Animal Classification Cut & Paste: Sort animals by characteristics

This interactive activity goes along great with any animal unit for your upper elementary school students. Use this product to teach your students about the characteristics vertebrates and invertebrates as well as the six different animal classifications: birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles, and mammals.

Included in this resource students will:

• Complete a reading on Animal Classification [vertebrates vs invertebrates, and groups of vertebrates: mammals, fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds]
• Answer 10 multiple choice review or extra practice questions

* Complete a sort (cut and paste) to apply the information and put the correct information and pictures into each group. Two versions of this activity are included:

1. Students sort pictures and characteristics of the animal categories

2. Students are given the characteristics and sort picture examples of the
animals into the correct categories.

This interactive and hands-on card activity will allow your students to have a better understanding of the material due to applying it in a kinesthetic way!

Other Animal Classification Resources:

Check out my Animal Classification Book for a great text lesson!

Animal Classification Characteristics Lesson Book w/ Cut & Paste and review

Or a card sort!

Animal Classification Sort Lesson: Characteristics, Real Pictures - 54 cards

Now part of a bundle (Text from this version is not included)!

Animal Classification Differentiated Lesson Bundle: Book, Card Sort, Cut & Paste

Try a card sort for Biotic and Abiotic factors!

Biotic or Abiotic Card Sort- 32 cards-Differentiated for all levels!