Spring Unit for Kindergarten - Plant Life Cycle - Weather - Lion or Lamb Craft

We are having so much fun learning all about spring! This unit is perfect for kindergarten and first grade. These lessons are a great way to incorporate science and social studies into your reading and language arts lessons. Four themes are included: signs of spring, spring weather (lion or a lamb), the plant life cycle, what plants need to grow and all about baby animals.

What is included in this unit?

• Please see the product preview for pictures and descriptions of all the included activities.
• This unit has over 100 pages of instructional material including a slideshow, vocabulary posters, hands-on activities, printable worksheets, spring themed centers and so much more!
• We learn about four different spring themes.
• I teach one theme each week around a picture book (optional.)
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--- THEME 1: WELCOMING SPRING ---

BUT IF YOU WAIT.... POCKET/POUCH CARDS

• Students must put the cause/effect cards in order.
• For example, "The trees are bare. But if you wait.... spring will bring new leaves."
• Students can help you put all the sentences together that make sense and describe what spring will bring.
• Last, they can complete a coordinating cut and paste activity.

SPRING SENTENCES

• Spring pictures give students a clue about what to write.
• Two differentiated versions are included: four pages total.
• One version students think of their own sentence to match the picture and one version students trace the given sentence.

SPRING ACTIVITIES

• Spring and my senses graphic organizer, activities in every season and "When Spring Comes..." writing prompt.
  

--- THEME 2: LION OR LAMB plus WEATHER ---

WEATHER GRAPHING

• Adorable pocket/pouch chart words and lion/lamb cards are included.
• Each day students can put up a new card to represent what the spring weather is like.
• Then, they can color a bar on their coordinating graph.
• All three months: March, April and May are included.

LION OR LAMB MINI BOOK

• Adorable sentences give examples of how spring can have lion weather and lamb weather.

PICTURE CARDS / GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS

• These cards display examples of how spring can be like a lion and how it can be like a lamb.
• Coordinating graphic organizers and writing prompt papers are included for students to take notes and write.

LION AND LAMB POETRY

• These poems come in both color and black and white.

CRAFTS AND BULLETIN BOARD DISPLAYS

• Students can choose which weather they like more and create that animal (either a lion if they like stormy weather or a lamb if they like calm, sunny weather.)
• Copy the cut-outs on color paper or they can color it themselves.
• They assemble their animals and then you can display their writing and animal craft. These turn out so cute!

--- THEME 3: BABY ANIMALS ---

BABY ANIMAL SLIDESHOW

• Using real-life pictures, this PDF slideshow introduces students to names for baby animals.

COORDINATING BABY ANIMAL MINI BOOK AND ACTIVITIES

• An adorable mini book coordinates with the slideshow perfectly.
• Students color the pictures and trace the baby animal name.
• Baby animal reading and math activities include a color by sight word, count and graph, measure and record, sort and categorize, cut/match/paste and name that baby animal with a picture word bank.

BABY ANIMAL COMPREHENSION PASSAGES

• Three different passages come in both color and black and white.
• They have predictable sentences and pictures to help with fluency and comprehension.
• Students answer two comprehension questions on each activity page.

BABY ANIMAL MATCHING CARDS

• Two versions are included and these are perfect for charts or centers.
• Use for whole group activities or small groups.

--- THEME 4: LIFE CYCLE OF PLANTS ---

LIFE CYCLE OF A PLANT

• Vocabulary charts (color and BW)
• Plant life cycle flip book
• Color and BW diagram with arrows (students draw and color the BW version)
• Students put 8 adorable picture cards in order with the steps of a plant life cycle

LABEL THE PLANT

• Three differentiated versions included, plus color and BW options for students to cut out, match and glue the words on to the correct parts of the plant.

WHAT DO PLANTS NEED?

• Flip book activity and chart cards to show that plants need sunlight, water, soil and space to grow.

PLANTS AND PEOPLE

• Students can choose their favorite five plants to eat and make a list.
• A picture word bank is included, but students can write any five they choose. Also included is a chart and graphic organizer so we can discuss the similarities and differences between what people need and what plants need.

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THIS UNIT IS PART OF A MONTHLY ENRICHMENT SERIES!

I love using theme based units to incorporate reading, writing, math, science and social studies into our primary day.

• UNIT 1 SEPTEMBER - APPLES
• UNIT 2 OCTOBER - PUMPKINS
• UNIT 3 NOVEMBER - FALL
• UNIT 4 DECEMBER - CHRISTMAS IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES
• UNIT 5 JANUARY - WINTER
• UNIT 6 FEBRUARY - FRIENDSHIP
• UNIT 7 MARCH - SPRING this unit!
• UNIT 8 APRIL - EARTH
• UNIT 9 MAY - ME AND MY COMMUNITY

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