Page 3- Farm Animal Sort Board Page 4- Non-Farm Animal Sort Board Pages 5-9 Color Farm/Non-Farm Animals for Sorting Page 10- Sorting worksheet (pictures only) Page 11- Animals to cut out and glue on the worksheet Page 12- Answer Key to the Worksheet Page 13- Sorting Worksheet (writing words) Page 14- Answer Key

How to Prepare the Activity: 1. Copy page 3-9 on cardstock. 2. Laminate if you would like. 3. Cut apart animals on pages 5-9 4. Choose if you’d rather have the students cut and glue animals (page 10-

11) or, write the animals name (page 13) 5. Copy pages 10 and 11 or page 13 on copy paper for students.

How to Do the Activity: 1. Give each child, or pair of children, the sorting boards and color

animals. 2. Have students sort the animals on their boards. 3. When they are finished, give them whichever worksheet you choose. 4. Have the students complete their worksheets to match how they sorted

the animals on their sorting boards. 5. Have students count how many are in each group.

Standards Addressed: L.K.5a Sort common objects into categories (e.g., shapes, foods) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.

K.MD.B.3 Classify objects into given categories; count the numbers of objects in each category and sort the categories by count.

K.L.1.2 Compare characteristics of living and nonliving things

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monkey

spider

frog

pig

reindeer

squirrel

horse

sheep

cow

zebra

fox

goat

calf

rooster

raccoon

hippo

chicken

chicken

chicken

chicken

Name Farm

Animals Non-Farm

Animals

Cut out the animals and glue them on your sorting sheet.

Name Farm

Animals Non-Farm

Animals

Name Who Lives On A Farm?

Write the animal names from your sort boards in the column where they belong.

Farm Animals 1._______ 2._______ 3._______ 4._______ 5._______ 6._______ 7._______ 8._______ 9._______

Non- Farm Animals 1._______ 2._______ 3._______ 4._______ 5._______ 6._______ 7._______ 8._______ 9._______

Name Who Lives On A Farm?

Write the animal names from your sort boards in the column where they belong.

Farm Animals 1. pig

2. horse 3. rooster 4. sheep 5. calf 6. cow

7.chicken 8. goat

9. _______

Non- Farm Animals 1. spider 2. hippo 3. frog 4. zebra

5. squirrel 6. reindeer

7.fox 8. monkey 9.raccoon

I hope your students enjoy this activity and learn a lot!

Thanks so much for downloading, Laura Jozwiak

All fonts are by Kimberly Geswein

All clipart is by KPM Doodles and Doodle Darlin