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Have fun with figurative language! These resources help students identify, interpret, and create similes, metaphors, idioms, hyperbole, alliteration, and onomatopoeia.

Explore flexible, ready-to-use K-12 resources that build reading, writing, critical thinking, and communication skills through engaging, animal-centered lessons.

Better Writing, Bigger Hearts, and Boosted Engagement. (Not so fun) Fact: Student engagement is at an all-time low. Across the …

These kindness-powered resources are packed with high-interest, animal-themed texts your students will actually want to read! This collection helps learners build essential reading skills while also nurturing empathy, curiosity, and compassion. 

Transform your classroom with TeachKind’s Animal Detectives Day Room Transformation Kit. Spark students’ curiosity as they solve clues to rescue a mystery animal!

These trauma-informed practices can help teachers provide their students with support as they navigate troubling events such as instances of animal abuse.

TeachKind worked with a Virginia school to create humane materials for its curriculum. Integrating compassion for animals is easy!

How kind is your classroom? Check out the essentials that every teacher needs.