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LIVING THINGS
Observing Animals
Art -
Have students make a collage of living and nonliving things by
folding a paper in half and writing "Living Things" at the top
of one half and "Nonliving Things" at the top of the other
half. Students will cut pictures from old magazines of living
and nonliving things to glue onto the paper. Remind students
that in a collage, pictures are overlapped and displayed in a
creative way.
Language Arts-
Have students create an imaginary animal including the
characteristics of movement, growth and reproduction. Then
have them write and illustrate a story about their imaginary
animal.
Play a guessing game with your students.
1. Make a variety of animal noises and invite your students to guess the
animal. Then switch places and your student can make the noises while
you guess.
2. Next, try making up some animal riddles. For instance: "I have four legs.
Sometimes I'm brown, sometimes I'm black and white. I usually live on a
farm. People milk me. What am I?“
A ……..! You might even challenge your students to come up with riddles
on his own.
3. Play 20 questions with animals. Ask your students to think of an animal.
You have up to 20 questions to ask to guess what animal he has in mind.
5. Finally, you could have your students infer what animal you are drawing as
you draw it. First draw the body. Can he guess? Then add legs. Next add
a tail. Finally add the head. Can he guess before you finish the animal?
And remember, you don't have to limit yourself to farm animals!
Where do I live!
Activity: Animal Habitats Sorting
Use simple images of animals to discuss habitat and categorization.
1. Allow the children to sort the animal cards according to the habitat (or
home) in which that animal generally lives. Keep in mind that some children
may choose the “zoo” habitat since that may be the only habitat they
associate with the animal.
Step 2.
2 Tell students to look at the pictures of animals and
think of other animals in their own minds. Ask:
Which animals move slowly?
Which animals swim?
Which animals crawl?
Which animals fly?
Which animals climb?
Which animals run fast?
Which animals hop?
Write a list for each category of student responses.
Step 3.
3 Ask "Which animals move in more than one way?"
Categorize animal pictures by their coverings
Background For Teachers
Scales cover the bodies of most snakes, lizards, and bony fish and
generally vary in size, shape, and arrangement. The age of a fish can
be determined by counting the rings on the scales. The scales
typically overlap and protect the skin underneath. Other animals, like
the pangolin (a mammal of the anteater variety) are also covered with
scales. The scaly tails of beavers, muskrats, and many rats and mice
have hairs between the scales.
Feathers keep birds warm, help them to fly, and even act as a
raincoat. Birds have three kinds of feathers. Down feathers are the
smallest and the first to grow. They have a central shaft with
thinner, fluffy strands called barbs on either side. Many birds have
down over much of their bodies to keep them warm. Flight feathers
are made up of a long, hollow shaft. The barbs on either side are
held together by hundreds of tiny hooks. Semiplumes, or body
feathers, are smaller and fluffier than flight feathers. Semiplumes
are usually found under flight feathers.
Categorize animal pictures by their coverings
Shells are found on land and ocean animals. Mollusks are one type
of invertebrate we commonly associate with shells, such as snails,
clams, and oysters. Turtles and tortoises are the only reptiles
with shells.