Lesson Plan: Animals and Their Habitats

 

Theme: Where Animals Live

Class: Grade II

Duration: 5 Days (35–40 mins each)

Day 1 – Introduction to Animals

Learning Objectives

  • Students identify different types of animals.
  • Students understand classification of animals.

Concepts

  • Domestic animals: Live with humans, give food or help humans (cow, goat, hen)
  • Pet animals: Kept for companionship (dog, cat, parrot)
  • Wild animals: Live in forests or wild places (lion, tiger, elephant)

Activities

  • Picture Sorting Game: Students sort animal pictures into domestic, pet, and wild.
  • Discussion: Ask: “Which animals live in your house?” “Which animals live in the forest?”

Materials

  • Animal flashcards
  • Chart paper

Assessment

  • Students orally identify types of animals from pictures.

Day 2 – Homes of Animals

Learning Objectives

  • Students identify the homes of different animals.
  • Students match animals to their habitats.

Concepts

  • Nest: Birds live here (sparrow, crow)
  • Burrow: Underground homes (rabbit, fox)
  • Den: Shelter of wild animals (lion, tiger, bear)
  • Hives/Anthills: Insects (bee, ant)

Activities

  • Matching Game: Picture of animal → its home
  • Storytelling: Short story about a rabbit in its burrow.

Materials

  • Animal and habitat flashcards
  • Chart of habitats

Assessment

  • Oral: “Where does a sparrow live?” “Where does a fox sleep?”

Day 3 – What Animals Eat

Learning Objectives

  • Students understand the food habits of animals.
  • Students group animals as herbivores, carnivores, omnivores.

Concepts

  • Herbivores: Eat plants (cow, deer, rabbit)
  • Carnivores: Eat meat (lion, tiger, eagle)
  • Omnivores: Eat both plants and meat (bear, crow, human)

Activities

  • Grouping Game: Students classify animal cards into herbivore, carnivore, omnivore.
  • Discussion: Show pictures/videos and ask what they eat.

Materials

  • Animal flashcards
  • Video clips of animal feeding

Assessment

  • Quick oral quiz: “Is a lion herbivore or carnivore?”

Day 4 – Observing Animal Behavior

Learning Objectives

  • Students observe how animals live and behave in their habitats.
  • Students connect food habits to habitats.

Activities

  • Video Observation: Short videos showing animals in forest, farm, and home.
  • Discussion Questions:
    • “Where does the cow live?”
    • “What does a tiger eat?”
    • “How do birds build nests?”
  • Drawing Activity: Draw your favorite animal in its home.

Materials

  • Projector or screen for videos
  • Drawing sheets and colors

Assessment

  • Students explain one animal and its home after watching the video.

Day 5 – Review + Assessment

Learning Objectives

  • Students consolidate knowledge of animal types, habitats, and food.
  • Students complete matching and short quizzes.

Activities

  • Matching Activity: Animal → Habitat → Food
  • Flashcard Quiz: Teacher shows animal → students say type, home, and food habit
  • Group Game: “Guess the Animal” using clues about its home and diet

Assessment

  • Worksheet:
    1. Match animals with their homes
    2. Classify animals as herbivore, carnivore, omnivore
    3. Tick domestic, pet, or wild
  • Oral questioning

Homework

  • Draw your favorite animal and write where it lives and what it eats.