ANIMAL RESEARCH REPORT 1st & 2nd grade Writing Project with READING PASSAGES

Teach students about endangered animals using no prep, animal report templates. Informational reading passages & graphic organizers for 30 endangered/threatened animals keep students highly engaged while they learn & organize facts. Students create essential questions to provide focus to their research. This fun writing project is easily differentiated for multiple student levels. ( 69 printable pages)

>>> Includes a READING PASSAGE for each animal <<<

Common Core Standards (pg. 2)

Guided Research Process directions (pgs. 3-4)

K-W-L Template (pg. 5)

Important Question Anchor Chart (pg. 6)

What Do I Do Now? (pg. 7)

Write Down Your Sources: Computer/Books (pgs. 8-9)

Endangered Animal Templates (pgs. 10-69)

 

30 Endangered/Threatened ANIMALS:

Bluefin Tuna

Monarch Butterfly

Black Footed Ferret

American Red Wolf

Piping Plover

Ring-tailed Lemur

Sumatran Orangutan

Pygmy Hippo

Leatherback Turtle

Northern Spotted Owl

Koala

Brown Hyena

Mako Shark

Snow Leopard

Cheetah

African Elephant

African Lion

North African Ostrich

Indian Rhinoceros

Grizzly Bear

Polar Bear

Toco Toucan

Siberian Tiger

Giant Panda

Mountain Gorilla

American Crocodile

Emperor Penguin

African Wild Dog

Blue Whale

Atlantic Humpback Dolphin

 

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Extremely satisfied

This was awesome for a research project I did with my students. They had so much fun choosing an animal to research and learning more information about it. Liz S.   (December, 2021)

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Extremely satisfied

Great product, thank you! Perfect for center time. The kids each researched a different animal and shared their learning at Open House.                                          Jen G.  (April, 2022

 

1st Grade Common Core Standards

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.2

Write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some

facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.

 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.7

Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., explore a number of "how-to" books on a given topic and use them to write a sequence of instructions).

 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.8

With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

 

2nd Grade Common Core Standards

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.2

Write informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section.

 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.5

With guidance and support from adults and peers, focus on a topic and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing.

 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.7

Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., read a number of books on a single topic to produce a report; record science observations).

 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.8

Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

 

3rd Grade Common Core Standards

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.2

Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.5

With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.7

Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic.

 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.8

Recall information from experiences or gather information from print and digital sources; take brief notes on sources and sort evidence into provided categories.

 

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