Giraffe Informational Article and Comprehension Activities
$3.00
This Giraffe Informational Article and Comprehension Activities includes an article about the giraffe in two formats, website resources for online articles and videos about the giraffes, a fact sort sheet where students can sort facts about the giraffe, a variety of note-taking sheets, comprehension activities, and mini-report pages.
This Giraffe Informational Article and Comprehension Activities includes an article about the giraffe in two formats (two-page color photos & one-page text), website resources for online articles and videos about the giraffes, a fact sort sheet where students can sort facts about the giraffe, a variety of note-taking sheets, comprehension activities, and mini-report pages.
Use these articles as a resource when researching and writing about animals. Read the article, look at a variety of web sites, and watch a couple of videos to gather all our facts about the animal. Once students have the facts, sort the facts into categories and then write a research report.
This article works well with my Informational Writing Tools packet that scaffolds expository or informational writing about animals from researching facts to writing paragraphs.
Included in this Giraffes resource are:
- Vocabulary Cards with key terms from the reading passage
- Informational Article in two formats (with and without photos)
- Websites for additional research: QR Codes & Google Site
- Graphic Organizers for note-taking
- Comprehension Activities such as short answer and cloze reading
- Fact Sort for students can organize the facts
- Summary Page
- Writing Pages for a mini-report
Some videos are on YouTube. Make sure you can access YouTube at school.
Also available is an African Animals BUNDLE that includes elephants, cheetah, chimpanzee, elephant shrew, giraffe, grant’s gazelle, hippo, jackal, lion, rhinoceros, and zebra. Purchasing the BUNDLE will save you from purchasing each animal individually.
The videos are on YouTube, so be sure you can access them at school.
Shelby N. –
Great Resource that aligns with standards and curriculum
Rose H. –
great nonfiction text to get into the hands of students.
Linda T. –
My students picked their own animals to research. I have books about animals, but many of them are difficult for my second graders to read. I could have them research online, but that proved to be simply too broad and confusing. I came across these articles and they are just what the doctor ordered. Organized, easy enough to read (but not TOO easy). I love how in the future if I taught older grades I could utilize the graphic organizers as literacy centers. Really great product. Well worth my money.
Debbie C. –
Used this in my class while doing animal research. The kids loved it! Engaging and loved the pictures!
Douglas C. –
Great Product! It worked well for me. My students truly enjoyed the product.