Rattlesnake Dance

In the classroom:

Lesson Plan Objective: The students will learn about snakes; what environment they live in; what sound they make; how dangerous they are; what to do if you see one; to spell the words related to snakes and everything else that correlates to snakes.

Grade Level: First Grade

Time and Space: This lesson will take approximately 30 minutes.

Materials: - Vocabulary - History of snakes - Imagination

Procedures:
Anticipatory set: Discuss snakes with students. Ask them if they've ever seen a snake before and if so, what they did about it. Then, we'll discuss what environment they live in and create an image from their imaginations, and lastly, to incorporate English into the lesson by practicing their spelling of terms related to snakes.

Vocabulary:
To describe: is to use words and phrases to create a mental picture of where a snake lives.
Descriptive adjectives: words that describe a particular aspect or characteristic of snakes.

Closure: Discuss their ideas about snakes. Discuss what thoughts came to their minds that they might consider drawing about. Ask if there are any questions that they might have about what we just discussed. Discuss the purpose for this activity.

Connections to other content: This lesson could be integrated into an art lesson by having students create their own book covers and draw their own pictures. They would then present their drawings to the class.

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