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Be Kind to Animals Week

In honor of Be Kind to Animals Week May 2 to 8, we are featuring the following lesson plans on titles from RFB&D's library of accessible audio books that focus on animals.

 

Grades: K - 2

Subject: Reading and Language Arts

Title: Balto, The Bravest Dog Ever
Theme: Problem/Solution, Characterization, Written Expression
Duration: 60 minute class session
Title: A Good Day by Kevin Henkes
Theme: Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Duration: 30-40 minute class session
Title: "Two Large Stones" from Mouse Soup by Arnold Lobel
Theme: Making Predictions and Character Development
Duration: 1 class period
Title: Officer Buckle and Gloria
Theme: Listening and Safety
Duration: 30 minute class session
Title: The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
Theme: Sequencing
Duration: 30 minute class session

Grades: 3 - 5

Subject: Reading and Language Arts

Title: If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Numeroff
Theme: Verbs
Duration: 45 minute class session
Title: Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Theme: Animal Abuse
Duration: 45 minute class session
Title: Compare/Contrast
Theme: Animals
Duration: 2 days

Subject: Social Studies

Title: Tigers at Twilight by Mary Pope Osborne
Theme: Animals
Duration: 45 minute class session

Grades: 6 - 8

Subject: Reading and Language Arts

Title: Gender in Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Theme: Animals
Duration: 2 class periods