Class Pets
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Not only can having a pet in the classroom be a fun, enjoyable experience, but it can also provide the students with lesssons about nature and responsibility. Because not all students will have the opportunity to have their own pet at home, having a class pet is a great alternative. Students can learn how group effort and interaction can result in an easier, smoother-flow, when it comes to handling the responsibilities of taking care of the pet. Teachers can tie almost any subject to the class pet. Skills in science, language, ethics, and even math can be taught within the lessons pertaining to the class pet.
From the very beginning, the class as a whole can participate in the process. Books such as How to Lose Your Class Pet by Valerie Wilson Wesley, can be read during story time to bring entertainment to the topic of having a class pet.
One can teach their students how to use the library for research by taking them there to check out books and search the internet for information regarding good pets for a classroom setting. Charts can be made to determine which students will do chores to take care of the pet. One teacher has even created a website that has links on how to go about getting a class pet, to listing the chores and tasks that the students must do in order to be successful in taking care of the pet. This website is availabe at http://www.teacherweb.com/IN/PNC/Cassady/index.html. Being able to use something as engaging and as a pet, is a great way to be able to make learning exciting and fun.
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From the very beginning, the class as a whole can participate in the process. Books such as How to Lose Your Class Pet by Valerie Wilson Wesley, can be read during story time to bring entertainment to the topic of having a class pet.
One can teach their students how to use the library for research by taking them there to check out books and search the internet for information regarding good pets for a classroom setting. Charts can be made to determine which students will do chores to take care of the pet. One teacher has even created a website that has links on how to go about getting a class pet, to listing the chores and tasks that the students must do in order to be successful in taking care of the pet. This website is availabe at http://www.teacherweb.com/IN/PNC/Cassady/index.html. Being able to use something as engaging and as a pet, is a great way to be able to make learning exciting and fun.
*Picture from http://www.abcmousehouse.com/images/sciencecntr.jpg
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