Third graders live alongside guinea pigs. In this biology lesson plan, 3rd graders gain direct knowledge of the guinea pig's behavior and determine if it will make a good classroom pet.

When would two paws up denote a blockbuster film in your classroom? Only when young writers create movie reviews from a pet's perspective in this imaginative expository writing practice. This engaging topic begins with a class discussion...

Young scholars construct a pictograph of favorite pets. In this pets and graphing lesson, students discuss their favorite pet and use animal magazines to find their favorite pets and cut them out. Young scholars create a pictograph using...

Learners participate in an after school program that promotes making decisions, getting along with others, decision-making, and being responsible. A pet survey is administered along with a variety of pet riddles with the students. They...

A pet can offer comfort, friendship, and loyalty in the most stressful of situations. Here is a lesson plan that explores the important role animals played during the Civil War. Class members read informative texts, complete a...

Young scholars 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.

Challenge young mathematicians to buy classroom supplies by staying within the means of a $1,000 budget. The mathematical activity provides learners with the opportunity to decide what items from the supply list would benefit a class of...

Students explore a recent salmonella outbreak in young students linked to pet rodents. They create pamphlets to help assist and inform pet owners about the disease and necessary health precautions.

Young scholars explore interesting animal behaviors and adaptations. They create information sheets about an animal residing in a fictional sanctuary and assess the animal's likelihood of being a good pet.

Boost observational skills with an inquiry-based lesson that takes scholars on a virtual field trip. With help from webcams, learners observe animals in a zoo or aquarium. Observations go into a journal and a discussion is held to review...

Students bring in their favorite stuffed animals to class, and listen to the book, The Perfect Pet. They develop graphs for their stuffed animals, and create booklets titled, My Pet Book.

Second graders explore animal life by reading children stories in class. In this goat fable instructional activity, 2nd graders read several books which describe the different myths and folklore about goats. Students identify the needs...

Introduce language learners to class behavior expectations, and each other, with activities that include greeting and name games, conducting a class survey, and creating a classroom rules poster.

Students listen to Courtney Baker's, "The Perfect Pet," on a day they bring a stuffed animal to school. They graph the types of stuffed animals that their classmates brought to school before answering questions based on the graph. Next,...

Learners interact with hermit crabs in the their classroom. In this hermit crab instructional activity, students handle and observe hermit crabs while learning about their habitats and how to treat animals. They watch how the animals...

Carve out some time for your youngsters to write in their journal. Today, they write a story about pets. They learn the value of a journal and how to keep up with it, and they enhance story development by planning their story before...

Fourth graders conduct a class survey on the number of pets that the 4th grade owns and they record that data in their math notebooks. They make a bar graph displaying the results using a spreadsheet through Microsoft Excel.

Spring has sprung in your classroom! An entire month of activities relating to spring prompts learners to color, draw, write, and work on phonics. 

First graders examine the lifestyle of classroom and family pets in their natural habitat. They determine the needs of plants and animals, and how those needs are met. They listen to read alouds, sing songs, and draw using computer based...

To underscore the importance of practicing good listening skills class members engage in a series of activities that model poor listening skills. In pairs and then as a whole group, class members enact different, more positive techniques...

Young scholars understand the concepts of responsibility and dependency. Students are paired up, one student is blind folded and the other leads on a trust walk which illustrates the concepts of responsibility and dependency.

Young scholars discuss the responsibilities of pet ownership. In this animal welfare lesson, students visit selected websites to investigate the attributes of the pit bull. Young scholars also consider the costs and how to care...

Students discover the proper way to care for their computers at school. As a class, they use the Internet to view a website on how to care for pets and relate it to their classroom computer. To end the instructional activity, they are...

Students define the term "responsibility". As a class, they participate in voting on different ideas presented to them and develop a graph showing the results. They use the internet to virtually take care of the adopted pet of the class.