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The bald eagle - an animal sacred to Native Americans

Topics Reception
This unit is part of Animals Sacred and Mythical Animals

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Objectives

Early learning goals

  • Express self effectively, showing awareness of listeners’ needs.
  • Use phonic knowledge to write words in ways which match their spoken sounds.
  • Use everyday language to talk about size and distance to solve problems.
  • Know about similarities and differences between themselves and others, and among families, communities and traditions.

Lesson Planning

Children learn that the Bald Eagle is a special animal to Native American people. They carefully describe its appearance and movements to compose a class poem, which they perform. Children select their favourite scared/mythical animal and give reasons for their opinion.

Teaching Outcomes
To understand that a Bald Eagle is a special animal to Native Americans; to share and justify ideas and opinions; to use descriptive language effectively; to contribute to class discussions and performances.

Children will:

  • Know why the Bald Eagle is a special animal to the native people of America.
  • Contribute to group/class discussions and presentations.
  • Share thoughts and provide reasons for their opinions.
  • Respond creatively to stimuli.

You Will Need

  • Sticky-labels
  • Handwriting pencils
  • Brown/white/yellow paint
  • Paper airplanes
  • Colouring media
  • Non-standard measuring unit
  • Coloured paper

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