Department of Education

REGION V
DIVISION OF CAMARINES SUR
LIBMANAN 2
TAMPUHAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
112696 TAMPUHAN, LIBMANAN, CAMARINES SUR

SEMI-DETAILED LESSON PLAN FOR CLASSROOM OBSERVATION 1

I. OBJECTIVES

A. Content Standards The learners demonstrate understanding of the different characteristics of vertebrates and
invertebrates.

B. Performance Standards The learners should be able to make an inventory of vertebrates and invertebrates that are
commonly seen in the community and practice ways of caring and protecting animals

C. Learning Determine the distinguishing characteristics of Vertebrates and Invertebrates ( S6LT – II-
Competencies / e-f-3)
Objectives
 Describe the characteristics of vertebrates and invertebrates

II. CONTENT  ANIMAL

 Vertebrates and Invertebrates

III. LEARNING
RESOURCES
A. References
1. Teacher’s Guide Pages
2. Learner’s Materials
Pages
3. Textbook pages
4. Additional Materials BEAM. Science and Health. Lesson 5. Module 16
from Learning Resource
(LR) portal
B. Other Learning The New Science Links, Lesson 1&2, pages 192-222.
Resources

IV. PROCEDURE

A. Engage Ask the following questions:

 Are you familiar of the animals found in the Zoo, Farm, Aquarium, Sea, Fish
pond?
Answer: Answers may vary
 What are the animals found in the zoo, farm, aquarium, sea, fish pond?
Answer: Answers may vary.
 What have you observed from these animals?
Answer: Answers may vary./Some animals have backbone, without backbone,
with feathers, with legs, etc.

B. Explore
 Group the learners into 3.

 Set activity norms,

* Listen
*Participate
 *Work silently
*Keep safe
*Clean your area
*Submit on time

ACTIVITY
Classifying Animals

Learning target: At the end of the activity, I can classify

the animals according to their characteristics

Materials: (to be provided by the teacher)

(Comic strip of the animals with background information sheet)

Procedure:

1. Each group will read the comic strip of the kangaroo, hen, crocodile,
fish, frog, earthworm and spider.
  Let the learners fill out the table based from the
conversation.

CHARACTERISTICS

with backbone without backbone

 Guide questions:

 What are the group of animals?

Answer: Animals with backbones and animals
without backbones.

 What Animals did you write under with backbone? And what about those under
without backbone?
Answer: Animals we write under with backbone are kangaroo, hen, crocodile,
frog and fish. And animals we paste under without backbone are spider and
worm.

 How do you classify the animals?

Answer: According to their characteristics.

 What do you call to the animals with backbone?

Animals without backbone?
Answer: Animals with backbones are
vertebrates, while animals without backbones
are called invertebrates.

 What other animals can you identify with backbones and without backbones?
Answer: Animals with backbone are pig, parrot, frog, fish,
dove, Crocodile, bat, tuna, Turtle. Animals without backbone
are starfish, Squid, centipede, corals, Spider, sponges, sea urchin,
Earthworm

C. Explain * A representative from each group will present the

group output.

 The scoring rubric will be used in rating the

performance of each group. (see attached scoring
rubric)

D. Elaborate * Ask the following questions:

* What are the two (2) groups of animals?

Answer: The two groups of animals are
vertebrates and invertebrates.

 What are the characteristics of vertebrate animals and give examples.

Answer: Vertebrates are animals with backbone. All vertebrates
have left and right sides of the body which are alike.
Vertebrates have two pairs of limbs.
 What are the examples of vertebrate animals?
Answer: Dogs, Cats, Carabaos, Cows, Goats, Pigs, Hens, hawk, owl,
crocodile and turtle.
 What are the characteristics of invertebrate animals and give examples.
Answer: Invertebrates are those animals without backbone.
Examples are insects, caterpillar, Spiders, Scorpions, Squids.

E. Evaluate Direction: In a one half (1/2 ) sheet of paper answer the

 following.

A. Describe the following animals as vertebrate and

invertebrate. Write V if it is vertebrate, IV if it is
invertebrate.
1. _____ Frog
2. _____ crab
3. _____ Goat
4. _____ Bat
5. _____ snail
6. _____ Tarsier
7. _____ Duck
8. _____ Cat
9. _____ Chicken
10. _____ Snake
11. _____ Earthworm
12. _____ Spider
13. _____ Lizard
14. _____ Starfish
15. _____ Centipede

B. Describe the distinguishing characteristics of

vertebrates and invertebrates. (5 points.)

V. REMARKS

VI. REFLECTION