Module 14: Animals With Backbones- Science 3 - Course Guide

Module Overview:

In this module, students will learn to identify and describe characteristics that help mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians survive. They will compare and contrast variations in mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians.

Module Materials:

  • Pencils
  • Crayons or colored pencils
  • Notebook
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Highlighter
  • Markers
  • Blank paper

Module Objectives:

Lesson # Lesson Title Objective(s)
1 Mammals
  1. Identify and describe characteristics that help mammals survive.
  2. Compare and contrast variations in mammals.
2 Birds & Fish
  1. Identify and describe characteristics that help birds and fish survive.
  2. Compare and contrast variations in birds and fish.
3 Reptiles & Amphibians
  1. Identify and describe characteristics that help reptiles and amphibians survive.
  2. Compare and contrast variations in reptiles and amphibians.

Module Key Words:

Key Words
mammals
vertebrate
animals
fish
birds
vertebrates
reptiles
amphibians

Module Assignments:

Lesson # Lesson Title Page # Assignment Title
1 Mammals 7 Mammal Cards Assignment
2 Birds & Fish 6 Birds and Fish Cards Assignment
3 Reptiles & Amphibians 6 Reptile and Amphibian Cards Assignment

Learning Coach Notes:

Lesson # Lesson Title Notes
1 Mammals After completing this lesson, ask your student to look up information on their favorite mammal and describe what makes the animal a mammal and what characteristics that mammal has to help them survive.
2 Birds & Fish After completing this lesson, ask your student to look up information on their favorite bird and fish and describe what makes the animal a bird or fish and what characteristics that bird or fish has to help them survive.
3 Reptiles & Amphibians After completing this lesson, ask your student to look up information on their favorite reptile and amphibian and describe what makes the animal a reptile or amphibian and what characteristics that reptile or amphibian has to help them survive.

Module Guiding Questions:

When a student starts a lesson ask them questions to check for prior knowledge and understanding and to review concepts being taught. At the end of the lesson ask the questions again to see if their answer changes.

Lesson Title Question
Mammals
  1. What characteristics help mammals survive?
Birds & Fish
  1. What characteristics help birds and fish survive?
Reptiles & Amphibians
  1. What characteristics help reptiles and amphibians survive?

Module Video Questions:

When a student watches a video take time to ask them questions about what they watched. Suggested questions for the videos in this module are listed here. Suggestion: Have the student watch the entire video first all the way through. Then have them watch the video a second time, as they watch it pause the video and ask the questions.

Lesson Title Video Question

Module Suggested Read Aloud Books:

Take time to read to your student or have them read aloud to you. Read a different book each day. While reading the book point out concepts being taught. You may purchase these books or find them at your local library. Suggested things to discuss while reading the book:

  • What is the main idea?
  • What are three things new you learned?
  • How does this book relate to what you are learning about?

# Book Author Lexile Level
1 Is a Camel a Mammal? Tish Rabe and Jim Durk
2 About Mammals: A Guide for Children Cathryn Sill and John Sill
3 About Birds Cathryn Sill and John Sill
4 About Fish Cathryn Sill and John Sill
5 Amphibians (A True Book: Animal Kingdom) Christine Taylor-Butler
6 About Amphibians Cathryn Sill and John Sill
7 National Geographic Kids Everything Reptiles Blake Hoena
8 About Reptiles Cathryn Sill and John Sill

Module Outing:

Take some time to apply what your student is learning to the real world. Suggested outings are below.

# Outing