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Pondering the Perfect Pet
Cute, playful, mischievous pets will capture the attention of even your most reluctant learners.
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Traveling Cat Flown Home to Family
Young scholars locate Wisconsin and Belgium on a world map, then read a news article about a cat that stowed away on ship from the U.S. to Europe. In this current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with map and vocabulary...
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Pet Rescue
Learners, in teams, follow the process of design, including the stages of investigation, creation, and reflection, as they devise a way to help "save" a (simulated) pet who is trapped in a pipe.
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Story Starters for Beginning Readers and Writers
Students respond to a story starters about a dinosaur, present, pet store, puppy or another topic of interest to primary-grade students. They dictate or write stories in response to 15 story starters designed to develop language skills.
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The Pet Problem
In this pet learning exercise, students use logic to match pets to their owners. This one-page learning exercise contains 7 problems. Answers are provided at the bottom of the page.
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Reading Like an Expert!
Students identify and interpret that they should read as if someone is explaining it to them like a conversation. Then they reread the text given until they are no longer decoding and it sounds like they are just talking. Students also...
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Sing, Sing, What Shall I Sing?
Students view "Baby and I Were Baked in a Pie" and "Rain, Rain, Go Away" posters on the board. They also view "Sing, Sing, What Shall I sing?" poster, students are shown the cat playing with the ball of string. Students are asked if...
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Road Runner Reading
Students identify that fluency helps them to read faster, smoother, and with more expression. They read a book where a pet dog named Red is hungry and wants her owner to give her food. Students practice quick reading by reading until...
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Let's Sail Far, Far Away
Second graders read a book as stated in the lesson and then reread the first two pages aloud modeling how not to read, without fluency and with no expression. Then they reread the same two pages again fluently and with expression and...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Is That Cat Fat?
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...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Tricks for Treats: How Long Does It Take to Train Your Pet?
Have you ever been to an animal show and seen a sea lion balance a ball on his nose, or a tiger jump through a hoop? Or maybe you've met dogs who can sit, fetch, shake, or beg on command. The range of tricks that you can teach animals is...
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Nuclear Medicine
An extensive overview of nuclear medicine and its history. Description of radiopharmaceuticals, imaging techniques, and diagnostic/therapeutic procedures.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Pets: Stuffed Animal Day
This lesson requires students to bring a stuffed animal to school. During the lesson, students will create a class graph and individually author their own nonfiction pet books after conducting research.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: The Cat's Meow: Designing an Enrichment Toy
A great Science Fair project that involves analyzing your cat's behavior and designing toys that will be stimulating both physically and mentally. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract,...
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: The Blue Bowl
This poem expresses the grief surrounding the burial of the poet's cat.
Other
Todo Perros
A good place for Spanish speakers to find everything related to dogs. Topics run the gamut: dog sports, dog cemeteries, breeders, pictures, veterinary medicine, dog care, and dog products, ads, and shops.
National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health: The Brain: What's Going on in There?
Do you know all the activities your brain controls? This website explores brain images, brain anatomy, and PET procedure to allow students to get a better understanding of the brain. The website contains interactive activities and videos...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: New Research Into Dyslexia
Research the array of sophisticated technologies scientists use to look closely at the brain. Diagram the major lobes of the brain and explore the functions of the frontal lobe to learn about how dyslexic individuals process information.
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: Loyal
This poem shares the experience of the person who had to have his pet euthanized.
Scientific American
Scientific American: Scratch 'N Sniff: A Guide to Cats and Dogs: In Depth Report
Explore this report on the science of our very own pets, and sometimes our best friends, the cats and dogs. (June, 2009)
Other
World Nuclear Association: Radioisotopes in Medicine
The use of radioisotopes in medicine is discussed, focusing on diagnostic and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals. Includes a list of radioisotopes used in medicine.
Read Works
Read Works: Barn Sour
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a little girl named Jenny who learns something new about her horse Jake. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: How to Say I Ruff You
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a story about a boy named Danny and the special relationship he has with his dog. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: A Small Life
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about the life of a hamster, from the hamster's point of view. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.