• Quick retrieval from earlier learning (What animals need to survive). Students answer on mini whiteboards.
• Show answers together and note who needs support in the main task.

1. How does a fish get the oxygen it needs? (from the water, using its gills / from the food it eats / by jumping out to breathe air with lungs / it does not need oxygen) → from the water, using its gillsPrompt: Fish have special parts on the sides of their heads.
2. What animals need: which statement is true? (Animals can make their own food from sunlight, like plants. / Fish do not need oxygen. / Animals get energy from their food. / Animals only need food, never water.) → Animals get energy from their food.Prompt: Think about what you need to live.
3. What animals need: which statement is NOT true? (Many animals need shelter from weather and predators. / Animals get energy from their food. / Fish do not need oxygen. / Animals need water to survive.) → Fish do not need oxygen.Prompt: One sentence is a mistake.

• Show a picture of an unusual animal and ask where it might live and how it survives there.
• Share the objective: Animal homes: nests, burrows, hives and more. Read the success criteria together.

• Work through the example out loud, saying why you do each step, not just what you do.
• Example: Where does a rabbit live?
• Step 1: Rabbits dig burrows underground to hide and stay safe.
• Step 2: So the answer is: burrow
• Answer: burrow
• Pause after each step and ask a student to say what comes next.

• Do these together. Students try each step on whiteboards before you reveal it.
• Use the hints as prompts rather than giving the answer.

1. Where does an ant live? (anthill / cave / lodge / web) → anthillPrompt: Think about what this animal builds or finds to stay safe.
2. Which animal lives in this home: burrow? (rabbit / bear / hermit crab / spider) → rabbitPrompt: Picture the home: is it underground, in a tree, in water or made of silk?

• Students work on the student sheet. Circulate and check the first two answers of every student early.
• Students who finish: write a question of their own for a partner, with the answer.

The 8 questions are on the student sheet below, with answers in the key.

• Two questions on their own. Sort answers into got it / nearly / not yet to plan the next lesson.

1. Where does a beaver live? (an empty shell / anthill / burrow / lodge) → lodgePrompt: Think about what this animal builds or finds to stay safe.
2. Why do animals need homes (shelter)? (because homes give them food from the Sun / so they can watch television / to make the weather warmer / to stay safe from danger and bad weather) → to stay safe from danger and bad weatherPrompt: What do you need a roof and walls for?

Free online practice with hints and printable worksheets for this skill: eurekami.com/science/kindergarten.