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Sort words into categories (e.g., colors, clothing) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.

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Define words by category and by one or more key attributes (e.g., a duck is a bird that swims; a tiger is a large cat with stripes).

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Lay out pictures of various animals labeled with the name of each animal on the board. Ask the students ways the animals can be grouped together and draw on the board the categories the students come up with, placing the animals in the categories. Gradually guide students to sorting the animals by where they live. Based on
Bear, D. R., Invernizzi, M., Templeton, S., & Johnston, F. (2019). WORDS THEIR WAY: Word study for phonics, vocabulary and spelling. PEARSON.

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All words from the word sorts will have pictures associated with them. Many animal names have a similar sounding name in Spanish, point this out. Show them the similarities.

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All words from the word sorts will have pictures associated with them.

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Can go back to a simpler sort, where the students work together to sort animals by how many legs they have. Can also review the traits of the mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and birds and sort animals into these categories as a class.

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Each table of 4-5 students will receive a graphic organizer with categories animals, plants, and habitats. They will also receive a list of words to sort into these categories. The question whether some plants can be habitats will hopefully come up. Teacher will walk around groups and ask questions to do an informal assessment.

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Wild Animals habitats - English Educational Videos | Little Smart Planet

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Review the concept of birds, reptiles, fish and mammals. Give each table a habitat: Savannah, Forest, Ice, Ocean and an envelope with labeled animal pictures from that habitat. Have the students sort the animals by type (reptile, fish, mammal, bird). Come together as a class after 15 min and have everyone share. Discuss what animal types were found in what habitats.

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Adjust this so that each animal type has its own dance move.

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Animal Dancing | Lesson Plan | Education.com | Lesson plan | Education.com

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In this dance-infused lesson plan, students will love listening to a story about friendship before they create their very own animal dances with a peer!

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May need to offer extra support or reading practice to those students who struggle with reading the animal names or habitat names. We can do spelling chants with hand/dance moves S-N-A-K-E snake! SSSSSS. *sinuous hand motion*

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May need to offer extra support or reading practice to those students who struggle with reading the animal names or habitat names. We can do spelling chants with hand/dance moves S-N-A-K-E snake! SSSSSS. *sinuous hand motion*
Ice, I-C-E, ice BRRRRR *shiver*