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Ocean Animals Research Reports Sharks Crab Sting Ray Starfish Sea Turtle Writing

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K - 2nd, Homeschool
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I love al of her stuff, but her writing units have been a game changer in my classroom! I have students writing better than ever!
My students loved reading about the animals and writing about them. They enjoyed making their own book. It was a good way to introduce research to them. I loved how easy it was to use. Thank you so much!
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Description

Your kindergarten, first grade and second grade students will have so much fun reading, writing, making books and crafts about five different ocean animals: crab, great white shark, stingray, starfish and sea turtle. These nonfiction materials provide the perfect amount of scaffolding so your students can be successful:

  • reading passages with facts
  • graphic organizers
  • sentence starters
  • writing papers
  • mini books
  • 5 animal craft templates

This download has everything you need to teach your students through the entire process or researching and writing reports about ocean animals.


--- WHAT IS INCLUDED? ---

Materials for five ocean animals are included: crab, great white shark, stingray, starfish and sea turtle.

5 Non-Fiction Reading Passages

  • These focus on the key words are, can, have, eat, live, like

5 Color Graphic Organizers

  • You can laminate these and students can use a marker on them on a center.
  • These also work well to use on a projector.

5 Black and White Graphic Organizers

  • Students record facts about each animal on these worksheets.

5 Sentence Starter Worksheets

  • Sentence starters are provided for students.

Blank Writing Paper

  • Five papers included (one for each animal.)
  • Students can write sentences and facts on their own.

All About Books

  • Students love to make books about their animal.

Crafts & Facts

  • These make adorable for bulletin board displays!
  • Students can color, decorate and cut out their animals.
  • They fill in their fact sheets with their best handwriting.
  • Last, they glue both activities to a craft paper or card stock to hang and display.


I have set you up for success!

  • Teachers and students love the routine and consistency these units bring to their classroom!
  • Every report is structured the same.
  • This saves you so much time from explaining expectations and directions!


I have had so many requests for additional animal reports!

  • View all of my animal reports HERE
  • Save with the animal reports bundle HERE
  • I created community helper reports in this same format HERE


CLICK HERE TO SAVE WITH THE ANIMAL REPORT BUNDLE

Each unit has the same structure but includes different animals.

Once your students know the routine and expectations, this bundle can become your year-long animal research center!

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79 pages
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Standards

to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.
Follow words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page.
Recognize that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters.
Understand that words are separated by spaces in print.
Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

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