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Assessment Sheet

An activity to assess what the children have learnt about responsible dog ownership. The completed sheet could be included in portfolios if they are used in your school.

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Dog Cartoon

The message in this cartoon should provide an opportunity for discussion. The children could make their own using knowledge gained from the programme. For example, some behaviours (such as into rubbish, wandering, fouling, chasing people and animals) that may result in a dog being picked up by animal control and impounded.

This cartoon is used with kind permission from one of America’s favourite cartoonists "Dan Reynolds".
Please visit www.reynoldsunwrapped.com 
for more information and examples of his great work.

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Colouring In pages

When you click on this image two colouring in sheets will be available. Use these to discuss the messages and then perhaps a competition for the best colouring in. Children could also design their own and add a suitable message. Contact your local animal control as they may wish to judge the entries and give a prize for the best!

The Cost of Owning a Dog

This information could be used as a research project. Before and After Views would be a suitable activity. Children could list what they think may be cost items for owning a dog over the years then compare their list with this one. They could find out the actual costs by contacting people in the animal industry by letter, email or phone and then collate all this information. The results of their research may be of interest to the parents in the school community.

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What are these dogs doing?

An exercise for children to study and discuss the pictures and then find the words that match.

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Right and Wrong

An opportunity to use these pictures as a class or individual brainstorming session. They could also choose other pictures to discuss.
Right Dog on a leash, owner carrying a plastic bag to pick up dog droppings, owner walking/exercising dog and dog walking to heel (trained).
Wrong  Dogs ripping open rubbish bags, dogs wandering/straying and dogs not wearing collars or registration tags.

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What are the three important messages?

The children or class can unscramble the messages and then discuss and illustrate each one. Leave Stray Dogs Alone, If a dog comes up to you stand like a statue, If you own a dog take good care of it.

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Owning a Dog

A close reading exercise. Find the correct words to complete each sentence. Children may be able to make up some more.

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Poems

When you click on the image, four poems will be available. Creation, From A Lonely Dog, Do I Go Home Today? and Rescued Dog. Lots of opportunities for discussion about dogs and how they are treated. Children can write their own poems.

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Ticks and Crosses

First Column: Child standing still (tick), Child knocked over so lying still with face down (tick), Children ignoring stray dog (tick), Child approaching dog eating (cross).

Second Column: Child running away (cross), Child teasing a dog (cross), Owner walking dog on leash (tick), Child putting her face close to dog’s face (cross).

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Why do some dogs attack or bite?

First you may wish to ask the children to write a list of what they think may cause a dog to attack or bite. They can then unravel the words in this list and then compare with their own. They can also discuss why each reason may cause a dog to bite, rush at or attack a person or another animal.

Answers: Sleeping, eating, tied up, fear, guarding territory, protecting puppies, lost, teasing, injured, hungry, not cared for.

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Caring For Your Dog

Find the words from the list that are relevant to dogs.  A good class discussion exercise.  Each word could form a good basis for word recognition and what each word means and identifying those that are dog related or not.

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Caring For Your Dog

A close reading exercise.  Find the correct words to complete each sentence.  Children may be able to make up some more.

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Word Find

Find the words relevant to dogs in the table.  There are no diagonal words, only vertical or horizontal.  Some overlap.

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Oral and Written Language

Some more ideas for extra activities to follow up and reinforce lessons learned.  Some of these activities will be suitable for homework.  If designing brochures or pamphlets do contact your local animal control to see if they will judge the children’s work and donate a prize!

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Assessment Questions

A good opportunity to test what the children have learnt.  These questions could be given before the subject is taught and again after to assess knowledge gained. For younger children the questions could be asked in a classroom discussion.