Students love learning about animals, so why not make learning engaging and meaningful? I created 5 different animal passages for each animal group. Each passage contains 5 pages of resources. Below is a list of all of the animals covered in this resource. You can see that along with 4 specific animals, I also created a passage about the animal group. This will help students learn the characteristics of the animals in this group before learning about each specific animal.
Below are the pages included in the unit on Sloths.
I included a full-size color image. You can project this on the board for the students to see, laminate it and place it in a center, or use it to create a bulletin board.
Each animal has it’s own reading passage. Students are encouraged to interact with the text by underlining answers using different colors. A small image of the animal is included on this page for students to reference throughout the unit.
On this page, students write a summary of what they read, write an interesting fact they learned, and draw 2 different pictures illustrating a fact from the text. Each picture is accompanied by a caption.
This graphic organizer helps students organize information they learned on sloths. It’s perfect for using as a prewriting activity if students are to write animal research reports.
Each reading passage also has a comprehension page where the students answer 5 multiple choice and 2 short answer questions.
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From feedback I’ve received from this product, teachers have told me they are using these in centers, research reports, and as homework. It’s also a great way of integrating science with reading!
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