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Pet Care Charts

For Students Pre-K - 2nd
Involve kids in the care of pets at home or in the classroom by assigning tasks using these pet care charts The list of tasks are recorded on a matrix in the left-hand column and the days of the week are indicated in the first row...
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Caring for your Zebra Finch

For Teachers 9th
Engage your class with this PowerPoint which was created by a group of 9th graders. It is about caring for a Zebra finch, but this slideshow could be used in many ways. For instance, to start a talk about responsibility and caring...
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A Response to 9-1-1

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
When you get hurt, who are the people who help you? Learn about first responders, support services, and public health with a reading passage. Kids read the informational text and answer reading comprehension questions about the...
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Animals as Pets: Everything You Need to Know

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Students complete internet based research on pet care in order to prepare a written and oral presentation for the class. They examine the life span, environment, food and grooming of the pet they chose to research. They complete the...
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Honoring Our Pets During National Pet Week

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Recognize National Pet Week with reading and writing activities to celebrate the animals in your pupils' lives.
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Caring for a Pet

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students identify the responsibilities of pet owners. In this animal welfare lesson, students read the book Animals As Friends and list the characteristics of a good pet owner. Students use a tally sheet to determine what pets students...
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Expressing Emotions through Art Lesson 1—Everyone Shows They Care

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
In a instructional activity that explores art and emotions, scholars analyze a piece of art and discuss which emotions it portrays. They go on to reflect on their own emotions and how they are similar to the feelings expressed...
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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 lesson. After searching the Internet for tips on animal care, pet owners and potential...
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Taking Care of Pets

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students explore pet care. For this pet care lesson, students discuss dogs and cats and read a book about pets. Students invite a veterinarian to class to discuss the topic.
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Before You Were Mine

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students discuss animal adoption and pet care. In this pet instructional activity, students listen to the story Before You Were Mine by Maribeth Boelts. They discuss animals body language, feelings, and how to best car for them. 
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Fabulous Felines: How to Choose the Purrfect Cat

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students investigate the concept of pet care and cats. In this cat lesson plan, students discuss responsibilities for pet care and take a cat quiz. Students discuss where to get their cats and how to care for them. Students may visit an...
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Safe Pets, Safe Kids

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore the concept of pet safety. In this pet safety lesson, students discuss dangerous objects and settings for humans and pets. Students find or draw pictures of these objects/settings and create a bulletin board...
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Responsibility

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders make posters.  In this good citizens lesson, 2nd graders read Arthur's Pet Business, discuss the examples of good citizenship, share their responsibilities, and make responsibility posters.
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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 instructional activity, students listen to the book, and then talk about the pets they have. Then they make a graph as a class of all...
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Pet-agogy

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students 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.
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Bad Dog or Bad Owner?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss the responsibilities of pet ownership. In this animal welfare lesson, students visit selected websites to investigate the attributes of the pit bull. Students also consider the costs and how to care for dogs.
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My Perfect Pet

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students explore pet ownership. In this my perfect pet lesson plan, students research common animals used as pets and complete a variety of activities based on this data. 
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A Perfect Pet

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students read the story "The Perfect Pet". They examine how scarcity is a problem in society when people can not have everything they want which forces them to make (economic) choices.
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Fable of the Fainting Goat

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore animal life by reading children stories in class. In this goat fable lesson plan, 2nd graders read several books which describe the different myths and folklore about goats. Students identify the needs of living...
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Tell About Your Hero and Publish the Essay Online

For Students 4th - 8th
In this writing about your hero worksheet, students read stories about personal heroes at an assigned web site that were written by other students. They think about their own hero, write an essay, and follow directions for publishing it...
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Pet Overpoulation: Fact or Fiction

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
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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Who's Responsible?

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students write short stories. In this defining words activity, students look up the meanings of responsible and irresponsible and write their own definitions for the two words. Students write two short stories about a responsible...
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Charlotte’s Web Lesson Plan

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Make your classroom into a place of kindness and compassion with E.B White's Charlotte's Web. The first four pages of the lesson plan guide you through several steps and projects, including discussions on Charlotte and Wilbur's...
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Accepting Responsibility

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders identify the responsibilities involved in owning a pet at home. They listen to the story and watch the movie "Arthur's Pet Business," discuss what they are responsible for at home with their pets, and in small groups...