Hatched From An Egg

Designed by: Emily Carpenter,   A. C. Moore Elementary

 Subject: Science     Grade Level- Kindergarten

Core Curriculum Objectives: 

Identify and name animals (KSLS-1)

Compare and classify animals (KSLS-2) 

SC State Standards:
Communicate-use drawings, tables, graphs, written oral language to describe objects and explain ideas and actions. (IA.4)

Overview 
The teacher will tap prior student knowledge about animals or anything that hatches from eggs. The teacher will chart responses. The teacher will read the book Chickens Aren't The Only Ones by Ruth Heller. After completing the book students will be given plastic eggs containing pictures of oviparous animals/insects/reptiles etc. The students will identify the pictures in the eggs and individually dictate a sentence for a class book about his/her picture. The class will illustrate the book and assemble in sections for the correct classification of the animals. (birds, reptiles, insects, spiders, etc.)

Focus Essential Questions

What does oviparous mean?

Can you identify and name the animal in your egg?

Can you name 3 more oviparous animals?

How are oviparous animals the same as, or different than cats, dogs and people?

Time Frame

Two lessons of 30 minutes each

Resources and Materials

Chickens Aren't The Only Ones by Ruth Heller 

The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle 

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle 

201 Thematic Riddles and Poems to Build Literacy by Betsy Franco, Scholastic Publications 

101 Science Poems and Songs For Young Learners by Meish Golldish,  Scholastic Publications 

Riddles and poems 

plastic eggs 

zeroxed pictures of oviparous animals, birds, reptiles, insects 

chart paper 

markers 

construction paper of choice for bookmaking

Riddles 

A light blue egg in a cozy little nest Out comes a bird with red on its chest. Who's hatching? robin

A little baby's hatching out Who's covered all in yellow. He's peeping and he's cheeping He's a little feathered fellow. Who's hatching? chick

They are skinny and long, Curled up in their eggs. Then they slither right out with no arms and legs. Who's hatching? snakes

These creatures used to rule the earth. They hatched from giant eggs. They all had different sizes For their tails and heads and legs. Who's hatching? dinosaur

A reptile's hatching out today. She has big jaws and starts with A Who's hatching? alligator

The reptile is breaking her egg with a crack. She hides in the shell that she wears on her back. Who's hatching? turtle

Poem

Eggs

Eggs! Eggs! Who lays eggs? 
Hens lay eggs. That I knew 
Only hens? All birds do! 
Only birds? Not true! 
Fish lay eggs And quite a few! 
Birds and fish And insects too! 
And reptile and Amphibians do! 
Who's in an egg? 
Someone new! 
Time to hatch 
Open, you Eggs! Eggs! Eggs!

Technology 

Science Blaster ages 3-6 CD

Culminating Assessment

Rubric

Instructional Activities
The teacher will begin by asking the students to think about what they know about animals and insects. The students will brainstorm for facts about animals. The teacher will guide the discussion after a few responses by asking the question, "Do you know of anything that hatches from an egg?."

 Let the students give some more responses that the teacher writes on a chart before he/she reads the book Chickens Aren't The Only Ones by Ruth Heller. In the book the term oviparous will be introduced. From now on refer to these hatchlings as oviparous animals.

After completing the book, the students may want to add more animals to the chart. Next the teacher will give the students a choice of plastic egg color and distribute eggs to the students. Inside the eggs, the students will find pictures of oviparous animals. When called on the student must identify the animal and tell the class whether it is an animal, a bird, an insect, or reptile. 

The teacher and students who raise their hands, may help the student if needed. After everyone has had a turn, the teacher will go back and ask the students to describe and dictate, in their own words, a sentence about their animal that will be a page in our class book on oviparous animals. The teacher will help the student with prompts if necessary and monitor for understanding as well as clarify any needed instructions. The students will take turns until everyone has dictated a sentence to the teacher.

Lesson Two 
The second lesson will take place another day. Review the lesson by instructing the students to help you remember the animals that we identified as oviparous during the first lesson. 

The teacher will read the poem "Eggs" and then read the riddles for the students to guess. The teacher will refer to the chart of dictated sentences and instruct the students to raise their hand when they see their sentence. The student will then read the sentence to the class. (Most of the time the student can remember or read what they dictated) 

Next the teacher will pass out the paper to be used as the pages of the book. The students will copy their sentence onto the bottom of the paper. Next the students will draw the egg and the oviparous animal that has hatched from the egg and illustrate further in a manner of their choice. The students will work cooperatively at tables sharing materials and supplies. 

When the students have finished the pictures, the teacher will guide a new discussion. After reviewing what we have learned about classification of animals, the class will place their oviparous animal into a category for each section of the book. The teacher will ask for the pages that are birds at which time the students would raise their hands if they had a bird. Next the teacher would ask for reptiles etc. until all categories have been covered. The teacher will make sure that the requests are clear for all students when giving directions. 

The students will cooperatively place the page in the appropriate sections of the book. Teacher will ask each table to collaborate on how a page might look for each section of our book. Each table will design one page to be the introduction to that section. For example, one table would make the page introducing birds as oviparous animals. Another table will make a page introducing insects as oviparous animals. The student pages will be put in the appropriate categories and the book bound. All students may draw an animal for the cover. 

After the book is bound, it will be used to review oviparous animals in the future and to share with other classes. It will be entered into book contests at our school and district. Later it will be put in our class library for the students to use as a reference tool.