Topic: Non-Fiction

  • The Signs of Spring Activity Pack

    The Signs of Spring Activity Pack

    Welcome Spring with this creative and fun activity pack! There are informational articles and activities all about everything Spring! These articles and activities are great hands-on activities for centers too!

    This activity pack has kid-friendly informational articles with comprehension questions, real-life photos, and scenes for students to color and connect to the topic. Students will learn all about Spring with articles about:
    ✔ Spring Equinox
    ✔ Buds and Blooms
    ✔ All About Robins
    ✔ Daffodils
    ✔ Tulips
    ✔ April Showers Brings May Flowers
    ✔ Cycle of Life
    ✔ Spring Fever
    ✔ Spring Cleaning

    This unit includes many interactive activities and learning opportunities for students including:
    ✔ Mystery Board
    ✔ Organizer/Poster Activity
    ✔ Scavenger Hunt
    ✔ Venn Diagram to compare Tulips to Daffodils
    ✔ Cycle of Life Diagrams for a chicken and a lamb
    ✔ Cut out pop-up Flowers
    ✔ Writing Prompts (2)
    ✔ Vocabulary Posters
    ✔ Vocabulary Flip Flaps
    PLUS…
    ✔ 6 Page Flip-up Book
    ✔ For Elementary Grades

    There are 3 main Spring-tastic Activities:
    Vocabulary:
    Introduce the vocabulary words with the real-life photo posters included relating to each section. You could post these posters around the classroom and have students travel around to match up and define the words in their flip flaps or use as a center activity. These posters are excellent for a bulletin board display too.

    Reading:
    Next, have students read the informational articles all about Spring. Have students complete the comprehension and connection questions, mystery flaps, organizer, and other activities. Go for a walk and complete the Spring Scavenger Hunt. Students could work with a partner, in small groups, or even as a center/station activity to read and complete the activities.

    Hands-on Activities:
    Have students complete the Flip-Up Booklet. Students can build the flip-up book page by page. I usually have them do one page at each center or station. They can use the articles as a reference source to help them complete the pages of the flip-up. Lastly, they cut, color, and assemble the booklet. Flip-up books can be glued or stapled inside their interactive notebooks, file folder, or a 12×18 piece of construction paper folded like a book cover.

  • Grasshoppers: A Non-Fiction and Literacy Unit

    Grasshoppers: A Non-Fiction and Literacy Unit

    Grasshoppers are the great musicians of the insect world. In honor of grasshoppers everywhere, this fun and an educational product have been created just for your class full of budding scientists.

    This product includes everything and more to learn all about these incredible insects. There are three Informational articles:
    1. Incredible Insects
    2. Amazing Arthropods
    3. Hidden Musicians (all about grasshoppers)

    Then students create and complete a flip up book which includes diet, habitat, body parts, life cycle, three facts, and cute clip art. All the information needed to complete this beautifully artistic flip up book is included in the articles.

    Plus there’s, even more, insect and grasshopper activities for students to work on in science centers or individually including:
    ✔ One page “Amazing Insects” Poster Page
    ✔ Grasshopper Organizer
    ✔ Vocabulary Flip Flap book
    ✔ Vocabulary Activities:

    Vocabulary words include:
    ✔ Arthropods
    ✔ Invertebrates
    ✔ Exoskeleton
    ✔ Metamorphosis
    ✔ Nymphs
    ✔ Molt

    ✔ Life Cycle Diagram for a Grasshopper
    ✔ From a Grasshopper’s Perspective Writing Activity
    ✔ Directions, templates, organizers, and photos of student samples of a completed book are enclosed.
    ✔ For Elementary Grades – Second grade, Third grade, Fourth grade
    ✔ Great for Core Knowledge

  • Give A Hoot for Owls: A Non-Fiction Activity Pack

    Give A Hoot for Owls: A Non-Fiction Activity Pack

    Students will love learning all about owls including Barn Owls and Snowy Owls with this creative and interactive pack!

    Owls are amazing birds! Did you know that owls are one of the oldest species in existence? Fossils of owls have been found dating back over 60 million years ago. People in countries from all over the world have always had a fascination with owls. Many cultures have made up stories or myths about owls for thousands of years.

    In this activity pack, students will learn all about Barn Owls, Snowy Owls, Life Cycle of an Owl, body parts, and how owls help humans.

    This unit includes many interactive activities and learning opportunities for students including:
    ✔ Informational articles
    ✔ Mini-booklet all about owls
    ✔ Compare/Contrast Activity
    ✔ Life cycle of a barn owl
    ✔ A Life Cycle Chart
    ✔ Color the Owls with True Facts
    ✔ Create an Owl Mini-booklet
    ✔ Owl Organizer
    ✔ Vocabulary Posters
    ✔ Spotlight on Vocabulary
    ✔ Owl Writing Project
    ✔ Great for the Fall Season
    ✔ Common Core Aligned

    Students will meet two owl characters:
    ✔ Meet Hoot (a barn owl)
    ✔ Meet Snowy (a snowy owl)

    There are three main activities in this pack:
    Vocabulary:
    Introduce the eight vocabulary words with the real-life photo posters included. You could post these posters around the classroom and have students travel around to match up and define the words in their flip flaps or use as a center activity. These posters are excellent for a bulletin board display too!

    Reading:
    Next, have students read the informational articles all about owls, the life cycle of an owl, body parts, and more. Read the character studies where they will Meet Hoot, a barn owl and Meet Snowy, a snowy owl. The informational articles are written in the form of a mini-booklet with questions and scenes for students to connect, color, and assemble. Pages can be stapled at the top to make a full-sized booklet or be cut in half to create a half-page mini-book. See product pictures for ideas.

    Activities:
    Have students complete the Barn Owl Mini-booklet, organizer, and writing activity to complete their study on owls. These make excellent activities to do independently at centers. They can use the articles as a reference source to help them complete the pages of the Mini-booklet. Lastly, they cut, color, and assemble the Mini-booklet. Mini-booklets can be glued or stapled inside their interactive notebooks, file folder, or a 12 x 18 piece of construction paper folded like a book cover. Students could then decorate the cover of the booklet. Hoot! Hoot!

  • Waddle This Way to Learn All About Penguins Activity Pack

    Waddle This Way to Learn All About Penguins Activity Pack

    This interactive and creative unit all about penguins will keep your students highly engaged with kid-friendly articles, vocabulary posters, and hands-on activities.

    Penguins are birds that can’t fly with a funny waddle! Waddle this way as we take a closer look at penguins! This pack includes everything you need to teach, investigate, and learn all about penguins with a close up look at Emperor Penguins.

    This activity pack includes:
    ✔ Anticipatory Set with True/False Questions
    ✔ Reading passages all about Penguins (6)
    ✔ Meet Willy Waddle, a Rockhopper Penguin
    ✔ Meet Wendy Waddle, an Emperor Penguin
    ✔ Life Cycle of a Penguin
    ✔ Body Parts of a Penguin
    ✔ Comprehension Questions
    ✔ Cloze Passages
    ✔ Focus on Adaptations Activity
    ✔ Polar Region Habitat Activity
    ✔ Penguins Vocabulary Posters–with real-life photos
    ✔ Vocabulary Flip Flaps–great for interactive notebooks
    ✔ FlipBook (6 pages)

    This Penguins Unit has Three Main Activities:
    There are 3 main activities:

    Vocabulary:
    Introduce the 12 vocabulary words with the real-life photo posters included. You could post these posters around the classroom and have students travel around to match up and define the words in their flip flaps or use as a center activity. These posters are excellent for a bulletin board display too.

    Informational Articles & Comprehension Activities:
    Have students read the informational articles all about penguins with a special look at emperor penguins. There are two case studies where students will meet Willy Waddle and Wanda Waddle to learn more about Rockhopper and Emperor Penguins. Then complete the comprehension and connection activities. There are also lots of hands on activities to learn about the body parts of a penguin and life cycle of penguins.

    Penguin Activities:
    Have students complete the 6-page Penguins Flip Booklet. I usually have them do one page at each center or station. They can use the articles as a reference source to help them complete the pages of the booklet. Lastly, they cut, color, and assemble the booklet. The Penguins Flip-Up Booklet can be glued or stapled inside their interactive notebooks, file folder, or a 12×18 piece of construction paper folded like a book cover.