Lesson Plan: Migration (Reading - Grade K)

Subject: Reading
Grade: K
Lesson Objective: To read the book, Home at Last: A Song of Migration, and then answer questions about the book
Common Core Standard: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.1: With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
Materials:
Starter:
Say:
- Have you ever seen birds flying together in groups? (Allow the students to answer.)
Main:
Say:
- Birds fly in groups to go from one place to another place. You might see them flying in the air.
- Many other animals also move from place to place, usually as the season changes. This is called migration.
- Animals usually migrate to find food or water, to be in a warmer place or to have their babies.
- In the United States, we usually see birds migrating or flying from place to place. But, in other parts of the world, there are many different types of animals that migrate.
- Fish and whales migrate in streams and oceans. Birds and butterflies migrate in the air. Many different types of land animals walk across the land.
- Do you know of any animals that migrate? (Allow the students to answer)
- The animals that you know about and even some you do not know about migrate thousands of miles, which is really far!
- Today, we are going to read the book, Home at Last. This book is about different animals that migrate.
- While you are listening to the book, think about why each animal is migrating or moving from place to place.
- After you listen to the story, we are going to do a worksheet together.
- Does anyone have any questions?
Feedback:
Say:
- Who would like to share your answers? (Allow the students to share.)
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Written by Kimberly Greacen, Education World® Contributing Writer
Kimberly is an educator with extensive experience in curriculum writing and developing instructional materials to align with Common Core State Standards and Bloom's Taxonomy.
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