Brief Description
Students create an ABC picture book of animals unique to Australia.
Objectives
Students learn about animals that live in Australia. Students use the letters of the alphabet to create a picture book about Australian animals.
Keywords
Australia, animals, alphabet, picture book, life science
Materials Needed
library sources; printouts from sites listed in the lesson; construction or drawing paper; drawing materials, such as markers or crayons; pens or pencils
Lesson Plan
- Share with students background information about animals unique to Australia from library sources or printed from some of the Internet resources listed below.
- Distribute construction or drawing paper and drawing materials. Tell students that each person will create one page of a picture book about animals that live in Australia. Assign each student one letter of the alphabet. Tell students that the animal they choose must begin with their assigned letter.
Note: Depending on the number of students in the class and animal names, some letters may not be used.)
- Have students check library sources or print out pictures and information about animals that live in Australia from one or more of the following sites.
- Have each student choose and draw one animal. Younger students may draw the animal and write a few words about the animal under the pictures. Older students may draw the animal and write a short paragraph about the animal under the picture.
- When all the pages are finished, arrange them in ABC order. Have students brainstorm a title for the book and a design for the cover.
Assessment
Evaluate each student's contribution to the book.
Lesson Plan Source
Education World
Submitted By
Lois Lewis
National Standards
Language Arts:
NL-ENG.K-12.1
NL-ENG.K-12.3
NL-ENG.K-12.5
NL-ENG.K-12.6
Science:
NS.K-4.3
NS.5-8.3
Visual Arts:
NA-VA.K-4.1
NA-VA.5-8.1
