Habitats using "Little Polar Bear" by Hans De Beer

Objective: Students will be able to begin to classify animals into their designated habitats.

Anticipatory Set: Who remembers what this book was about? Think about the pictures in the book.

Materials

• "Little Polar Bear" by Hans De Beer
• black construction paper
• white crayons
• glue
• cotton balls

Procedure

• Write "habitat" on the board and ask if anyone knows the definition of the word.
• Review pictures in " The Little Polar Bear" and ask the class to pay close attention to how the pictures change.
• List changes throughout the book on the board.
• pages 1-5 snow, ice, cold
• Pages 6-18 beach, palm trees, sand, etc.
• pages 19-21 snow again
• page 22 contrast of polar environment and rainforest

• Refer back to the word habitat that is written on the board and talk about the habitat of animals of the Polar Regions.
• Habitat- an area or environment which something is normally found.

• Review which animals live in the Polar Regions.
• Explain the activity of showing a polar habitat using black paper, white crayons and construction paper.
• Show an example of the picture.
• Explain that by pulling the cotton out makes it last longer.

Assessment

• Questions throughout the lesson.
• What animals do they have in their pictures?