Curated OER
Nesting Bird
Your class will love this lesson! Learners discuss the birds they have seen in their region and create a collage. The collage contains a picture of a tree, a bird, and the bird's nest. As an extension, they can learn about the specific...
Read Works
A Busy Bird
Kindergartners read a short passage and answer questions based on what they read. The question set involves circling pictures, writing words, and drawing pictures.
Curated OER
For The Birds
Students observe birds building their nests. In this habitat instructional activity, students develop a Best Building Supply Bag and record how the birds build their nests. Students keep a Field Journal.
Curated OER
What Do You Know About the Birds Around You?
Students compare and contrast various species of birds. After participating in a brief discussion of the characteristics of birds, they view birds in their natural habitat and in pictures with a focus on the similarities and differences...
Baylor College
A Place to Be
Home sweet home. Humans, birds, beavers, ants, we all need a place place to rest and keep us safe. In the ninth lesson plan of this series, the importance of shelter is discussed as the teacher reads aloud the book Tillena Lou's Day in...
Classroom Kit
Homes
Where do birds? What about frogs? Learn about animal habitats with a series of worksheets. Each page is divided into quarters and shows an animal, a sentence about where the animal lives, and a blank space to draw their homes.
Curated OER
Watch the Birdie
Students complete a six-week unit on North American birds. They conduct research, develop fact sheets, create labeled bird drawings, write a dictionary of bird vocabulary words, create a Concentration game, and observe birds in their...
Curated OER
Nothing but Nests
Learners examine both the upper and lower case letter "N,n." They practice making the "n" sound, writing the letter, and recognizing it in words. After a teacher book talk, they listen to Christine Young's, "Nests," and make the "boat...
Polar Trec
Swan Savvy
Just like so many other birds, swans migrate during the cold winter months. Your class can gain a better understanding of migration and bird life as they act out some of the activities common to the tundra swan. They make a nest, sit on...
Curated OER
Thidwick's Animal Friends
In this Dr. Seuss worksheet, students draw a line to match five animals with their homes. All animals are characters in the book Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose, by Dr. Seuss.
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Full Dolch Word List
Sight words are listed based on how frequently they are used. There are 250 words on the list. This would be a good, general resource for a teachers of grades 1 - 3. It is useful to know what words your class should know, and how well...
Desert Discoveries
Who Depends on the Saguaro?
Young scientists design a picture of a saguaro cactus that shows the cactus and some of the animals and plants that interact with it. There are many of these special relationships between plants and animals of the Sonoran Desert. Your...
National Wildlife Federation
What's Your Habitat?
How are third graders like rabbits? They both live in habitats and require food, water, and shelter to survive! An educational science instructional activity encourages your learners to think about their own habitats and survival needs,...
Curated OER
Hatched From An Egg
Students discover how animals are born/hatched. In this life science lesson, students listen to a book entitled Chickens Aren't The Only Ones, and discuss animals that are hatched or born. Students receive a picture of an animal, they...
Curated OER
Signs of the Seasons
Learners closely observe the natural world, record data, and notice patterns as the seasons unfold, they build a deeper understanding of seasonal change! The definition of phonology is the focus of this activity and how it changes...