Worksheet Animal Names!

Teacher's Guide to the Worksheet

This worksheet is designed to help students learn about animal names and descriptions through a variety of engaging activities. It has a clear purpose: to assess and reinforce students' knowledge of common animals.

Instructions and Goals by Part

Part 1: Match the Animal to its Description.

Goal: To test students' ability to connect an animal's name with its key characteristics.

Instruction: Have students draw a line from the animal's name on the left to its correct description on the right.

• Dog: A pet that barks and loves to play fetch.
• Cat: A small, furry pet that purrs.
• Cow: A large farm animal that gives milk.
• Pig: A farm animal that says "oink."
• Tiger: A large, wild cat with stripes.

Part 2: Unscramble the Names

Goal: To improve spelling and recognition of animal names.

Instruction: Students need to unscramble the mixed-up letters to spell the correct animal name.

• god becomes dog.
• cta becomes cat.
• ioln becomes lion.
• kcdu becomes duck.
• phtelane becomes elephant.

Part 3: Animal Word Search

Goal: To enhance word recognition and visual scanning skills.

Instruction: Instruct students to find and circle the names of the animals in the provided grid. The words can be oriented either across or down.

• Words to find: COW, CAT, DOG, BIRD, FISH, PIG, LION.

Part 4: Sort the Animals

Goal: To teach students how to categorize animals based on their type (farm, wild, or pet).

Instruction: Have students write each animal name from the list (dog, cow, fish, lion, pig, tiger) under the correct category: Farm Animals, Wild Animals, or Pets.

• Farm Animals: cow, pig.
• Wild Animals: lion, tiger.
• Pets: dog, fish.