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Resources

This section contains resources you may find useful to provide learning activities to your students that tie into the lessons in the program or focus on learning more about different critters.

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Reading Comprehension

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Have your students practice and improve reading comprehension, vocabulary and writing.  This resource contains a link to Scooter's blog post followed by questions which focus on recalling information directly from the text.

Last Updated: 6/9/2019

Why Microchip Your Cat

Have your students practice and improve reading comprehension, vocabulary and writing.  This resource contains a links to Faye's blog post followed by questions which focus on recalling information directly from the text.

Last Updated: 6/9/2019

Discovering Gecko's

Have your students practice and improve reading comprehension, vocabulary and writing. This resource contains a link to Faye's blog post which is followed by questions which focus on recalling information directly from the text.

Last Updated: 6/9/2019

Always Ask,  "May I Pet Your Dog"

Have your students practice and improve reading comprehension, vocabulary and writing. This resource contains a link to Scooter's blog posts which is followed by questions which focus on recalling information directly from the text.

Last Updated: 6/9/2019

Horse Safety and Being Safe Around Horses

Have your students practice and improve reading comprehension, vocabulary and writing. This resource contains a link to Ed's blog post which is followed by questions which focus on recalling information directly from the text.

Last Updated: 6/9/2019

Sniffing Is Important For Dogs

Have your students practice and improve reading comprehension, vocabulary and writing. This resource contains a link to Scooter's blog posts which is followed by questions which focus on recalling information directly from the text.

Last Updated: 6/9/2019

It's Raining Pups and Dogs! by Jeanne Prevost

Have your students practice and improve reading comprehension, vocabulary and writing. Read the book "It's Raining Pups and Dogs!" and answer the questions which focus on recalling information directly from the story.

Last Updated: 9/14/2019

It's Raining Cats and Cats! by Jeanne Prevost

Have your students practice and improve reading comprehension, vocabulary and writing. Read the book "It's Raining Cats and Cats!" and answer the questions which focus on recalling information directly from the story.

Last Updated: 9/14/2019

Reading Comprehension
Mister Peters... Far Beyond Being a Vagabond

Have your students practice and improve reading comprehension, vocabulary and writing. This resource contains the story of the Kids 4 Critters mascot, Mister Peters. It is followed by several questions focused on recall and understanding of the text. There are some additional writing activities included.

Last Updated: 12/13/2109

Honey is "the Bees Knees"

Have your students practice and improve reading comprehension, vocabulary and writing. This resource contains the story of Honey, a Wake County Animal Center success story. It is followed by several questions focused on recall and understanding of the text.

Last Updated: 6/12/2109

My Furry Feline Friend

Have your students practice and improve reading comprehension, vocabulary and writing. This resource contains the story of Stretch, a Wake County Animal Center success story. It is followed by several questions focused on recall and understanding of the text. There are some additional writing activities included.

Last Updated: 6/23/2109

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Words from Lesson 3

Have your students practice and improve their vocabulary. These resources focus on the topics cover in lesson 3 of the program.

Vocabulary

Words from Lesson 4

Have your students practice and improve their vocabulary. These resources focus on the topics cover in lesson 4 of the program.

Vocabulary

Words from Lesson 5

Have your students practice and improve their vocabulary. These resources focus on the topics cover in lesson 5 of the program.

Vocabulary

Try this interactive game to encourage kids to practice their animal  vocabulary. Words are from Animal Behaviors: Animal Defenses by Christina Wilsdon

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Math Practice

Math Practice

Practice your fractions by helping the volunteers at Wake County Animal Center calculate how many cans are needed to feed the cats at Wake County Animal Center.

Practice your fractions by helping the volunteers at Wake County Animal Center calculate how much peanut butter they have to stuff Kong's as holiday treats for the dogs.

Catland is a pet store dedicated to cats. They have a contest going where you complete puzzles to win components to build your cat a cat tree. This game has lots of angles!

You are a volunteer at Wake County Animal Center and must perform several tasks involving math to open locks in order to access adoption records and help lovely pets go to their forever homes. 

Practice multiplication and addition in this game as you learn how quickly animals can produce litters of baby critters.

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