The Sparrow

For 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.

Young scholars read 'Will Little Sparrow Fly?' to fill out grammar and spelling worksheets. In this grammar lesson, 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.

Looking to introduce some text-based questions into your ELA lessons? Practice the kinds of skills the Common Core demands with the seven text-based questions and the essay prompt provided here. Designed to be a three-day lesson, day one...

In this types of birds worksheet, 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 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 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.