• Quick retrieval from earlier learning (Animal homes: nests, burrows, hives and more). Students answer on mini whiteboards.
• Show answers together and note who needs support in the main task.

1. Where does a bear live? (den / an empty shell / cave / hive) → denPrompt: Think about what this animal builds or finds to stay safe.
2. Which animal lives in this home: burrow? (spider / beaver / rabbit / hermit crab) → rabbitPrompt: Picture the home: is it underground, in a tree, in water or made of silk?
3. A rabbit's burrow is underground. How does that help the rabbit? (It gets more sunlight. / It can fly away faster. / It can hide from foxes and keep warm. / It can see further.) → It can hide from foxes and keep warm.Prompt: Is it easy for a fox to follow a rabbit down a narrow tunnel?

• Show a picture of an unusual animal and ask where it might live and how it survives there.
• Share the objective: Animals that live on land, in water or in both. 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 this animal live: otter?
• Step 1: These animals spend time both on land and in water.
• Step 2: So the answer is: on land and in water
• Answer: on land and in water
• 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 this animal live: squirrel? (only in water / only on land / on land and in water) → only on landPrompt: Does it have fins, legs, or both webbed feet and lungs?
2. Which animal lives only on land? (starfish (sea star) / whale / crocodile / squirrel) → squirrelPrompt: Think about where you would find each animal in the wild.

• 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. A camel lives in a dry desert far from rivers. How does it manage with little water? (It can go many days without drinking, then drink a lot at once. / It swims to the sea every day. / It never needs water at all. / It breathes water through gills.) → It can go many days without drinking, then drink a lot at once.Prompt: All animals need water, but some need it less often.
2. Where does this animal live: frog? (only in water / only on land / on land and in water) → on land and in waterPrompt: Does it have fins, legs, or both webbed feet and lungs?

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