Task 2 Template 2025 NEW VESRION UPDATE Western
Governors University
Direct Instruction Lesson Plan Template
General Information
Lesson Title: Zoo Animals/Food Needs
Subject(s): English Language Arts, Writing, Science
Grade/Level/Setting: K
Prerequisite Skills/Prior Knowledge:
• Using pictures and words students will be able to write on paper the name of topic and their opinions on it.
• Students should already know what animals are and what they eat to survive.
, Standards and Objectives
State/National Academic Standard(s):
K-LS1-1. Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to
survive. [Clarification Statement: Examples of patterns could include that animals need to take in
food, but plants do not; the different kinds of food needed by different types of animals; the
requirement of plants to have light; and, that all living things need water.]
W.K.1
Standard:
Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose opinion pieces in which they tell
a reader the topic or the name of the book they are writing about and state an opinion or
preference about the topic or book (e.g., My favorite book is . . .).
Learning Objective(s):
Given the topic of discussing zoo animals and what food they eat to survive, students will be able to draw and write about this
topic and state their opinion on two zoo animals and the different foods they each eat in the correct way using fill in the blank
paper (The zoo animals I chose are… and….one eats... and the other eats…). with 80% accuracy.
Materials Technology
What materials will the teacher and the students need in
order to complete the lesson?
-Students will use their Chromebook to watch a
• Fill-in the blank worksheet with video on zoo animals and what they eat to survive.
picture box
• Pencil - Teacher will use the smartboard to show the fill
• Crayons in the blank worksheet. Teacher will also fill in one
as a class, so they are aware on what to do.
Language Demands
Specific ways that academic language (vocabulary, functions, discourse, syntax) is used by students to participate in learning
tasks through reading, writing, listening, and/or speaking to demonstrate their understanding.