AUSTRALIAN ANIMALS: PRINT & DIGITAL RESEARCH TEMPLATES: GOOGLE CLASSROOM

⭐58 Boom Cards added: Identifying Australian Animals (pre-research)

✅ Name Identification

✅ Visual Identification

⭐⭐Digital File now included in Google Slides. Link in Pdf.

⭐⭐⭐Separate sheets featuring U.S. Spellings and British English in Flipbook Templates, Rubrics, Checklists, and Vocabulary Flashcards included.

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►► Please note, although not an Australian animal, I've included the kiwi as an interesting subject to be studied as they are also related to emus and cassowaries of Australia, and the extinct moa of New Zealand. If you would not like your students to undertake the study of the kiwi, please omit this section - it's only a page.

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►► This product is included in the mega bundle:

ANIMAL RESEARCH MEGA BUNDLE

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⭐1. PRINT VERSION

Have your students write Information Reports on 24 Australian Animals with this fun collection of flipbook templates. There are 24 editable (text) cover options depending upon what Australian Animal is under study. Templates 2-7 are also editable giving you the flexibility to customise the flipbook to meet your students' needs. Please note that images are not editable and secured in accordance with the clip artists' terms of use.

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These flipbooks scaffold the structural components of an Information Report at each stage of the writing process. This resource can be used as a stand-alone flipbook or in an interactive notebook.

►► What’s Included:

1. 24 EDITABLE cover templates in blackline and colour/color to print. Images not

editable.

2. EDITABLE Flipbook templates (2-7), in blackline and colour/color to print.

3. Self-editing checklist

4. Peer-editing checklist

5. Teacher Marking Rubric x 3 formats

6. 24 Vocabulary Display Cards; Editable file included to type in your own words

7. Writing sheets x 3 styles

►► PARTS OF THE EDITABLE FLIPBOOK : blackline and colour/color

TEMPLATE 1: COVER

24 cover options (images not editable) featuring Australian animals. Students can pick the cover depending on what animal is under study.

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►►The following Australian animals are featured:

Bandicoot, Black Swan, Cockatoo, Dingo, Echidna, Emu, Kangaroo, Kiwi, Koala, Kookaburra, Platypus, Possum, Tasmanian Devil, Wombat, Bilby, Brown Snake, Crocodile, Frilled Neck, Lizard, Green Tree Snake, Quoll, Red Belly Snake, Cassowary, Sugar Glider, Thorny Devil

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TEMPLATE 2: AUSTRALIAN ANIMAL

weight, length, family, and group of Australian animal. Students may also write a brief description.

TEMPLATE 3: HABITAT

location in Australia. A map of Australia is included to mark the location.

TEMPLATE 4: DIET

food the Australian animal eats to survive. There is place for illustration.

TEMPLATE 5: LIFE CYCLE

the breeding seasons and habits.

TEMPLATE 6: BEHAVIOUR/BEHAVIOR

the physical and behavioural/behavioral adaptations that enable the Australian animal to survive in its environment.

TEMPLATE 7: INTERESTING FACTS

any other amazing facts that would sum up the Information Report.

As these templates are editable, you can change content to suit your students' needs.

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►► How to assemble:

You can choose either of the three options.

→ Print out the templates in blackline. Cut each template on the horizontal line and assemble from smallest template to largest template. Have students colour/color in cover page. Staple at top tab for flipbook or glue descending order in notebook.

→ Print out the templates on cardstock (different colours/colors). Cut each template on the horizontal line and assemble. Attach at top.

→ Print out the color/colour templates and assemble.

►► Suggested use:

Have students collect information in their flipbook on the Australian animal under study. This could also serve as their draft where they could use the self-editing and peer-editing checklists to edit. Finally, have students publish on given writing sheets or type out content from draft observing corrections. The sections pertaining to habitat, diet, life-cycle, and behaviour/behavior can make-up the Body of the Report and 1-2 interesting facts to conclude the Information Report.

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►► PREPARATION - one cut on the bottom horizontal line for each template

→ For grades 2-3, bundle up to 6 sheets together after sorting, align them perfectly and cut on the bottom horizontal line.

→ For grades 4-6, students are old enough to cut and compile flipbooks on their own. I have my students compile all sections of the flipbook prior to research and writing.

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These Australian animal flipbooks are sure to make an interesting bulletin board display. Wish you and your students a successful academic year.

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⭐2. DIGITAL VERSION

Students will document information in fun flipbook-style templates in google slides ( a free app in the google drive suite). Students have the option to digitally submit the completed flipbook report for feedback and grading. Student checklists and marking rubrics included. The templates may also be printed after students have entered their information on the blackline templates to colour/color and display on the bulletin board. The colour/color templates may be submitted digitally.

►► ITEMS INCLUDED

✅ 24 black and white and colour/color cover templates in google slides – students choose any one depending upon the Australian animal under study

✅ 6 black and white and colour/color templates scaffolding research and titled: Australian Animal, Habitat, Diet, Life Cycle, Behaviour/Behavior and Interesting Facts

✅ Student self-editing checklist in google slides

✅ Peer-editing checklist in google slides

✅ Teacher Marking Rubric (3 options) in google slides

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⭐3. BOOM DIGITAL CARDS: IDENTIFYING 39 AUSTRALIAN ANIMALS

This activity will be useful to familiarize students with the names and visuals of Australian Animals prior to conducting research for an animal report.

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⭐RELATED RESOURCE

✅ PLATYPUS AUSTRALIAN ANIMAL LIFE CYCLE

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