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Pick a Pet
Students design informational materials to educate people on the importance of matching a new pet to the family's lifestyle and living arrangements. Students use critical thinking skills to make a decision on the appropriate choice for a...
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Pet Overpopulation
Learners identify the needs of animals. In this animal welfare lesson, students read the article "If This Cat Could Wish" and identify the needs of animals. Learners color in a coloring sheet of a cat.
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Pet Overpopulation
Students examine pet overpopulation. In this animal welfare lesson, students discuss the causes and effects of pet overpopulation. Students color in an animal page and identify the responsibilities of owning a pet.
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Pet Overpoulation: Fact or Fiction
Students examine the benefits of spaying and neutering animals. In this animal welfare lesson, students define the terms "spaying" and "neutering." Students listen to a lecture about the benefits of spaying and neutering and complete a...
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Pet Overpopulation
Students explore the concept of pet overpopulation. In this animal welfare activity, students complete and discuss handouts regarding the spaying and neutering of pets to reduce pet overpopulation.
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Pet Overpopulation
Students identify ways animal shelters prevent pet overpopulation. In this animal welfare lesson, students review facts about pet overpopulation and consult a phone directory for animal welfare listings. Students call and ask questions...
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Pet overpopulation-Dogs and Cats Can't Add or Subtract, But They Sure Can Multiply
Students explore pet overpopulation. In this character development lesson, students solve math story problems to determine how many kittens can be produced by one unspayed cat. Students discuss the consequences of pet...
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Jungle Animals... or Are They?
In this jungle animals worksheet, students write the names of jungle animals and the ones who aren't, and complete a word search. Students complete 2 activities.
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Parts of the Body (Animals) Worksheet 10
In this animal sentence completion instructional activity, students fill in the blanks in 8 sentences with words from the labeled diagrams of animals.
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Animal Adjectives
In this reading and writing worksheet, students read 3 stories about farm animals that have acted intelligently or even heroically. Students think of 2 adjectives that describe the animal in the story and write them on the lines.
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A Tale to Tell!
A creative spin occurs when one pupil acts as author Ann M. Martin. Using a Q & A at the back of her book A Dog's Life, other classmates ask the "author" questions. They discuss the reasons why they know the book is from a...
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Jack of All Tails
After reading the book Jack of All Tails, learners complete vocabulary activities, play charades, consider a list of questions, and complete a list of verbs. There are also several suggestions for how to connect this language...
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Bat News
Get the bat facts with a short nonfiction reading passage. After reading the passage, readers respond to questions that focus on main idea, inferencing, vocabulary in context, and author's purpose.
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A Way with Words
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read and discuss a short paragraph on choosing the right words to describe animals and then answer two short answer questions.
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What's Being Done?
Learners explore the concept of animal welfare. In this philanthropy lesson, students examine legislation that supports animals in their state as well as the role of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to...
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My Pet Rock
Students learn about and create a pet rock. In this creative expression lesson, students pick a rock to make into their "pet". Students use various art materials to create their pets and write a personal profile which...
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Pets - A Mini-Book
In this pets mini-book learning exercise sets, students make a book, either in color or black and white, that includes names of pets such as rabbit, turtle, dog, cat, bird, fish, and hamster. They see lines under the picture of each pet...
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Dog's Best Friend
Students learn about and identify feelings of happiness, sadness and disappointment. In this feelings lesson, students have a show and tell time about their pets and discuss how it would feel if they lost their pet. Students watch a...
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Contents and Index
It's important for your readers to understand features of informational text such as index and table of contents, so give them this visual activity to get started. They read a brief explanation of informational text, then look at an...
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LIONS and TIGERS and BEARS. . .Oh My! Animals of Connecticut and the World
Students identify and list the different types of pets owned by the children in the class.
They graph the total number of each type of pet owned. They draw or cut-out a picture of an animal. Using the materials listed above, the children...
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The Best Pet
Students listen to the story , Pet Show, and discuss the variety of animals that were in the show. The class recalls the animals and practice sounding out the names. Then they decide which animal should receive the best of show ribbon.
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Pet Overpopulation: Spay or Neuter Song
Students explore the importance of spaying animals through a song. In this spaying and neutering lesson, students calculate how animal numbers get larger quickly. Students recognize the importance of taking good care of home...
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Unleashed: Poems by Pets
Students create a poem from the first person perspective of a pet. In this Writing/Poetry lesson, students read a short poem from, Unleashed. Students brainstorm what their animal may say. Students write a poem using the first...
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Animals
For this animals worksheet, students choose the correct name to label animals, write the correct animal name, read a story, and more. Students complete 5 activities.