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Standards:

Language and literacy domain
IV.F.4.b: I can ask and answer questions about the story after it is read aloud.
Scientific inquiry domain

VI.B.1.e: I can observe that living things differ with regard to their needs and habitats.

VI.B.1.a: I can identify characteristics of a variety of plants and animals including physical attributes and behaviors (e.g., camouflage, body covering, eye color, other adaptations, types of tree and where they grow).

What do I want students to know and understand?

Students will understand the needs of an alligator and use the PBL planning process to create an enclosure based on its needs.

What are my lesson objective(s)?

Students will be able to:

Describe the habitat of an alligator.

Describe the appearance of an alligator.

Identify the dietary needs of an alligator.

Create a zoo enclosure for an alligator.

What do my students need before coming into this lesson?

Know that animals have different homes in the wild.

Animals have different diets.

Pick out important information in a text by looking at pictures or listening during reading.

Making  a plan for their product.

Creating their product.

Test out their product using materials.

How will I focus on rigor and relevance in this lesson?
Students will be reminded that alligators are very common in Florida. They will come into contact with one, and therefore it is important to know about local animals and their habitats. They are being presented with a problem that they will be a part of solving, by creating an appropriate zoo enclosure. They will refer to the information in the text, and the anchor chart created as a class.

They will be given an Essential Question: How can we create a suitable enclosure for an alligator at a zoo?
Building Criteria:
- The enclosure must have water.
-Dry area with dirt and grass.
-Somewhere to bask and warm up.
-Building the enclosure must take 20 minutes.

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This video is a general introduction to animal habitats to help engage my students knowledge of habitats from previous lessons in the curriculum.
https://www.kindergartenworksheetsandgames.com/animal-habitats-activity-animal-cookies/

This activity is great for providing visuals of what different habitats can look like, and it allows the students to interact with the pictures with animals.
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Animal-Habitat-and-Needs-STEM-activities-4147533?gclid=CjwKCAjw3cSSBhBGEiwAVII0Z_ozfT6LCIpQ8ZIsMRDoJOrR13sj7CJkQ-gUt8WtVidHWqyhZywlORoCb9YQAvD_BwE

This Teacher Pay Teacher page gave me the idea for the final product, and the possible materials to use.

https://www.getepic.com/app/read/42561
This is a link to the informational text we will be using to learn about alligators and their habitat.

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Animal Habitats | Animal Homes | Animals video for kids |

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Instruction

Engage students by using the youtube video “Animal Habitat/Animal Homes”.

Students will discuss what they already know about what a habitat is.

I will present them with a problem:

How can we make an enclosure for an alligator at the zoo? I will discuss how some animals are brought to zoos for their safety.

Read: Alligator By: Josh Plattner

On a graphic organizer divided into 4 parts under the headings habitat, diet, characteristics and interesting facts, as a class we will write facts from the book in the correct areas.

Students will have opportunities to use different materials during centers to make an enclosure.

Small group instruction will include rereading “Alligator” and discussing the alligator’s needs.

I will provide students with a rubric to create their habitat.

Their enclosure must have an area of water large enough for the alligator to swim in, an area of grass, and a basking area.

Students will have unlimited materials in the form of construction paper, tissue paper, and tape.

Students will draw their enclosure first to plan how they will set it up.

Students will then create their zoo enclosure using different materials.

How will I create opportunities for strategic productive struggle?
This will be in the planning process, when they are planning how they will create their enclosure.
What teacher moves will I use (e.g., explicit teacher talk, modeling, providing support based on specific student struggles)?
I will explicitly go through the needs of alligators, provide a rubric to check understanding, and pull struggling students into small groups to support their thinking.
How will I provide opportunities for cooperative learning in my lesson?
Students will be working in centers to discuss their planning process with one another before they create their final plan. There will be a drawing station with supporting materials, and other building stations.
Where will students be leading the work?
I plan on letting my students lead as much as possible in the planning and creation of their enclosure.

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What do I have?
Opening
Students will listen to a video (Animal Habitats/Animal Homes) about habitats and recall prior knowledge.
Vocabulary/literacy:

Habitat

Diet

Attributes

Appearance

Enclosure

Predator

prey

Project materials:

Anchor chart

Information cards on alligators.

Vocabulary cards

Informational texts on alligators of different reading levels.

Alligator booklets during centers.

Building materials during centers.

Drawing materials and supporting pictures in the art center.

Final enclosure will use shoeboxes, plastic alligators, construction paper, glue and tissue paper.

How am I supporting diverse student needs?
Students are provided with different ways of showing their planning process through center activities. They are being given hands on activities to help them have a better understanding of the concept of a habitat and enclosure.
How will I provide multiple access points for equitable student engagement?
All students are involved in the planning process by choosing how they want to create their enclosure. All students will have access to the rubric in the planning stage to make sure they plan to solve the "problem".

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What am I going to use/not use?
I will be using all of my resources in whole group or centers. We will be using hands on habitat activities as well as informational texts about alligators.
What do I need to adjust?
I may need to adjust my rubric after I create it. I will see how my students are with recalling information from the text, however I can use this for differentiation in the classroom.
What is my plan for implementation with the materials?
I plan to go through how to use the materials in the classroom. I may provide an example of an enclosure I have made to show how they can be used. I also plan to go over the design criteria that needs to be met in the planning process.
Are these materials and my instructional design meeting all student needs?
They will work with the level of fine motor skills I have in the classroom, encourage creativity, work with different levels of thinking and encourage collaboration.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-sM0qOiNkoP8ow-L4adsmOH8NgjpW4frVo4lJan11io/edit?usp=sharing