Nonfiction & Animal Science Units Bundle - Reading & Writing Activities - Spring

Teach non-fiction, animal, and science topics ALL YEAR with this massive bundle of 17 Non-Fiction & Animal Science Units. Make learning about animals, seasons, and other non-fiction topics fun with these engaging non-fiction ELA and science mini-lessons and activities.

This resource will help your first grade, second grade, or third grade students build writing skills, understand informational text and build reading comprehension, and learn interesting facts about important non-fiction themes and concepts all year long.

⭐ Create anchor charts to lead your lessons and use the low-prep activities to teach a comprehensive unit that supports every student in your classroom.

⭐ Students will learn about the four seasons, popular animals, earth day, and more by reading captivating non-fiction text written in student language and completing partner projects and independent activities.

↑↑↑ Look at the PREVIEW to see what's included up close, the individual units, and the variety of lessons and activities! ↑↑↑

What you get in this HUGE Non-Fiction & Animal Science Bundle:

Fall:

All About Fall (apples, pumpkins, leaves)

All About Spiders

All About Owls

All About Bats

Winter:

All About Winter (evergreen trees, snowflakes, snowmen)

All About Penguins

All About Polar Bears

Spring:

All About Spring (rainbows, ladybugs, birds, plants)

All About Butterflies

All About Frogs

All About Chickens

All About Flowers

All About Earth Day

Summer:

All About Summer

All About Whales

All About Sea Turtles

All About Salmon

All 17 units in this HUGE bundle include:

• Visual activity instructions for your lessons
• Non-fiction children’s book list about each topic to use for your projects
• Know, Wonder, Learn (KWL) & Schema activities with anchor chart headers
• Vocabulary and fact posters with real photographs
• Vocabulary activities – matching & cards
• Fact sorting and recording pages
• Labeled diagrams with each unit
• Printable booklets for kids to fill-in, read, and draw
• Life cycle information with anchor chart headers, activities, and mini books
• Photo analysis
• Differentiated writing prompts
• 4 or 6 step directed drawing activities
• Themed writing and crafts
• Research report booklet and writing paper
• Compare & contrast on a Venn Diagram
• Observation journals in some of the units
• Science experiments in the season units

**Check out the PREVIEW for a thorough look into what this resource includes!**

Why You Need the Non-Fiction & Animal Science Bundle:

• This bundle provides several activity and template choices, making it easy to differentiate and meet the needs of your students.
• Real facts are presented to your students in fun, engaging ways with photographs to keep them focused and excited to learn more.
• This bundle helps you facilitate meaningful lessons and discussions about non-fiction themes to enhance understanding of related vocabulary and facts.
• Build oral reading fluency and comprehension skills with the included stories and ELA activities.
• Easily display, teach, and organize the facts and vocabulary for this unit with the easy-to-print anchor chart pieces.
• Use the included tools to facilitate a fun research project with every topic!

The best part? This resource saves you time as it comes with print-and-go activities and everything you’d need to teach your students about each topic.

TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID…

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Lisa H. says,” I own your spider unit, as well as owls. They are exceptional and I knew that I couldn't pass up the chance at the bundled set with the rest of your units! Just made my life a lot easier, with the piece of mind knowing that I will have such an excellent resource to work with!”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Brandee W. says, “Love all of your resources! They are very well planned and thought out with a variety of activities, supporting visuals and reading materials. I use it for a variety of grade levels from K-3.”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Jessica L. says, “I am so happy with this resource! It is exactly what I was looking for in bring non fiction into a class lesson at a age appropriate level!”

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You may also like…

→ Seasons Nonfiction Reading ELA & Science Bundle

→ Spring Science Bundle

The activities align to the Common Core standards for Reading Informational Texts and Writing and the Next Generation Science Standards.

Supports Common Core Standards (CCSS):

W.1.2, W.1.7, RI.1.1, RI.1.2, RI1.3, RI.1.4, RI.1.5, RI.1.6, RI.1.7, RI.1.9, RI.1.10

W.2.2, W.2.7, RI.2.1, RI.2.2, RI2.3, RI.2.4, RI.2.5, RI.2.6, RI.2.7, RI.2.9, RI.2.10

W.3.2, W.3.7, W.3.8, W.3.10, RI.3.1, RI.3.2, RI.3.3, RI.3.4, RI.3.5, RI.3.6, RI.3.7, RI.3.9, RI.3.10

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