Animal Classification: Birds - Science and Writing Unit

Animal Classification: Birds

Learn all about birds with this animal classification science and writing unit. Study the qualities of birds and learn about 17 different animals that are birds. There are tons of great writing projects, printables and fact pages included.

Science:

• KWL Chart
• Bird Fact Cards: Qualities, habitats, physical features, diet, and life cycle
• Science Readers: 2 color and 2 B&W foldable books
• 17 Animal Fact Cards: Chicken, duck, eagle, emu, flamingo, gull, hawk, kiwi, owl, parrot, peafowl, pelican, penguin, quail, toucan, turkey and woodpecker.
• Mini Fact Cards: Smaller versions of fact cards for each animal.
• Animal Journal: 2 versions for differentiated instruction. Bird info pages and then a page for each animal.
• Animal Fact Books: There are 17 foldable books for students to fill out about each animal.
• Flip Book: Create a flip book about birds.
• Bird Sort: Color and B&W bird picture sort.

Writing:

• Lesson 1: Word Wall - Picture cards and a printable activity.
• Lesson 2: Vocabulary Words - 8 vocabulary cards and 4 printable activities.
• Lesson 3: Informative Writing - Use the sentence starters and graphic organizer to create an informative writing piece about birds.
• Lesson 4: Bird Research - can/have/are, fact writing and 2 bird books.
• Lesson 5: Narrative Writing - New Bird! Create a new bird and draw and write about it.
• Lesson 6: Opinion Writing - Choose from 6 opinion writing card prompts to write about.
• Lesson 7: Persuasive Writing - Which bird is the best? Use the sentence starters and graphic organizer to persuade readers.
• Rubrics & Checklists: To evaluate student writing