCRIBING ANIMALS:
informative/explanatory essay
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COMPARING ANIMALS:box and T-chart
SIMILARITIES
Write the things about the animals that are the same.
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DIFFERENCES
Write or draw the things about the animals that are different.
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Conclusion:
Detail:
Topic
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COMPARING ANIMALS:graphic organizer
animals ______________________and ______________________
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COMPARING ANIMALS:graphic organizer
topic:
1. introduction _________________________________
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2. detail _______________________________________
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3. detail _______________________________________
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5. conclusion __________________________________
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COMPARING ANIMALS:sentence frames
•The _______________ and the ______________
are similar because they both ____________.
•In addition, they _________________________.
•The ______________ and the _______________
are different because the ________________,
but the __________________________________.
•Also, the __________, whereas _____________.
Written comparisons should be:
➡accurate
➡complete
➡organized
➡observable (not inferred)
➡relevant
adapted from Writing in Science in Action by Betsy Rupp Fulwiler
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COMPARING ANIMALS: informative/explanatory essay
animals ______________________and ______________________
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OBSERVING AND COMPARING ANIMALS
This activity is adapted from FOSS: Animals 2X2. It provides
students the opportunity to observe and compare animals. It will be
important to teach students how to respect and care for these
animals. This is also an opportunity to help students see the value
in all animals. Therefore, avoid referring to them as gross, ugly,
yucky, or dirty. This is also a good opportunity to emphasize the
importance of making careful observations and recording them with
words and pictures. Drawings should be done using the ABCD
protocol: Accurate, Big, Colorful, Detailed. Observations should be
empirical or objective; therefore, opinions are not used when
making observations.
ANIMALS
land snail*
night
crawlers
goldfish
pill bugs
VOCABULARY
water snail*
gastropod (optional),
mucous, foot, tentacle,
shell, mouth
redworm
earthworm, body, head,
mouth, segment,
clitellum
guppies
fish, eyes, fins, gills,
head, mouth, scales,
tail
sow bugs
isopod (optional),
antenna, leg, section,
carapaces
*For more information on animals, go to fossweb plant and animal care
(http://lhsfoss.org/fossweb/teachers/materials/plantanimal.html)
*Land and water snails can be borrowed from Meagan Sternberg
([email protected])
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eyes
mucus
foot
tentacles
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shell
mouth
eye stalks
eye spots
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head
operculum
land snail
water snail
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earthworm
body
head
segment
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clitellum
redworm
night crawler
fish
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fins
gills
eyes
scales
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tail
goldfish
guppy
isopod
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antenna
leg
section
carapaces
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sow bug
pill bug
animals
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(aquatic)
water snail
sow bug
(terrestrial)
land snail
pill bug
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guppy
goldfish
nightcrawler
redworm
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SAMPLE PICTORIAL INPUT CHARTS
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TEACHING SCIENCE EFFECTIVELY model
SAMPLE LESSON PLAN
unit
plants and animals
target(s)
๏I can describe similarities and differences between land and water snails.
๏I can use my senses and tools to make observations.
vocabulary observe (observation), senses, characteristic, animal, structure, function, shell,
foot, tentacles, eyes, head, mouth, mucus, operculum … plus adjectives (hard, soft, smooth, wet,
slimy, brown, yellow, red, black, long, short, one, two, four, etc)
investigating
talking
reading
writing
DAY 1: Teach about using the four senses (I see, I
hear, I feel, I smell) to observe objects. Let students
carefully observe the land snail using a hand lens.
DAY 3: Create a pictorial input chart of a land snail
and add the structures.
DAY 4: Add adjectives to the pictorial input chart.
Model completing the graphic organizer for an
informative essay describing the land snail using the
sentence frames.
*repeat for water snail
DAY 11: Model using the box and t-chart to compare
the land and water snails.
DAY 12: Model completing the graphic organizer for
an informative essay comparing land and water
snails using the sentence frames.
DAY 2: Read a book about snails that include the
important structures of the snail.
DAY 11: Read “Snail Homes” as a class and have
students underline facts about land snails in green
and water snails in blue.
DAY 1: Have students choral respond the sentence
starters “I see ___”, “I feel ___”, etc. Have students
share their observations with a partner as they
observe. Have students share their observation with a
class as you write them on an input chart.
DAY 2: Have students repeat the structures as you
add the words to the pocket chart.
DAY 3: Have students repeat the names of the
structures as you label the pictorial input chart.
DAY 4: Have students repeat the sentence frames as
you fill in the graphic organizer.
*repeat for water snail
DAY 11: Have students share similarities and
differences between a land and water snail with a
partner and whole class.
DAY 2: Have students write down their observations
after reading the book using the structures and
characteristics from the pocket chart.
DAY 3: Have students create a drawing of the land
snail using the ABCD observation protocol.
DAY 4: Have students complete the graphic
organizer using the sentence frames.
DAY 5: Have students use their graphic organizer to
write their informative essay.
*repeat for water snail
DAY 11: Have students complete their own box and tchart to compare a land and water snail.
DAY 12: Have students complete their own graphic
organizer.
DAY 13: Have students use their graphic organizer to
write their essay.
checks for understanding
Check observations to make sure their are empirical and descriptive; not opinions. Check drawings to make
sure they are accurate, big, colorful and detailed. Assess their essays for content and writing.
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