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Naming Common Animals

Identify and name common animals from major groups: fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals

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What a learner can do afterwards

  • Name at least two animals from each group: fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals
  • Sort a set of animal pictures into the five groups
  • Explain one feature of each group (e.g. 'birds have feathers', 'fish have gills')

The lesson

Animals belong to five big groups. The groups are fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. Each group has its own special features.

GoldfishFrogTurtleRobinDog
Fish, amphibian, reptile, bird, and mammal, in order.
Try it together

Leo sees a goldfish. It has gills and swims in water. It is a fish.

Good to know

Look for clues. Feathers mean bird. Fur means mammal. Gills mean fish.

Every animal fits one group, and each group has its own clue.

Watch it

Where it sits

Where this leads

Jobs that lean on this skill. Follow one to see everything it is built on.

Then practise

8 questions wait behind this lesson, each with its answer explained. Every answer feeds the sky: stars light as they are learned, and dim when it is time to come back.

Naming Common Animals · Science, ages 5 to 6 · LightMySky