Students will build empathy by listening to classmates describe animals, their needs, and the joy they bring before beginning the clay pet design project.

Students will use pet pictures, need-and-joy icons, and peer ideas to define a shared design challenge about showing families how animals need care and bring joy.

Students will play with animal images, sensory materials, and picture symbols to generate many ideas, then select and revise a visual plan for a clay pet that helps families understand its features, needs, habitat, care, and connection to joy.

Students will practice simple clay-building techniques and create an initial pet model connected to visual evidence about the animal’s features, habitat, and needs.

Students will test clay pet drafts and picture-based care cards with classmates, use oral feedback to make one meaningful revision, and retest whether their work clearly communicates the animal’s needs, habitat, care, and source of joy.

Students will use oral and picture-based feedback from two peers to improve how their clay pet, habitat picture, or care card communicates the animal’s needs, care, and joy.

Students will reflect on their animal learning, share pet-care information with peers, and prepare their painted clay pets for the family art show.