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4th Grade

raisins
MathGrades 3-5

Make Math Fun (and Tasty!) With Vegan Food Manipulatives

Your students can snack their way through learning math the animal-friendly way.

Book cover with child surrounded by animals
Social StudiesGrades 3-5

Give Students the Key With ‘Unlocking the Animal World’

Here are a just a few things that make the book Unlocking the Animal World and our accompanying materials essential …

Carly the Cow and Ellie the Elephant at schools teaching students empathy for animals and humans
Social StudiesGrades 3-5

Carly the Cow & Ellie the Elephant

TeachKind wants you to invite this cow and elephant to your school!

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Plush Ratty
Grades PreK-2

Rethinking the Classroom ‘Pet’: Meet Ratty!

Discover humane alternatives to classroom pets with Ratty, a stuffed classroom companion that helps students build empathy, kindness, and responsibility—without using live animals.

Cute white rat
© iStock.com/Pijus Ash
English Language ArtsGrades PreK-2

“Sheldon Hears a Squeak”: Encouraging Compassion for All (Reader’s Theater)

“Sheldon Hears a Squeak” helps children explore what it means to see things from the point of view of even the smallest animals, and this can lead to more compassion for all living beings.

English Language ArtsGrades 6-8

Analyze Some of PETA’s Most Powerful Ads With Our President

While studying rhetoric and persuasive writing, students can learn from these eye-catching ad campaigns.

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