Animal Homes
Know that animals make or find many different kinds of homes — birds build nests, rabbits dig burrows, bees live in hives, hermit crabs use empty shells, spiders spin webs — and that these shelters protect them and their young
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Match animal shelter examples while avoiding the idea every web or nest is a permanent home.
Can attend to a short explanation and respond orally, by pointing, drawing or writing; check relevant prerequisite understanding rather than assuming age proves readiness.
Check readiness rather than assuming age or source graph order establishes attainment.
Prepared passage, cards materials are available in each step.
Open the teaching material first. Keep the adult key and check sheet separate until their named stage. No printing, purchase or external media is required for the supplied adapted text tasks.
Do not open nests/hives, lift animals, disturb webs or take shells occupied by animals.
Only record a real observation after the activity is actually carried out safely; otherwise mark not carried out.
Materials are ready in each step. Use them on screen or print just the current step. Put teaching examples aside before the learner tries.
What this lesson covers and its limits
These are bounded opportunities, not learner attainment. Partial and blocked source requirements remain so.
- partial: Know that animals make or find many different kinds of homes — birds build nests, rabbits dig burrows, bees live in hives, hermit crabs use empty shells, spiders spin webs — and that these shelters protect them and their young
Bounded task opportunity only; this task samples the clause using recall evidence, not full coverage or learner attainment.
- partial: Names at least 4 different types of animal homes (nest, burrow, hive, web, shell, den, lodge)
Bounded task opportunity only; this task samples the clause using recall evidence, not full coverage or learner attainment.
- partial: Explains that animals need homes for shelter and to keep their babies safe
Bounded task opportunity only; this task samples the clause using recall evidence, not full coverage or learner attainment.
- partial: Matches common animals to their homes
Bounded task opportunity only; this task samples the clause using recall evidence, not full coverage or learner attainment.
- partial: If you ask {{name}} where different animals live, can they describe several animal homes — like a bird's nest, a rabbit's burrow, or a bee's hive — and say why animals need shelter?
Bounded task opportunity only; this task samples the clause using recall evidence, not full coverage or learner attainment.
Canonical bird homes and spider webs wording overgeneralizes; nests need not be permanent homes and not all spiders build capture webs.
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Match animal shelter examples while avoiding the idea every web or nest is a permanent home.
Match animal shelter examples while avoiding the idea every web or nest is a permanent home.
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- Names at least 4 different types of animal homes (nest, burrow, hive, web, shell, den, lodge)
- Explains that animals need homes for shelter and to keep their babies safe
- Matches common animals to their homes
“If you ask your child where different animals live, can they describe several animal homes — like a bird's nest, a rabbit's burrow, or a bee's hive — and say why animals need shelter?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Animals of the World
- Age range
- Ages 5–7