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Canine Companions

For Teachers K - 4th
How do you make a pet’s transition into your family a smooth one? Preparing for a pet and learning how to keep it safe is the focus of this research activity. After searching the Internet for tips on animal care, pet owners and potential...
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Literacy Activity: The Perfect Pet

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students develop their listening skills as they listen to the book The Perfect Pet. In this reading lesson, students listen to the book, and then talk about the pets they have. Then they make a graph as a class of all their pets.
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My Perfect Pet

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students explore pet ownership. In this my perfect pet instructional activity, students research common animals used as pets and complete a variety of activities based on this data. 
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Looking After Our Pets

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore animal lifestyles by illustrating images. In this pet care instructional activity, students discuss their own pets and the conditions animals need to survive in both nature or a home. Students draw snakes and complete an...
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Pet Rock Necklace

For Teachers K - 7th
Students create pet rock necklaces. In this craft activity lesson plan, students tie a wire around the rock and then paint the rock with a face. Students then add beads and a rope to create a pet rock necklace.
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The Best Pet

For Teachers K - 1st
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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Memories of Friends

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Here is a gentle and important lesson on death which is designed for young children. The teacher tells his/her pupils a story about a pet who died. A discussion ensues about feelings we all have when an animal or a person who we love...
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Pet Overpopulation

For Teachers K - 4th
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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What Do Dog's Need?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners discuss proper care of pets. In this animal care lesson, students discuss what pets need to be healthy and happy. Learners act out roles of pets and owners and create a pet tag. 
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Fabulous Felines: Keeping Cats Safe

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students discover ways to protect their pets.  In this animal safety lesson, students role-play as pet "safety officers" and discuss how to make sure cats avoid dangers in the home.  Students complete many pet safety worksheets and...
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Responsibility: Caring for Classroom Virtual Pets

For Teachers K - 4th
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.
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Fabulous Felines

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore basic needs through discovering that pets and people need very similar things. They will play matching games, sing songs, read books, and discuss the needs of people and animals.
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Canine Companions

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students become pet "safety officers." For this pet safety lesson, students examine pet hazards as they complete activity worksheets and discuss household hazards to dogs.
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Where is the Pet?

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students identify rhyming words and explore the usage of spatial words. In this Where Is The Pet lesson, students listen to a poem, repeat the rhymes within the poem, list various of additional rhyming words that can replace the words in...
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Dog's Best Friend

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Young scholars 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. Young scholars...
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Where We Live

For Teachers K - 2nd
Who has the most? Young learners practice charting data using familiar information. They help fill out a classroom chart by recording the number of people, pets, televisions, etc. in their home. Guiding questions help them investigate...
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Notice and Wonder

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Pint-sized zoologists practice the art of observation. They take notes, pictures or written, as they observe an animal for a period of time. This can be done at the zoo, with a visiting classroom animal, or perhaps at the humane society....
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Red is My Pet!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /e/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, and write the letter E. Students then listen to the book "Red Gets Fed," and identify the words in the story that...
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The Tale of Peter Rabbit

For Teachers K - 1st
Wow! Here is a most-impressive series of lessons and activities that revolve around the classic story, The Tale of Peter Rabbit. The purpose of the lessons are to provide an agricultural theme in the reading, writing, and science...
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Animals and Their Needs

For Teachers K
Students identify the characteristics of living things and examine objects to see if they are living. They identify the needs of living things, in particular of animals and animal babies. They discuss how to care for pets.
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LIONS and TIGERS and BEARS. . .Oh My! Animals of Connecticut and the World

For Teachers K - 3rd
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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Making Graphs

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students explore statistics by conducting class demographic surveys. In this graph making lesson, students identify the family members of each classmate, pets they own, and favorite activities. Students organize their statistics and...
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How Animals Bond

For Teachers K - 2nd
In this animals lesson plan, students students write a description about a pet or animal that they know. They include details that would help someone who has never met their animal feel like they know it already. Artwork about their...
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Defining and Discussing Death

For Teachers K - 5th
Students participate in an imaginary scenarios that involves different ways to confront and talk about issues surrounding death. Students will write a letter expressing their emotions to a pet or person who has died.