1. To know the main distinguishing features of mammals.

2. To know the main distinguishing features of birds.

Learning and Teaching Activities

(Cognition)

1. Learn about Mammals:They have four limbs.They are covered with hair.They breathe with their lungs. They give birth to live young.They are viviparous.

2. Learn about Birds:They have two legs. They have two wings. They have a beak.They are covered with feathers.They breathe with their lungs. They lay eggs on land.

Children will be able to:

1. Memorise key vocabulary.

2. Memorise and use key phrases.

3. Describe a mammal.

4. Describe a bird.

5. Make comparisons between mammals and birds.

1. Use a visual source, e.g. pictures, posters, or video to focus pupils' attention on mammals. Ask pupils to identify similarities from observation. e.g. skin has a covering of hair. Mammals have four limbs. Invite pupils to list animals which meet this description. Point out that humans are mammals also.

2. Elicit the fact that all birs have common features. Use different resources to allow pupils to observe birds. On completion, ask pupils to comment on similarities and differences in terms of appearance.

3. Tell children that they are going to watch a PowerPoint presentation about mammals and birds.

4. Children complete worksheet 3 in which they have to:

- Fill in the blanks with suitable words.

- Find out two spare words.

- Classify two different types of animals.

- Solve two riddles.

5. Tell pupils that they are going to play a game about Mammals and Fish. (Game 3)

Worksheet Key

Language of learning

1. key words needed: mammals, limbs, hair,breathe, lungs, viviparous, birds, legs, wings, beak, fethers, eggs.

2. Key phrases needed:

- They have....

- They are covered with...

- They breathe with their...

- They are...

- They lay...

Language for learning

1. Language

- How to describe animals.

2. Learning how to learn

- Understanding instructions.

- How to deal with not understanding.

- The language to ask and answer questions.

Language through learning

- Language to carry out worksheet tasks.

Understand the differences and similarities between different animals.