A Theme page with lesson plans and materials about wild animals for elementary level students (A1.2), year 3-5 in Sweden.
Warm-up
Walking In The Jungle | Super Simple Songs – YouTube (3:24)https://youtu.be/GoSq-yZcJ-4“Walking In The Jungle” teaches jungle animals and actions (walking, stomping, jumping, skipping) with some creative play.
Billy Eichner & Seth Rogen – The Lion Sleeps Tonight 🎵 (Lyric) From The Lion King – YouTube (1:32)https://youtu.be/P2nF94X83UUThe Lion Sleeps Tonight 🎵 (Lyric) From The Lion King< (yr 4-5) Same for yr 3
Baby Skunk Friend!! (ORIGINAL) – YouTube (2:57)https://youtu.be/Dp7K37uQ3K4Wild animals typically aren’t as awesome as this guy. Walking up and trying to play with wild animals usually won’t end well. Approach wild animals at your own risk, yo!
Vocabulary
Wild Animals! Beginner ESL Vocabulary Video for Kids: English for Young Learners – YouTube (3:24)https://youtu.be/u2ufn1D5-TwCome enjoy Kat Teacher’s Beginner English Vocabulary Videos, today’s video is about Wild Safari Animals! (yr 1-3)
Animals | Learning Chocolatehttp://www.learningchocolate.com/content/animals-0Pictures with some wild animals, names in audio. More here: Picture Dictionary 2
The Kids ABC’s At The Zoo – YouTube (3:14)https://youtu.be/iWAtPMsk8_Y
Practise the Alphabet and animal names. You might let the students first brainstorm to find an animal for each letter and then watch the video to fill the gaps.
Let’s have fun with Englishhttp://www.letshavefunwithenglish.com/vocabulary/wild_animals/index.html
Wild Animals 1. Learn vocabulary. 2. Match the words with the pictures. 3. Match the pictures with the sounds. 4. Do the crossword! Forest Animals here
Wild Animals FREE ESL Flashcardshttp://www.teachchildrenesl.com/flashcards/wild-animals/Downloadable flashcards of wild animals – 32 Cards! Full color, bright, 4 per page flashcards. Picture and caption.
Flashcards for children – Wild Animals – YouTube (3:58)https://youtu.be/18qbKDryHjMGet introduced to the Wild Animals printed on each of these flashcards. They are some amazing creatures and they deserve your respect.
ELC Study Zone: Level 200 Vocabulary – Common Animalshttps://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzone/200/vocab/animals.htm
This page gives you the names of some common animals (yr 5)
ESL-Kids – ESL Flashcards | Animalshttp://esl-kids.com/flashcards/animals.htmlESL-Kids.com – ESL stuff for teaching kids including flashcards, worksheets, classroom games, and children’s song lyrics. A great resource for teachers of ESL kids.
Songs
Five Little Monkeys | Kidsongs | Best Kids Videos | PBS Kids | 5 Little Monkeys | Counting Songs – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/7Pdkha1UIvQ
Five Little Monkeys, one of the all-time most popular Kidsongs videos,!! – A good articulation practice.
An old lady who swallowed a fly | LearnEnglish Kids | British Councilhttp://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/songs/old-lady-who-swallowed-fly
Listen to this traditional song about an old lady who swallows a fly.
Who’s In the Zoo | Zoo Songs for Children | Animal Songs for Children | The Kiboomers – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/PMGJIdESlvAThe Kiboomers! Zoo, Zoo, Who is in the Zoo? Zoo animals! Animal Song!- By singing this song the students learn to make a question with “do”.
Bear Rap from Billy Bunny’s Animal Songs – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/ASbR_-j2lJUThis one billy bunny learns how to sing the rap song that the bears sing about.
Lesson Plans
Animals Lesson Plan | ESL Lesson Plan Complete With Fun Games And Activities | Games4eslhttps://games4esl.com/lesson-plans/animals/ESL Lesson plan to teach animals vocabulary to kids and beginner ESL students. Complete with flashcards, board games, and other ESL classroom activities.
Wild animals | LearnEnglish Teens – British Councilhttps://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/video-uk/wild-animalsWhat happens to animals when they get injured? Watch this video about a rescue centre that takes care of all sorts of wild animals. (yr 5-6)
All Things Topics – Animals and Birds – All Things Topicshttps://www.allthingstopics.com/animals-and-birds.html#FREE printable ESL teaching and learning resources: animals and birds (yr 5-6)
Reading
Bananas for Lunch | StoryPlacehttps://www.storyplace.org/story/bananas-lunchBananas for Lunch MONKEYS: ONLINE STORY Readers’ favourite (yr 3)
Reading games and stories with Roy the zebrahttps://www.roythezebra.comReading games and guided reading stories made just for your iPads, laptops, and PCs, and Macs, wonderful to use in the classroom. (yr 3-4)
Is it a bird? – Voyager October 2018https://explorer-mag.nationalgeographic.org/voyager_october_2018/is_it_a_birdExplore Wildlife cardinal All birds have wings. All birds have feathers. All birds have beaks. – Read this article about Is it a bird? in Voyager October 2018 (yr 3-4)
English abc animals for kids | Fun factshttp://www.anglomaniacy.pl/animals-facts.htm
Did you know that some whales sing or that camels are born without a hump? Here you will find some amazing facts about your favourite creatures. Learning about animals is great fun!
Gophers 101 | ESL Video (1:47)https://eslvideo.com/quiz.php?id=36346Reading about gophers. Comparative. Choral reading.
Fun Animal Facts for Kids – Crazy, Cool, Funny, Amazing, Interestinghttps://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/animals.htmlCrazy, cool, strange, weird, odd and funny information as well as did you know facts and other interesting animal info
Animal List and Profileshttps://switchzoo.com/animallist.htmThese animals inhabit Switch Zoo – in alphabetical order – Click any name to read the animal’s profile.
A to Z Index of Animals – A-Z Animalshttps://a-z-animals.com/animals/A-Z animal listings organised alphabetically. A-Z Animals, an online animal encyclopedia where you can learn about all your favourite animals, and even some you may have never heard of!
Animalia – all you want to know about animalshttp://animalia.bio/Online Animal Encyclopedia with many curiosities you have never heard of
Species | Protecting Wildlife | World Wildlife Fundhttps://www.worldwildlife.org/speciesWorld Wildlife Fund is committed to endangered species protection. See how we are ensuring that the world our children inherit will be home to the same species.
Animals in English (Plus Animal Body Parts and Sounds) | Clark and Millerhttps://www.clarkandmiller.com/animals-in-english-animal-body-parts-sounds/You’re about to learn the names of 86 animals in English. (yr 5-6)
Animal Kingdom Kids | Britannica Kidshttps://kids.britannica.com/kids/browse/animalsClick on a group to learn about the different types of animals that are related to each other. To find out more about how scientists place animals in groups, read the article called biological classification.
Jeff’s Alpacas | ESL Videohttps://eslvideo.com/quiz.php?id=33780Quiz and activity to practice the simple present tense. (yr 3)
Working at a rescue centre for wild animals | ESL Video (3:48)https://eslvideo.com/quiz.php?id=18545Rescuing wild animals. A video with a listening comprehension quiz (yr 5-6)
Viewing
What did you see: Learn English (IND) with subtitles – Story for Children “BookBox.com” – YouTube (2:37)https://youtu.be/XpqFAX6vRlM
Amma is surprised that Meera has seen no animals at the zoo – not a monkey, or lion, or even a giraffe.
Learn The Value of Friendship | Moral Stories | Learn English (US) with “BookBox” – YouTube (6:24)https://youtu.be/lcwT3sdW960
Four friends: a deer, a tortoise, a crow, and a mouse are worried about the hunter’s traps. The story is read slowly and clearly with captions on the screen.
Keep Wild Animals Wild Chapter 1- AAE 2015 – YouTube (10:50)https://youtu.be/L3UXcaKoSVIIntrocution to Wild Animals from IFAW – International Fund For Animal Welfare
Andy’s Wild Adventures| Show |CBeebies Globalhttp://global.cbeebies.com/shows/andys-wild-adventuresAndy’s Wild Adventures show from CBeebies including several videos and songs
The 25 Most Dangerous Animals In The World – YouTube (2:13)https://youtu.be/FFdtRiOG2jYThe 25 Most Dangerous Animals In The World – Let the students guess what the most dangerous animal is before watching this.
Panchatantra Tales – Mean Friends – Short Stories For Children – Animated Cartoons For Kids – YouTube (12:24)https://youtu.be/8NTpfbcTMUY
Panchatantra tells about five ways that help the human being succeed in life.
Writing
Lesson 8: “This animal has / Does it have?” Animals & Adjectives – Kids English Grammar Cartoon – YouTube (1:54)https://youtu.be/rQuE1jBhGygLearn to describe an animal starting with “This animal has …”
Describing Animals.wmv – YouTube (4:22)https://youtu.be/WQ1riOh0y8MLearn to describe animals. Use the students’ descriptions as a guessing game.
Karl Pilkington The Ultimate Animal HD – YouTube (11:41)https://youtu.be/MVAfMOIyaLYKarl describes his ultimate animal. Let students come up with their own Ultimate Animal and describe it. See also Make and Play below
Animal Picture Writing Prompts.pdf – Google Drivehttps://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8OzuXPLGDlANDQyMzA0YWQtODc2Mi00MDE1LWJlNzYtMmY1NjQwOTI1OWE1/view
A freebie document of Animal Picture Writing Prompts you can download and print.
Nightzoo – THE LITERACY SHEDhttps://www.literacyshed.com/nightzoo.html
​This is the first video in a storytelling series produced by Night Zookeeper. Each video takes children through the process of writing a great story. ​
ESL – English Exercises: Wild Animals 1 – Writinghttps://www.englishexercises.org/exercise.asp?id=1120English teaching exercises: animals Welcome to English Exercises .org. Here you will find thousands of Online Exercises made by English Language teachers from all over the world.
Make and Playhttps://switchzoo.com/make_play.htmSwitch the animals’ heads, legs, and tails to make your own new creatures! Switch Zoo has 142 natural species in nine habitats.
Wild animals interactive word searchhttps://www.eslgamesplus.com/wild-animals-interactive-word-search/
This interactive ESL word search puzzle will help you practice spelling words related to wild animals or zoo animals. Solve this vocabulary word search online using the pictures as clues. Check the…
Games
Animals ESL Games & Activities | Animals ESL Lesson Plan Ideashttps://eslspeaking.org/esl-animal-activities/Check out the top 20 ESL animal activities and games, along with worksheets, lesson plans and other recommendations for teaching English.
More Materials
Wild Animals Activities and Lesson Plans – PreKindershttps://www.prekinders.com/category/themes/wild-animals/Glad you’re here! You’ll find hands-on learning activities, themes, and printables for kids.
International Fund for Animal Welfare | IFAWhttps://www.ifaw.org/united-states/our-work/education/keep-wild-animals-wildFresh thinking and bold action for animals, people and the place we call home.
Final Words
You Are A Human Animal | Mickey Mouse Club – YouTube (1:45)https://youtu.be/t6nekgzaa5IThe only thinking animal who can think, who can reason, who believe? Listen.
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