Call for all pictures that belong to the mammal group. Put these together as a chapter in the book. Put all the bird pictures together as a different chapter. Continue until you have collected pictures for each animal group. After discussing the classifications of animals put pictures or plastic animals into like categories.
Students name the category.
After putting the pictures into like categories, put one that does not belong with that category and have the children tell why it does not belong. Children decide which animal does not belong with that group and why. One child or a group of children secretly select a picture of any animal. They then give non verbal clues to get the class to identify the animal. One child or a group of children secretly select a picture of any animal.