Motion Mission Teacher Guide
Motion Mission Guide
Teacher Resource • Locomotion Lesson
Grades K-1
Objective
Students will categorize animals by how they move: Land, Water, or Sky.
Duration
35 - 40 Minutes
Materials
Slides, Anchor Chart, Critter Cards, Wild Ways Worksheet.
1
Warm-up (5 min)
Use the first few slides to show pictures of a fish, a bird, and a horse.
"Look at these friends! Who swims in the water? Who flies in the sky? Who runs on the grass?"
Encourage students to act out the movements in their seats (swim arms, flap wings, pat legs).
2
Video Viewing (5 min)
Watch "Animals on the Move". Challenge the students to be "Nature Detectives."
- Pause at 0:19: "Can you describe how they move?" (Let students brainstorm verbs).
- Pause at 0:40 (Snake): "Does the snake have legs? How is it climbing?"
- Pause at 1:16 (Penguins): "They are birds, but are they flying? What are they doing?"
3
Movement Sorting (20 min)
Set up three stations using the "Critter Cards":
LAND
Run, Hop, Crawl
WATER
Swim, Glide
SKY
Fly, Soar
Hand out 1-2 cards per student. Have them travel to the correct station and place their card on the mat. Observe and guide students with "tricky" cards like the Bat (Sky) and Penguin (Water).
4
Closure & Worksheet (10 min)
Bring the class back to the Anchor Chart. Review the tricky animals.
Discussion Questions:
- Why did we put the penguin in water? (They use wings as flippers!)
- Is a bat a bird? (No, but it moves in the sky!)
Distribute the Wild Ways Worksheet for individual assessment.
Key Vocabulary
• Locomotion
• Slither
• Glide
• Categorize
• Habitat
• Primary Movement
Movement Mastery Slides
Animal Expedition
Discovering How Our Friends Move!
Land Water Sky
Warm-Up
Who swims in the water?
🐟
Fish
🐎
Horse
🦜
Parrot
Warm-Up
Who flies in the sky?
🐟
Fish
🐎
Horse
🦜
Parrot
Warm-Up
Who runs on the land?
🐟
Fish
🐎
Horse
🦜
Parrot
Movie Moment
Watch how they move!
Be Detectives
Embedded media
Quick Question!
"Can you describe some of the ways the animals were moving?"
Hop Swim Slither Fly
Tricky Travelers!
🐧
Penguin
Water (Swim)
🦇
Bat
Sky (Fly)
Mission Time!
Grab your Critter Cards and head to a sorting station!
Find your animal
Pick its habitat
Sort!
Creature Commotion Anchor Chart
How Animals Move
Every creature has a way to go!
Land
Walk • Run • Hop • Slither
🐎 Horse
🐍 Snake
🦘 Kangaroo
Water
Swim • Glide • Dive
🐟 Fish
🐢 Sea Turtle
🐧 Penguin
Sky
Fly • Soar • Hover
🦅 Eagle
🐝 Honey Bee
🦇 Bat
Some animals move in more than one way! How does a duck move?
Wild Ways Worksheet
Wild Ways Worksheet
Animal Expedition • Name: ____________________
Directions:
Draw a picture of an animal for each category. Then, circle how it moves!
Land Animal
How does it move?
Walk
Run
Hop
Crawl
Water Animal
How does it move?
Swim
Dive
Glide
Float
Sky Animal
How does it move?
Fly
Flap
Soar
Hover
Detective Challenge
Circle the animal that moves in a TRICKY way:
🐎 Horse
🐧 Penguin
🦋 Butterfly