A DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN SCIENCE GRADE III

I. OBJECTIVES:
At the end of a sixty – minute period, the grade 3 pupils should be able to:
A. define habitat,
B. classify animals according to their habitat,
C. write the classifications of animals according to their habitat, and
D. participate actively in group activities.

II. SUBJECT MATTER:

A. Topic: Habitat of the Animal
B. Reference: Science and Health 3 by Carmelita C. Coronel et al. pages
70 – 73
C. Materials: Power point presentation, Pictures, and Activity Sheets
D. Value Concept: Taking care of the animals.
Curriculum Links:

III. Learning Activities:

Teacher Activity Pupils’ Activity
1. Preparatory Activities
A. Daily Routine
1. Short Prayer
Kindly lead the prayer.  Our Father….

2. Greetings/Pledge  Good morning Ma’am! We’re

Good morning children! glad to see you.

3. Checking of attendance
Is there any absentee today?  None Ma’am.

B. Motivation
1. The teacher will inform the
pupils that they will be
playing the game pass the
box.
2. She will cite the mechanics of
the game.
a. There are different
pictures inside the
mystery box.
b. The pupils will pass
the mystery box while
there’s music playing.
c. When the music stops,
the one who is holding
the box will pick out
the picture and post it
on the board where it
is belong.
3. She will ask the pupils to
 observe the pictures.
insert ( PICTURES)
a. What animals can you
see in the pond?
 I can see animals in the pond,
like fish, frog, crab, and duck.
 I can see water.

b. What can you see in  In the grassland, there are

the grassland? animals like carabao, cow, horse,
goat and grasshopper.
 I can also see grasses on the
ground.
 I can see land.

c. What can you see in  I can see snakes, monkeys, wild

the forest? pigs, and eagles in the forest.
 I can also see trees, bamboos and
different kinds of plants.

(The pupils’ answers are varied.)

4. Based on the pictures, what
 Ponds, grassland and forest are
do you call to the ponds,
habitats of animals.
grassland and forest?

C. Lesson Proper
1. The teacher will conduct a
Team Game Tournament.
2. The teacher will group the
pupils into three.
3. The teacher will explain the
mechanics of the game.
a. Leader of each group
will be given an
envelope.
b. There’s a slide
presentation with
different animals, what
the pupils should do is
to identify their
habitats using the flag
inside each envelope.
c. The blue flag represent
the pond; yellow one
for the forest and
green flag for the
grassland.

Activity 2
She will read a selection about animals. It
was entitled “Mc Donalds”.

Mc Donalds
One Saturday morning, Mc Donalds
went to their small farm to feed their
animals there. There were cows, carabaos,
goats, chicken, horses, and even pigs. Near
the farm is a swamp where bunches of
ducks and herons swimming and playing
along. At the end part of the farm is a forest
where you can see wild animals like snakes
and alligators, and others such as monkeys,
deers and eagle.
The main character in the story is Mc
1. Who is the main character in the
Donalds
story?
The story happens one Saturday
2. When the story happens? morning.

3. What animals are mentioned in the The animals mentioned in the selection
selection? are cows, carabaos, goats, chicken,
horses, and even pigs, snakes,
alligators, monkeys, deers and eagle.
Ma’am we have goat, cow, carabao.
4. What animals do you have in your
community?

5. Let me give you a situation. Your
family visits the zoo. Your younger
brother sees a lion and run
immediately towards the cage. As an
older brother or sister, what should
you do?
As an older sibling, I’ll tell my younger
brother that lion is a dangerous animal
because it can hurt you by its claws and
sharp teeth. So, we should keep away
from them and be careful enough not to
harm us. But still, no matter how
dangerous they are, we should still care
for them.

Agency/ Government Thrust:

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Activity 3
For Group 1: For Group 1:
Group 1 will re-form the jumbled letters of animals found in grassland:
different animals found in grassland:
a.) s h e s r o
a.) horses
b.) a b c a a o r
b.) carabaos
c.) h p g a s r s r p e o
c.) grasshopper

For Group 2:
For Group 2:
Group 2 will re-form the jumbled letters of
different animals found in
animals found in pond:
in pond:
a.) turtles
a.) t s u r e l t
b.) dragonfly
b.) f y l g n o r a d
c.) fishes
c.) s s f h i e

For Group 3:
For Group 3:
Group 3 will re-form the jumbled letters of
different animals found in
at the forest: animals found at the forest:
a.) r d e e r a.) deers
b.) k y o n m e s b.) monkeys
c.) s k e a n s c.) snakes

GENERALIZATION:
1. Who among you can define habitat?
2. What are the three different types of
habitats of animals?
3. What are examples of animals can you
see in the pond? In the grassland? How 3.) I can see frogs, fishes, dragonflies
about animals found at the forest?
1.) Habitat is the place where the
animals live.
2.) Ponds, grassland and forest are the
three different types of animals’ habitat.
and some turtles at the pond. In the
grassland, I see all horses, fat
cows/carabaos, short goats and green
grasshoppers.
EVALUATION:

1. Here are the names of some animals. Use

the table below to classify them. Write each
animal under its habitat.
Goat calf monkey
Crabs elephant eagle
Duck janitor fish cow
Lion horse dragonfly
POND GRASSLAND FOREST
POND GRASSLAN FORES
D T
crabs goat monkey
duck calf elephant
janitor cow eagle
fish
dragonfl horse lion
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AGREEMENT:
Make a habitat box. Cut out paper animals
to place in your habitat box. Report about
your habitat box and the animals that live in
it.