Animal Adaptations Reading Passages Worksheets Activities Project 3rd 4th Grade

This Animal Adaptations complete unit has reading passages, activities, and vocabulary to teach about physical adaptations, behavioral adaptations, instincts, learned behaviors, and types of camouflage. You’ll be able to differentiate for all students with reading passages with three levels of difficulty.

This unit includes reading passages, hands-on activities, a pacing guide, video links, vocabulary posters, a review guide, exit slips, a unit test, and more!

With Information About:

• Animal Adaptations
• Physical Adaptations
• Behavioral Adaptations
• Hibernation
• Migration
• Types of Camouflage
• Instincts vs. Learned Behaviors
• Endangered and Extinction
• Closeup Animal Studies about Camels, Giraffes, and Dolphins
• Project Koko (Gorilla)

With Lots of Engaging Activities:

• Tri-fold (Brochure) Organizers for INBs
• Comprehension Questions
• Flipbook (5-pages)
• The Great Migration (2 Pages)
• Exit Slips
• Fact Flaps
• Compare & Contrast Animals: Camels, Giraffes, Dolphins
• Video Links shared on YouTube
• Matching Activity for Hibernation
• Matching Activity for Migration
• Vocabulary Posters
• Vocabulary Flip Flaps
• Spotlight on Vocabulary
• Teacher's Pacing Guide
• Review Guide
• Unit Test (and Easel Assessment)
• Answer Keys

Students will meet TWO famous scientists:

• Jane Goodall
• Dian Fossey

Your students will love learning all about animal adaptations with this BEST SELLER, over 5,000 teachers have tested this resource.

There are 4 Main Activities:

Introduce the Unit with the Anticipatory Set with T/F questions to pique students’ interest and build background knowledge.

Vocabulary:

Introduce the vocabulary words with the real-life photo posters. You could post these posters around the classroom and have the students travel around to write the definitions under the flip-flaps in their notebooks. These look fantastic on a bulletin board too!

Reading – Learning Stations:

As a class, read the first few passages that introduce animal adaptations. Then set up a learning station or science center for further learning about related topics. Have students read the passages, answer the questions, and complete the organizer/activity for each concept to reinforce learning.

Hands-on Activities:

There are lots of activities included for partner work, fast-finishers, whole group discussion, homework, or for reviewing at the end of the unit:

• Matching Activities
• Migration Bar Graph Chart
• Hibernate or Migrate Card Game
• Flipbook
• Fact Flaps
• Writing Prompt

THIS UNIT IS PART OF A SCIENCE MEGA BUNDLE

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Part 1: Hook’em with “Fast Facts” Anticipatory Guide. Students predict at the beginning of the unit the answers to guided questions and then check-n-correct their answers after learning the information or end of the unit.

Part 2: Read-n-visualize with high-interest passages all about ecosystems with real-life photographs. Use these passages as a unit overview, study guides, centers (station) activities, group work, or even as notes for their binders or notebooks.

Part 3: Focus on Skills

Fact vs. Opinion

Making Connections

Visualizing

Compare/Contrast

Vocabulary

Supporting Details and Main Idea

Part 4: Vocabulary posters with real-life photographs to use on the document camera, interactive whiteboards, or perfect for bulletin board displays. You can either preserve these for another year or bind them together as a book for your classroom library.

Part 5: Show what you've learned with exit slips, comprehension questions, and engaging activities to evaluate learning. Reflections are perfect for student portfolios and Parent-Teacher Conferences.

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