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The Zoo

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Here is what we’ve been doing this week. Let us know what you think.  We hope by providing these materials to you free of charge, it will make your life easier! 

Lesson Plan: The lesson plan includes all the lessons for the week, as well as optional ideas. Items following the lesson plan are just the printables or links to websites we used to teach these plans.  (Please note: On top of our lesson plan we are reading books daily that relate to our theme.)

 
 

Memory Verse: This memory card is for daily use during our calendar time.  You can learn more about calendar time at 1+1+1=1 or Homeschool Creations.  Our weekly devotional is an object lesson that will help your child apply the meaning of the verse to them.

Day 1:  
Zoo Beginning Sound Clip Cards- Helps your child to focus in on the beginning letter sounds he/she hears and then to identify which letter makes that sounds.

Zoo Counting- This activity will help your child begin to read, count and model whole numbers 1-10.  (This activity was inspired by Confessions of a Homeschooler.)

What do I eat? Sort- Use this activity to discuss how not all animals eat the same thing.  Some eat plants and some eat meat.

Day 2:  
Zoo Beginning Writing- (Can also be used for cutting practice.)You can use this document over and over again if you laminate it and then have you child write with dry erase markers. (Black dry erase wipes off easier than color ones.)

Zoo Shadow Match– Will help your child work on shape recognition and matching.

 
Zoo Tot Pack– Works on several skills. This pack include: Size Sequencing, Memory Match, Color Words, Counting & Number Recognition, Letters & Beginning Sounds and a nine piece puzzle.
 
Day 3:  
Zoo Spelling- This activity will help your child begin to recognize that when letters are combined they form words.
 
Roll & Graph: The Zoo– This activity will introduce your child to data collection and interpretation. Make sure you bars are different colors for easier reading. Once you’ve completed the graph (first animal to # of choice), make sure to ask simple questions.  Such as, “Which color is taller? What animal is that?  Which color is shorter? Which animal is that? How many times did we give the (animal) a sticker?”  Make sure to show them how to use the graph, instead of just counting the stickers.
 
Pretend to be a Zookeeper- Whether you get dressed up or you just pull out all your animals toys, have fun with your kiddo as they pretend to run the zoo.
 
 
 
We hope you enjoy these lesson plans and please let us know if you have any issues with downloading or using the items provided.  

Special Thanks to Just So Scrappy for graphics.

Please do not sell or host these files anywhere else. You MAY link people here. When leading others to these printables, please link to THIS page, not the 4shared file page.  Thanks! (See TOU)

March 4, 2011 13 Comments (Filed Under: Lesson Plans, My Community, Printables, the zoo )

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  1. Madonna says

    March 4, 2011 at

    Thank you!

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  2. Madonna says

    March 5, 2011 at

    Awesome! As usual! Thanks so much for sharing! I love how well rounded your unit studies are.

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  3. Madonna says

    March 6, 2011 at

    Another fantastic lesson!! Thanks for sharing your talents! Kerri

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  4. Madonna says

    March 6, 2011 at

    Thank you!!! The animal clip art is so cute. This will go along perfect with your field trip to the zoo this week!

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  5. Madonna says

    March 7, 2011 at

    In your spelling unit – isn’t the bird spelled toucan and not ‘tucan’ ?

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  6. Madonna says

    March 7, 2011 at

    Oh my goodness! Yes! I fixed it. Thank you for pointing that out. As you can tell, this momma doesn’t always sit with the boy the whole time he is doing the activity. Otherwise I may have caught it.

    Reply
  7. Madonna says

    March 20, 2011 at

    Wow! What awesome ideas!! I am just putting finishing touches to my “Z is for Zoo” packet. I LOVE your ideas and will definitely link to you!! Thanks a million!

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  8. Madonna says

    March 28, 2011 at

    Too cute! I love the variety of activities 🙂

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  9. Madonna says

    May 14, 2011 at

    I downloaded your beginning sounds activity to use in my kindergarten class this week and I gave a shout out to you in my blog
    https://teacherscannotlivebyapplesalone.blogspot.com/2011/05/zoo.html

    Thank you!!

    Reply
  10. Madonna says

    May 14, 2011 at

    approved

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  11. Madonna says

    July 16, 2012 at

    This is more than enough for my zoo week! What a great blessing! I of course picked up a ton of zoo books from the library. We are also planning a zoo trip in the middle of the week. Yay! You just made my planning so easy!

    Reply
  12. Madonna says

    September 11, 2012 at

    I love all of your zoo ideas! thanks a bunch!

    Reply
  13. Caroline says

    December 17, 2012 at

    Thank you; this is perfect!

    Reply

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