The Sparrow

In this color word worksheet, 2nd graders look at clip art pictures of 5 birds at the top of the page before answering questions about the colors of each bird. They look at a blue jay, a penguin, an eagle, a sparrow, and a robin.

Students read 'Will Little Sparrow Fly?' to fill out grammar and spelling worksheets. In this grammar activity, students cut out sentence strips and place them in order as they happened in the story.

Students participate in a simulated bird migration from a refuge to the Pacific Northwest. Working in groups representing sparrow and brants, they choose cards which tell them where to move next. They research fall and spring migrations.

Fourth graders and teacher read the poem, "My Sparrow Gran" and discuss what or whom the poem is about. They listen again to the story with their eyes closed to visualize Gran and discuss her appearance and what sort of person she is.

Thirteen short-answer questions follow a brief food web activity in a formative assessment designed to test knowledge of ecosystems and the energy that flows through them.

Students visit a local wetland and record observations of waterfowl on downloadable worksheets. They compile class data and list similarities and differences among species of birds observed.

For this student-made birds word search worksheet, students locate forty-five bird names hidden in a puzzle. They finds words such as buzzard, mockingbird, pelican, sparrow, thrush, and woodpecker.

In this types of birds activity, students find and circle/highlight six different types of birds (robin, cardinal, woodpecker, wren, duck and sparrow) in a word search puzzle.

Students research the life cycle and habitat of the American kestrel, which is also known as a sparrow hawk or falcon. They realize the importance of birds of prey in the food chain. Afterward, they use a draw and erase technique to...

In this birds of prey word search worksheet, students search for the names of 19 birds of prey that are hidden in the puzzle. They search for words such as kielder, osprey, sparrow hawk, and vulture.