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Teacher's Pet
Journal Questions
Each question is posed following the related learning activity. Students write, draw, and dictate their responses in pet journals throughout the unit.
- What do pets need to survive?
- What kinds of things should people consider before getting a pet?
- What are our responsibilities to our pets?
- What are the characteristics of a good pet?
- Why can't all animals live and thrive in the same habitat?
- Describe the best habitat for your favorite pet. How would this environment help the pet?
- Describe the best habitat for your favorite wild animal. Could this animal live with people? Why or why not?
- What can you do to help a wild animal stay healthy and happy?
- Do animals and humans need each other?
- What are the characteristics and habits of pets and wild animals?
- What are the similarities and differences between the habits of a pet and a wild animal?
- What do you know about pets now that you didn't know before?
- What do you know about wild animals now that you didn't know before?
- What pet/wild animal questions would you like to study next?
- How can surveys help you to collect and interpret information?
- Can any animal be a pet?
Final Assessment Tasks
- Tell as many ways as you can how wild and pet animals are the same.
- Tell as many ways as you can how wild and pet animals are different.
- What pet do you think would be best for your teacher? Why?
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