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The Farm Concert: This lesson teaches basic print awareness along with animal names and sounds through guided reading and the use of a graphic organizer.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts); By Kelly Brandon.

Alphabet animals: Students will use their knowledge of the alphabet and letter sounds to create an alphabet PowerPoint presentation. Each slide will contain a letter of the alphabet, a sentence and the sound that corresponds to that letter.; Format: lesson plan (grade K Computer/Technology Skills, English Language Arts, and Information Skills); By Emily Leonard.

Animal adjectives: Students will describe animals as they review nouns and verbs associated with these animals. They will learn to use adjectives as they describe the animals. They will use this knowledge to write their stories about animals.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 English Language Arts and English Language Development); By Anita Baldwin, Ann Loftis, and Genevieve Kiser.

Animals on the move: Students will choose an animal, draw the animal, write a sentence naming their animal and write a sentence about what their animal can do using inventive as well as conventional spelling.; Format: lesson plan (grade K Computer/Technology Skills, English Language Arts, and Information Skills); By Anita Baldwin, Ann Loftis, and Genevieve Kiser.

Arctic animals: This is a whole language lesson for Speech Language Pathologists incorporating listening comprehension, categorizing, following verbal directions, and basic vocabulary and language concepts for First grade students.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts and Science); By Susan Ayers.

Bats: The students will learn that bats are nocturnal and use echolocation.; Format: lesson plan (grade K Science); By Debbie Lanier.

Birds by inquiry: Students will make observations of bird pictures to note the similarities and differences in one animal group. They will note especially the beaks, feet, wings and feathers of different types of birds. The life cycle of birds will be explored.; Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Science); By Anne Allen.

Bugs, bugs, bugs: This lesson integrates writing and the study of insects by having the students create a book following the pattern of How Many Bugs in a Box? by David A. Carter.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Computer/Technology Skills, English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science); By Vicki Rivenbark.

The emperor's prize egg: This lesson will introduce students to the life of a penguin. They will explore penguins' habitats, eating habits, and other unique adaptations that they use to survive in Antarctica.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Computer/Technology Skills, English Language Arts, and Science); By Betty Burleson.

Getting to know spiders: This lesson is useful for helping students understand the differences between spiders and insects. They will also learn about a spider's particular body parts. Live spiders will be observed over the course of a few days to see how sound, light, and movement affect the spiders.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Science); By Bree Welmaker.

Going batty: In this lesson students will hear the story Stellaluna by Janell Cannon and then create a Venn Diagram comparing bats to birds.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Information Skills and Science); By DPI Integration Strategies.

Green Wilma is missing!: This lesson is designed to be used after students have been exposed to animal classification, especially the characteristics of amphibians. Reading Green Wilma by Tedd Arnold and inviting students to respond through art and written expression is a good use of integration.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Science); By Emily Rothrock.

An integrated lesson comparing the butterfly and frog life cycles: Students will build on their prior knowledge about the butterfly life cycle to compare and contrast the life cycles of butterflies and frogs. Students will locate butterflies on the school grounds and create pictographs and models of fractions to explain their findings mathematically. Students will also use a variety of resources to read about and study the food, space and air needed by butterflies and frogs to grow. They will create visual and written products to demonstrate their findings.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Development, Mathematics, and Science); By Martha Dobson and Margaret Monds.

Nature's checks and balances: This unit introduces students to several essential understandings. They will learn that plants and animals depend on one another for survival and organisms interact within nature to create a balance. They will also learn that humans can influence and manipulate nature.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts and Science); By Nicolette Heise.

Plants and animals: Introduction to the unknown: This is an introductory lesson to assist students in understanding where their food comes from and what is available in this area. It is also a wonderful way to continue with inventive spelling.; Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Science); By Sheila Moody.

Snakes are cool: This lesson begins with a reading of Verdi by Janell Cannon. It integrates science with language arts as the students learn about snakes and write about their findings.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts and Science); By Marcia Reich.

Turtles are terrific: This lesson will engage the students in the study of turtle attributes and their habitats. The lesson will integrate science, math, language arts and computer/technology curriculums.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Science)

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