Zoo




This is a very simple game to make. Use animal stickers to create a pattern. Mount several other stickers on paper, cut them out and then laminate them.

Do Not Touch the Animals Rhyme
Never pet a porcupine.
Never poke a skunk.
Never grab a tiger's tooth,
Or squeeze an elephant's trunk.

Porcupines have prickly spines.
A skunk's scent smarts and stings.
Tigers' teeth are razor sharp.
Elephants remember things.

Never punch a crocodile.
Never pinch a rat.
Never whack a sleeping bear,
Or tickle a bob-tailed cat.

Crocodiles have mighty tails.
Rats have strong, sharp claws.
Bears don't like to wake up fast.
Bob-tailed cats have wicked jaws.



Writing/Dicuss Topics:
*Write/draw about your favorite animal.
*List animals that you might find at the zoo.
*List types of care that animals need (food, water, attention/love, exercise, grooming).



If I Had To Meet a Gorilla Rhyme
A gorilla is an animal
That's very big and strong,
It has a wrinkled raisin face
And arms so very long.
If I had to meet a gorilla,
I'll tell you what I'd do.
I'd meet it in the safest place,
I'd meet it in a zoo!

Who is at the zoo?
The camel and the tall giraffe,
The lion and the gnu!
Who is at the zoo?
Who is at the zoo?
The hippo, seal, and monkeys,
Who do a trick or two.
Who is at the zoo?
Who is at the zoo?
I wish, I wish, I wish, I wish,
I wish I were there too!

*Graph the class's favorite animals.
*Identify the types of body coverings (fur, feathers, skin, shell, or scales).


We usually make a class book with a predictable sentence to go along with each unit. This unit's sentence is "My favorite animal is ________."


The students created a zoo in the blocks center.


This sign is hanging in our dramatic play center which is currently a zoo.


This is the door to my class room. The sign says "Do not feed the animals."