Animal Features Sort

Allow students to sort animals by their various features.

What is Included:

• There are sorting card headers for each animal feature.

• There are sorting mats for each animal feature.

• There are six picture cards for each of the sets of sorting activities.

The animal features included in this set include: No legs, two legs, four legs, more than 4 legs, animals with fur, animals with scales, animals with feathers, animals with wings, animals with tails, animals that can fly, animals that can swim, animals that live in groups, animals that live alone, animals with tusks, animals with horns, animals that jump, animals with hooves, animals that lay eggs, animals with claws, animals with shells, animals with spots, and animals with stripes.

Each sorting mat includes a real life example of an animal that belongs in that animal group. All of the picture cards also include real photographs of each animal.

What Questions are Asked:

• To use these, students will lay out either the header cards or the sorting mats. They will then sort the animal images beneath or on top of the correct sorting mat.

When to Use:

• Science Center - The sorting mats can be placed in a science center for students to learn about living things and what they eat.

• Morning Work - These animal sorts can allow teachers to create quick and easy morning activities for students while they wait on their classmates to arrive to class.

• Independent Practice - These animal sorts are great for students to independently work on living things.

• Emergency Sub Plans - The low prep nature and easy to set up activity, makes these worksheets a great activity to leave with subs to assign to students.

• Small Group Activity - These animal sorts can be used in small groups so teachers can target the students who need extra practice with living things.

• Writing Review Activity - These animal sorts work well as a review to reinforce student's learning of living things.

These sorting activities are easy to create. The mats just need to be printed out. The picture cards need to be printed and cut apart. Once made, the sort can be used over and over.