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Instructions: Have students draw circles on a piece of paper and label those circles with the groups created by the class. Then have them sort the picture cards into the best classification circle.

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Instructions: Have students cut out the pictures at the bottom of the page. Then have them paste each picture in the correct column according to the pattern on the animal.

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Stripes Spots Patches

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Instructions: Have students sort the picture cards into the correct column.

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Initial Consonant /s/ Other sounds

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Instructions: Read the sentences aloud with students. Have students underline each noun and draw a picture of the noun in the box provided.

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The butterflies fly.

The bees buzz.

The ladybugs crawl.