While studying animals in science and reading the story "Mr. Putter and Tabby Pour the Tea" by Cynthia Rylant, the second graders had a Pet Show. The children made connections to their pets all across the curriculum. They heard the story of creation in religion class, had a discusseon in health class about why they needed to wash their hands after playing with their pets, located the countries where some pets originated in social studies class, compared their pets to themselves in writing class, and finally designed animal masks in art class.
Parents, grandparents, and family friends brought the children's pets to the enclosed park area of the parish grounds. Children introduced their pets by explaining what kind of pet they had, the pet's name, how they took care of their pets, and then they had their pet perform one trick, if their pet cooperated. Most of the pets brought to the Pet Show were dogs. A few cats joined the menagerie and a sole sugar glider from Australia rounded out the animal showcase. After all the children had shared their pets, they had an opportunity to visit their classmates' pets up close and ask questions while enjoying one another's pets.
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