ANIMAL REPORTS FOR KINDERGARTEN & FIRST GRADE
We love reading and writing about animals!
These units are the perfect way to introduce informational, nonfiction writing.
My students are so engaged with the real life photographs and animals.
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Every animal is setup the exact same way, and this will save you so much time explaining expectations and directions.
I include everything your students will need, from start to finish, to create their animal report and craft.
These units all started with Unit 6 in my primary writing series.
I had so many requests to cover more animals, so this animal reports series was born!
You can watch a video of how I implement these activities below.
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“Perfect amount of information and content for this age group!”
“I love that this resource has everything I need for my kinders to use when they research the animals in this unit. The pictures printed out amazing, they look so real.”
“My kids love these units!”
“Amazing resource to support nonfiction writing.”
HOW DO WE LEARN, READ AND WRITE ABOUT EACH ANIMAL?
Each unit comes with everything you need to teach your students about five animals. The setup is exactly the same!
We start with the reading passages. We focus on the words are, can, have, eat, live and like for each animal.
I read the passage first, then we choral read it altogether and finally I have students whisper read it by themselves or with a buddy. This builds fluency, confidence and comprehension.
Now that we have learned about each animal, next we move on to taking notes.
Materials are setup in a way that students can take notes directly from the reading passages.
They then can turn these notes into complete sentences using the blank writing paper for each animal or they can complete the sentence starter provided.
Differentiated printables make scaffolding a breeze.
ALL ABOUT ANIMAL BOOKS
We make adorable mini books for each animal. Students can write a sentence and draw a picture on each page. They love sharing what they have learned with their friends and family.
DISPLAYING WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED
Children love to show off what we have learned! We make writing craftivities that make adorable bulletin board displays.
ANIMAL REPORTS - 9 COMPLETE UNITS
These animal reports make the perfect year-round literacy center, or use them individually to teach students about the animals you’re studying.
Click each unit below to learn more about the animals included. Be sure to click the product preview.
SAVE WITH THE BUNDLE!
“I absolutely love these!!! I can not thank you enough for all your hard work. Please make more with plants or other nonfiction.”
“Finding 1st grade friendly text for students to use as a resource for their research is not an easy task, this product was a perfect fit for that task! The accomplishment that came from the independence that these materials fostered was a beautiful thing.”
“I teach middle school, but I'm homeschooling my son. From a homeschool perspective, this is an awesome resource because it provides so much material at the kindergarten level. From a teacher perspective, it has everything I need, including differentiated resources.
Thank you for providing such thorough and useful activities!”
