Observe and classify animals based on their external features with a Sorting Animals Worksheet Pack.
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Make animal classification simple and hands-on with this print-and-go Sorting Animals Worksheet Pack for Foundation and Year 1 students. The cut-and-paste worksheets in this Sorting Animals Worksheet Pack are designed for young learners to practise identifying external animal features as they sort animals into groups based on what they notice.
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This Sorting Animals Activity Pack includes 8 engaging cut-and-paste worksheets, each featuring 12 animal images for students to cut and sort into four external feature-based categories. Across the set, students will experience a wide variety of animal features, such as:
- fins, tails, wings, and scales
- beaks, antennae, trunks, and whiskers
- hooves, claws, sharp teeth, and horns
- fur, feathers, shells, antlers, and spots or stripes
Download Your External Features of Animals Worksheets
Our External Features of Animals Worksheets are designed to save you time. Simply print, copy, and use!
This resource is available in both PDF and editable Google Slides format. To get your copy, click the dropdown arrow on the download button and choose your preferred file type.
This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher and Teach Starter Collaborator.
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