Are you teaching your students all about birds? This nonfiction unit includes guided reading lessons to learn about the characteristics of birds. There is an All About Birds printable mini booklet included plus anchor charts and activities to guide your instruction. In addition, there are 4 fictional stories about birds that you can integrate to teach point of view and the who is speaking standard. Also, there are research reports and crafts for 5 different kinds of birds.
$12.00
• Bird Schema
• Printable All About Birds mini book, copy two per page (11 pages)
• Dig Deeper
• Label a Fish
• Birds have…
• Bird Sort
• 9 full-page posters of bird characteristics
• Informative bird web and write
• Birds can, have, are
• How to take care of my pet bird prewriting and writing
• If I saw a peacock narrative prewriting and writing
Anchor Posters:
• Point of view
• Research
• 1st Person
• 3rd Person
• Narrator
Fine Feathered Friends by Tish Rade
• Match the Bird Anchor Chart
• Point of View Chart
• Characteristics of a Bird Anchor Chart
• Fill in the Blank
• Digging for Details
There’s A Bird on My Head by Mo Willems
• Point of View Chart
• Who is Speaking? Anchor Chart
• Character Analysis
• Who is Speaking? Worksheet
• Features of Fiction
The Best Nest by P.D. Eastman
• Point of View Chart
• Who is Speaking? Anchor Chart
• Who is Speaking? Worksheet
• Sequencing
• Character Analysis
Are you my Mother? By P.D. Eastman
• Point of View Chart
• Who is Speaking? Anchor Chart
• Who is Speaking? Worksheet
• Sequencing
• Character Analysis
Word Work:
• Alphabetizing
• Word Search
• Syllables
• Fill in the blank
Research Projects:
• Flamingos
• Peacocks
• Parrots
• Penguins
• Ostriches
• Toucans
Each report includes the following: cover page, habitat, group, food, babies, label, fun facts, photos, and table of contents page
Crafts:
Ostrich, Flamingo, Peacock, Parrot, Penguin, Toucan
Watercolor bird in a birdnest
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This is also part of a weekly series and included in my MEGA guided reading bundle filled with activities for 40 weeks of fun! Read more about my Guided Reading with a Purpose curriculum
©Megan Mitchell