The Animal Kingdom

Dr. Kathryn T. Hegeman, Ed.D.

Illustrations by Christopher Tice

Royal Fireworks Press Unionville, New York

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Animal Kingdom Planning SheetAnimal of the month: Month:

My Activities Plan

Some things I want to know about:Food

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Habitat

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Adaptations

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Lion

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The Lion Family Portrait

A baby lion is called a _______________________________.

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HabitatThe __________________ is home to the lion.

Draw some things found in this habitat. Draw the animal too.

Can you include other animals that might live here?

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CamouflageHow a Lion Hides

Now you see me.

Draw the animal alone.

Now you don’t.

Draw the animal in its habitat.

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Animal Record SheetAnimal’s Name: Lion

Draw the animal.

Now label the animal’s parts.

Record of important facts:

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Special words: __________________________________________________

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Animal’s habitat: __________________________________________

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Animal Kingdom Planning SheetAnimal of the month: Month:

My Activities Plan

Some things I want to know about:Food

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Habitat

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Adaptations

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Elephant

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HabitatThe _____________ is home to the elephant.

Draw some things found in this habitat. Draw the animal too.

Can you include other animals that might live here?

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Animal Record SheetAnimal’s Name: Elephant

Draw the animal.

Now label the animal’s parts.

Record of important facts:

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Special words: __________________________________________________

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Animal’s habitat: __________________________________________

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Life SpanMake a graph. Compare how long each animal lives.

Use a different color for each animal.

Animal

Dog

People

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100+

Years

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AdaptationAnimal Survival Chart

Animal Part UseGiraffe Long neck Reaches leaves to eat

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My Favorite Animal

My favorite animal is the __________________________________.

I like the ___________________________ best because __________

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Some good words to describe my favorite animal are:

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The most interesting thing a _______________________ can do is

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Some important things in my favorite animal’s habitat are:

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I would like to visit my favorite animal at its home in the:

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What Do Animals Eat?Directions: Write each animal’s name in an oval. Then

color the ovals to show what each animal eats.

Colors: Plant eaters – Green Meat eaters – Red Plant and meat eaters – Blue

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Imagine You Are an Animal #1If I could be a ______________________________________ , how would my life be different?

• How would I look?• Where would I live?• What things could I do?

Write a story about what might happen to you if you could become this animal.

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Imagine You Are an Animal #2If I could be a ______________________________________ , how would my life be different?

• How would I look?• Where would I live?• What things could I do?

Write a story about what might happen to you if you could become this animal.

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