Learning objective

  • To describe a variety of animals.

Success criteria

  • I can recall animal groups and what they

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National curriculum

Science

Animals, including humans

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Display the image that summarises the five animal groups from Lesson 1: Animal groups.

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could be given more than one animal picture card for the animal riddle paired task and generate one clue for each instead of several clues for one card; could label their animal drawings instead of writing complete sentences for task one.

Pupils working at greater depth

Should perform their animal riddles starting with more difficult clues and progressing to easier ones; should choose animals from three different animal groups for task one; should include the names of the animals, label their body parts and include additional information about diet, habitat or behaviour, for example, ‘I am a carnivore, I live in the sea, I hunt underwater for my prey (shark)’.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: identifying the characteristics specific

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Vocabulary definitions

  • amphibian

    An animal that has moist skin, lays eggs and breathes with lungs or gills (e.g. frog).

  • bird

    An animal with feathers, wings and a beak that lays eggs (e.g. duck).

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