Animal+Husbandry

Grade Level: 1  Unit: Living Animals, habitat, what they eat, and scheduling  Assignment type: Small group cooperation/ collaboration Enhancing reading  Lesson objectives (include 2 or 3):  Time required to complete this lesson: about 15 minutes every day. Assign a pet sitter for weekend and holiday duty.  Title of lesson: Animal Husbandry  Resources/materials needed: One Guinea Pig and/or Rabbit Cage <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Food, water, bedding, toys <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Permission from parents <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Description of lesson (if you were to describe to a parent what was happening in the classroom for this lesson, what would you say in a few paragraphs). <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> The student will learn the difference between a live animal and an inanimate object. How humans and animals are different by their habitat and socialization. The students will be working in groups to learn cooperation and delegation of duties. It shows the importance of scheduling and assuming responsibility. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Assignment (homework or in-class: this is how the learner will practice the learning that has just occurred): <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Taking care of their own pet and/or classroom pet <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Understanding different pets with different needs <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students should read a story about proper pet care <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Bring examples of movies and write the difference between real pet vs. fictional pet <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Practice Scheduling by working out the duties with others in class <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Technology used: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Watch movies <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Research on internet: how to care for animal, original habitat, and food <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The technology used in this lesson changes the teaching / learning in this way: It broadens the students’ mind of other animals. It will be prep-work for a field trip to zoo. It introduces the concept of research.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Student will understand living animals, their habitat, what they eat, and how to provide for them on a schedule
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Student will be able to identify a live animal, care for something smaller than them and work with a group
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Student will understand how animals interact with humans, how we provide for them as pets, use proper judgment with an animal, and have social interaction with an animal