All About Reptiles Nonfiction Unit
This is the perfect bundle of goodies to teach your primary students all about reptiles. It is over a week’s worth of materials that are sure to engage your little learners and make them reptile experts. There are two printable mini books included – one is all about reptiles and their characteristics and the other is about comparing crocodiles to alligators. There are 4 research projects for snakes, turtles, chameleons, and crocodiles. I use this packet to integrate reading as well as research towards the end of our first grade year. There are also 4 crafts and lesson plans for you to look over on how you can use everything. As a bonus, I have added some fiction activities for “The Extraordinary Egg” and “A Color of His Own.” I love to integrate fiction and non-fiction on the same topic.
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Included in this All About Reptiles Unit:
Reptile books used:
- All about Reptiles (provided)
- Crocodile vs. Alligators (provided)
- Reptiles and Amphibians by Simon Mugford
- True or False Reptiles by Melvin Berger
- Miles and Miles of Reptiles by Tish Rabe
Colorful Posters
- Research
- KWL
- Schema, New Learning
All About Reptiles mini book (11 pages) Copy 2 per page
- Dig Deeper
- Label the reptile parts
- Design a reptile
- Reptile Sort
- Colorful reptile characteristic cards (6)
Miles and Miles of Reptiles by Berger
- Colorful trait cards (3 pages)
- Asking Questions
- Fact and Details (2 pages)
- Fill in the Blank (2 pages)
True or False Reptiles by Berger
- Author’s Purpose
- Check for Understanding
- True or False
Reptiles & Amphibians by Simon Mugford
- Questions
- Digging for Details (3 pages)
Alligators & Crocodiles Provided
- Mini book (13 pages) copy 2 per page
- Similarities & Differences (5 pages)
- Venn Diagram
- Word Sort
- Anchor Chart to complete with the class (7 pages)
Writing Activities
- Similarities & Differences between Alligators and Crocodiles pre-writing and writing
- Informative Web and Writing All about Reptiles
- All about Reptiles Can, Have, Are Chart
- How to Take Care of My Pet Reptile pre-writing and writing
- If I saw a Snake pre-writing and writing
- Reptile fill in the blank
Word Work Activities
- Alphabetize
- Word Search
- Syllables
Bonus Activity Stories
All About Rattlesnakes by Arnosky
- Anticipation Guide
- Web
- Writing
All About Turtles by Arnosky
- Anticipation Guide
- Web
- Writing
A Color of His Own
- Text to Self
- Message
- Character Analysis
- Beginning, Middle, & End
- Questioning
An Extraordinary Egg
- Features of Fiction
- Author’s Purpose
- Character Analysis
- Recall
- Predicting
- Sequencing
Research Reports: 6 pages group, habitat, babies, food, label and fun facts
- Snakes
- Turtles
- Chameleons
- Crocodiles
Crafts:
- snake craft
- crocodile craft
- chameleon craft
- turtle craft
If you like this product, you may also like the following:
All About Birds
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
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