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Art and design Computing Design and technology French Geography History Music Physical education Spanish Religion and worldviews RSE & PSHE Science Wellbeing

Lesson 1: Animal groups

Sorting animals into mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish and recognising their shared characteristics.

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Learning objective

To identify and group animals.

Success criteria

I can name animals.
I can identify the features

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National curriculum

Science

Animals, including humans

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Cross-curricular links

None.

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Display the image of Amelia and Rusty from Science, Year 1, Sensitive bodies, Lesson 1: Body parts and ask the children to talk to their partners about whether they agree or disagree with Amelia.

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Should be given fewer animal groups to sort, such as birds and fish, for task one; should be encouraged to choose a visible feature such as legs/no legs or tail/no tail for task two.

Pupils working at greater depth

Could write facts about animal groups on whiteboards to display with the hoops in task one (e.g. mammals have hair or fur); should be encouraged to create a Venn diagram by overlapping the hoops and using the labels ‘lives on land/lives in water’ to sort animals in task two.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: naming common animals; describing

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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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