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Twisty Noodle
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K - 2nd
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Animal Action Cards Book

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Can you stomp like a elephant? Or slither like a snake? Use these animal cards to get your little monkeys moving! Each card features an illustration and action word that matches the animal.

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Concepts

animals, verbs, animal vocabulary, movement

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Great for a movement activity, or during a story about animals
  • Have kids decorate a mini book 
  • Come up with other animal movements and sounds for a dance session in your classroom
  • Use the cards in a lesson about similes or figurative language

Classroom Considerations

  • Some actions will require a little modification for your classroom, such as swinging from vine to vine like a monkey
  • Print in portrait orientation to avoid cutting off the images

Pros

  • Template allows you to print different formats (four cards to a page, two cards to a page, and one card to a page)
  • Great for both language arts and movement lessons

Cons

  • None

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