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Read Works

Read Works: Cats Need Care by Rachelle Kreisman

For Students K
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage provides tips on how to take care of cats followed by a comprehension question set. A vocabulary worksheet for the word "fur" is also provided.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Cats

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video segment from Nature, learn about cats. Consider the possibility that the cat may become the number one choice for pet owners.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Cats Yesterday and Today

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video segment from Nature, discover the various roles the cat has played in our history. [6:54]
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Other

Big cats.com: Learn to Identify the Big Cats

For Students 9th - 10th
A pictorial gallery of the big cats found around the world! Brief text accompanies amazing photographs of these beautiful creatures.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Predators and Prey: How Do Cats Respond to Bird Sound

For Students 9th - 10th
A science fair project that ask whether cats respond to familiar bird sounds more readily that bird sounds in general. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract, objective, and introduction,...
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.
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Id, Ego, and Superego in Dr. Seuss's "The Cat in the Hat"

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Contains plans for seven lessons that use Dr. Seuss's "The Cat in the Hat" to teach the literary elements of plot, theme, and character to high school students. It also teaches about psychoanalytic criticism concepts such as the Id, Ego,...
Handout
San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Small Cats

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth description of small cats, including their classification, appearance, habitat, adaptations, reproduction, and other interesting facts. Also includes pictures, video, and sound bytes. [1:37]
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San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Fishing Cat

For Students 9th - 10th
The San Diego Zoo provides extensive information on fishing cats including details about their habitat, size, diet, family life, conservation status, and fun facts.
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Peg + Cat: Camp Day 1

For Students Pre-K - K Standards
Peg and Cat are helping the Farmer today, and they have a lot of work to do! Today's activities include welcoming campers, introducing camp, sorting animals, collecting 100 chickens, planting vegetables, and solving some really big...
Activity
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Peg + Cat: Morning Badges Home Activity

For Students Pre-K - K
Counting and cardinality, measurement, and measureable attributes are all discovered in this activity from Peg + Cat. Your child can earn badges as they complete a morning routine with Peg and her best friend Cat.
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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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Read Works

Read Works: Passages: The Noisiest Cat

For Teachers 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a fiction text about a girl and her pet cat and answer questions about comprehension, conflict, supporting details, main idea, and more. Links to a paired text and paired text questions...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Nature Cat: Story Exploration Packet (Spanish)

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Mientras ven Nature Cat, utilice estas herramientas para guiar las discusiones y actividades de aprendizaje. Tally ho!
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Nature Cat: Story Exploration Packet

For Students Pre-K - 1st
As you watch Nature Cat, use these tools to guide discussions and learning activities. Includes printables on story elements, alternate endings, vocabulary words, character traits, an episode map, and a Venn diagram.
Website
British Library

British Library: 20th Century Works: Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

For Students 9th - 10th
"Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" is a book of comic verse by the American modernist poet T.S. Eliot. Read an overview of these poems and view additional resources such as articles, collection items, and teacher resources.
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Peg + Cat: Printable Games and Activities

For Students Pre-K - K
Move and play with these activities from Peg + Cat! From playing hide and seek and imagining pirate stories to dancing like Misty Copeland, you will find a treasure of fun ideas in these five printable activities.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: X Inactivation Marks the Spot for Cat Coat Color

For Students 9th - 10th
A tortoiseshell cat has two different fur colors, black or brown and red or orange. The gene that gives rise to the red or orange fur color is on the X chromosome. Female cats have two X chromosomes, while males only have one, which...
Article
A&E Television

History.com: How Cats Became Divine Symbols in Ancient Egypt

For Students 9th - 10th
Along with hieroglyphics, obelisks and geometric patterns, cats feature prominently in ancient Egyptian art, reflecting the animal's unique status among the people who dwelled along the Nile River. The animals were initially adopted as...
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TES Global

Tes: Big Cat Holidays: Reading Assignment

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will analyze a tourism brochure that features the big cats of Africa. This assessment can be use used as a formative or summative performance assessment.
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Read Works

Read Works: Cats Can Save the Day

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl named Bianca who finds inspiration in her pet cat Chopsticks. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: Sister Cat

For Students 9th - 10th
This poem describes how sometimes needs cannot be filled. A cat is used to exemplify this concept.
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Chit Chat by a Little Kit Cat by r.m. Ballantyne

For Students 2nd - 5th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Chit-Chat by a Little Kit-Cat by R.M. Ballantyne. It's an illustrated book about a kitten's relationship with his mother from the grown kitten's point of view.
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World Wide School

World Wide School: Etext of "The Copy Cat & Other"

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the complete etext for Mary Wilkins Freeman's story, "The Copy-Cat & Other Stories."

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