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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What Is Our Plan?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify ways to handle pet emergencies. In this animal welfare lesson, students create a list of top ten pet emergency planning tips and checklist. Students construct an "Pet Emergency Kit."
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Writing
Starfall

My Pet!

For Students K - 2nd
Furry friends are a big part of kids' lives, and here, they can be immortalized in pictures and stories. Give your students a chance to draw and color their pets - real or pretend - and then write a short sentence about them.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Right Path for Pets

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this animal care worksheet, students learn the important steps to take before adopting a dog from an animal shelter. Students follow a maze of letters which eventually tell them about spay/neutering for pets.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Reading Like an Expert!

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students identify and interpret that they should read as if someone is explaining it to them like a conversation. Then they reread the text given until they are no longer decoding and it sounds like they are just talking. Students also...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Taking Care of Pets

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students and teacher discuss having pets such as dogs and/or cats, etc. They then read a book about pets and listen to a veterinarian visit with the them about their work and taking care of animals.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Fish in Water

For Teachers 1st
Water is essential to all living things. This classroom experiment lets everyone observe goldfish and discuss what fish need to live, like food & clean water. They then listen to the book, Fish Out of Water, and compare the fictional...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fabulous Felines

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students review how to treat cats properly. In this pet care lesson, students read statements about taking care of cats and students hold up happy or sad faces to determine what is proper pet care.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Holiday Hints

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this holiday hint worksheet, students learn how to have a pet safe environmentally "green" Christmas by reading 6 tips. The underlined words in the tips are found in a word search puzzle and there is also a coded message.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sing, Sing, What Shall I Sing?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars view "Baby and I Were Baked in a Pie" and "Rain, Rain, Go Away" posters on the board. They also view "Sing, Sing, What Shall I sing?" poster, students are shown the cat playing with the ball of string. Young scholars are...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Road Runner Reading

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students identify that fluency helps them to read faster, smoother, and with more expression. They read a book where a pet dog named Red is hungry and wants her owner to give her food. Students practice quick reading by reading until...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Let's Sail Far, Far Away

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read a book as stated in the lesson and then reread the first two pages aloud modeling how not to read, without fluency and with no expression. Then they reread the same two pages again fluently and with expression and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Looking After Pets

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students work in groups to compose their own "Duty of Care" for pets and make their own individual list from this discussion and illustrate it with drawing or images taken from magazines, websites or newspapers.
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Website
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Career Profile: Veterinarian

For Students 9th - 10th
If you have an interest in animals and medicine, you might like to check out this Science Buddies career profile about what it takes to become a veterinarian. You can find out the education requirements and the many avenues that...
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Paw Preference in Pets

For Students 4th - 8th
The great majority of people have a distinct hand preference. The goal of this science fair project is to determine whether non-primate mammals (e.g., dogs or cats) have a paw preference, which might indicate lateralization of function...
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: How Much Do Different Pet Species Eat?

For Students 3rd - 5th
How much food do you think your pet eats compared to other kinds of pets? In this experiment you will compare the food intake of your family pets to find out which pet eats more for its body weight.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Is That Cat Fat?

For Students 3rd - 5th
There are over 58 million overweight cats and dogs in the United States alone. In this science project you will determine what percentage of the pets you know are overweight and how their weights compare to weight of pets throughout the...
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Handout
Regents of the University of Michigan

Animal Diversity Web: Chinchilla Lanigera

For Students 9th - 10th
Excellent information on the Chinchilla lanigera that includes: basic facts, pictures, specimens, habitat, food habits, and classification.
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Handout
Curated OER

Kids Health: Ascariasis

For Students 9th - 10th
This site answers any questions you might have about Ascariasis. This site has four pages of information written for parents.
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Article
DOGO Media

Dogo News: Social Media Helps Refugee Cat Reunite With Family

For Students 5th - 8th
Read the amazing story of Kunush, a lost refugee cat who was reunited with his family with the help of kind people and social media. Includes video.
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eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Animals: A Secret Pet

For Students K - 1st Standards
A little boy pretends to have a secret pet and tells how he would care for a pet if he had one. Includes audio narration in 11 additional languages with text in English.
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Camp Paws and Claws: Pets

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This multi-day series of lessons will engage students in reading and listenting comprehension strategies related to books about animals. Students will retell, dramatize, and illustrate their new animal knowledge.
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eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Animals: If I Had a Puppy

For Students K - 1st Standards
Learn how to care for a new puppy. Includes audio narration in English, Spanish and Turkish, with text in English.
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eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Animals: Which Pet Would You Get?

For Students K - 1st Standards
A pattern story about how to choose a pet. Includes audio narration in 19 additional languages with text in English.
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eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Family: Where Is the Cat?

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A story about a cat and where she likes to spend her time. Includes audio narration in 15 additional languages with text in English.