My AMAZING Animal Report

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Name of My Animal
My Animal Is a Mammal Bird Fish Reptile Amphibian Insect

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Fast Facts Ab
Here is a drawing of my animal.
My Animal
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__________
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Lives in ____
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s _________
Color or Color
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AW E S O M E ! s _________
Sound It Make
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Size _______
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Weight _____
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Lifespan ____
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Food It Eats _
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Enemies ____
My Animal . . .
Is Not
Is Endangered Endangered

Here are two fascinating facts about my animal . . .

1 2 My animal’s habitat is . . .

COOL!
W OW !
Here is why
my animal would or would not make a
If my animal could talk it
good pet:
might say . . .

This is what makes

my animal a star . . .

I learned about my animal by _____________________________________________________________________

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 I NSTANT PERSONAL POSTER TEACHING G UIDE

y A m a z i n g A n i mal
M Report
INTRODUCING THE POSTER

W elcome to Instant Personal Poster:

My Amazing Animal Report! This interac-
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tive poster will introduce your students to research

skills as they explore an area of interest to all chil-
dren––animals! The customized format allows each
student to gather information on a different ani-
mal to share with the class.
These poster activities are designed to encour-
age students of all different learning styles to excel
in their research efforts. Students will use diverse
skills such as researching, recording, drawing,
and talking to complete the activities.
Direct your students to research specific ani-
mals that you may be studying as a group, or have
them choose the animal on their own. You may Drawing of My Animal
wish to group your students in pairs to conduct Encourage students to use a variety of resources
the research. to make their drawings as accurate as possible.
Help them notice details about animal coloration
BUILDING BACKGROUND and other attributes.
Introduce some basic principles of the animal Fast Facts About My Animal
kingdom. Discuss such terms as: mammal, bird, Reproduce the questions in this section as a
fish, reptile, amphibian, and insect. Brainstorm checklist for students to complete as they work.
different animals and have students place them in Create a graphic version of this list for beginning
the appropriate groups. Then encourage students readers.
to use deductive reasoning to figure out what char-
acteristics the animals in these groups share. My Animal’s Habitat Is…
Make sure you have plenty of books available Explain that a habitat is an animal’s home
for student research. Visit the classroom and pub- and must have food, water, and shelter.
lic libraries as a group and work with students to Create a web displaying different habitats.
find appropriate Web sites. As your students gather their information,
have them write the name of their animals in
USING THE POSTER the correct habitats.

My Animal Is a… This Is What Makes My Animal a Star

Students can use the information you generated
as a class to figure out what type of animal they
are researching. You can assist students by creat-
ing a checklist of each animal class.
Encourage students to take notes as they
research the most important information about
their animals. They can then use this informa-
tion to write or draw one special thing about
the animal.

If My Animal Could Talk
Encourage students to “think like an animal.”
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What message might their animal relate if it could
talk?
Good Pet
Create a pro and con chart for students in which
they list all the reasons their animals would or
would not make a good pet. Have them analyze the
information they recorded and make their deci-
sions. What are they and why?
SHARING THE RESULTS
1. Have students share their posters with the
group.
2. Create a mural of the different animal habitats.
Display the posters on the mural.
3. Display the animal pictures on a bulletin
board-sized map of the world. Show where
each animal lives.
4. Collect each student’s poster and create a class
animal book. Lend it to the school library.
CONNECTING TO STANDARDS
My Amazing Animal Report activities connect to
these language arts and science content stan-
dards:
summarizing and organizing information
asking questions
classifying organisms
observing and identifying characteristics
scientific process
ASSESSING STUDENT WORK
Students will complete the posters in a variety of
ways. Use this checklist to help assess their mas-
tery.
d Were they able to complete the information
in Fast Facts?
d Did they use multiple resources to do their
research?
d Could they group their animals?
d Did they understand the concept of habitat?
d Did they share information orally or
through display?
TAKING IT FURTHER
Play “Who Am I?” a (21 questions) game in which
a student answers questions about a mystery ani-
mal until the group guesses the animal. Create
a n i m a l puppets, habitat d i o r a m a s , a n i m a l
mobiles, and other art projects to display in your
animal center.
Keep a naturalist journal in the classroom for
students to record observations when they see an
animal in the wild (of course, a squirrel or pigeon
count!).
Adopt a classroom pet––fish, or even worms, will
do. Have students participate in caring for and
observing them.
ISBN: 0-439-15538-X © 2000 by Scholastic Inc. All rights reserved. Poster written by Liza
Charlesworth; teaching guide written by Anne Schreiber; poster design by Jaime Lucero;
teaching guide design by Pamela Simmons and Norma Ortiz; illustration by Maxie Chambliss.