Desert Animals BUNDLE
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This product is a set of 12 informational articles about animals in the North American Desert. It includes an article about each animal, online articles and videos for additional research, comprehension activities where students can express their knowledge about each animal’s attributes, actions, and environment, vocabulary cards, and more. Articles may also be purchased individually.
Desert Animals: Informational Article, QR Code Research Page & Fact Sort is a set of 12 informational articles all about Desert Animals located in the North American Desert. These articles are full of interesting facts and details that students can use during reading and writing activities.
Includes an article about each animal in two formats (two-page color photos & one-page text), QR Codes for online articles and videos about the animal and a fact sort sheet where students can sort facts about each animal’s attributes, actions, and environment.
I use these articles as a resource when researching and writing about animals. We read the article, look at a variety of web sites, and watch a couple videos to gather all our facts about the animal. Once we have the facts, we sort the facts into categories and then write our research report.
The articles are written at about a second / third-grade reading level and are controlled for sentence length and complexity.
Included in each 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
These articles complement my Informational Writing Tools packet.
Animals include:
Armadillo
Banded Gila Monster
Bobcat
Cactus Pygmy Owl
Cactus Wren
Coyote
Desert Kangaroo Rat
Desert Tortoise
Fire Ants
Rattlesnake
Sonoran Pygmy Toad
Jackrabbit
Some videos are on YouTube, so be sure you can access the website at school.
Cassie Thompson (verified owner) –
This is such a great resource to supplement my writing instruction. I love the ideas! Thank you!
Robyn B. (verified owner) –
I enjoy these packets for animal research. The information provided is sufficient to help students with research.
LeeAnn V. (verified owner) –
It was a great resource, and very easy to use.
Renee’ B. (verified owner) –
Love all your stuff!
Heather Copley (verified owner) –
great
Enchanted Teaching (verified owner) –
I love these resources! Thank you!
Create Learn Explore (verified owner) –
Very helpful! Thank you!
Shea B. (verified owner) –
I love using QR codes and these were great!
Victoria H. (verified owner) –
I loved using this with my kids!
Linda B. (verified owner) –
Great Product!
wwag M. (verified owner) –
This is a great supplement to our unit on the Sonoran Desert. The QR codes are especially helpful, when researching to write desert animal reports. The writing forms are helpful, too. Thanks so much for your hard work!
The primary resource shop (verified owner) –
I knew this needed a QR code reader which my room does not have, however I am still able to use bits of this packet and so far what we can use has been great! My kids have enjoyed this very much. I plan to get some sort of QR code reader for next year so we can use the entire bundle!
Jodi Lockhart (verified owner) –
Great Resource! Amazing addition to our unit on the Desert.
angelique K. (verified owner) –
Awesome
Shara B. (verified owner) –
Great for research!
Dawn F. (verified owner) –
wonderful resource
Dawn M. (verified owner) –
I can’t wait to use this.
Catherine C. (verified owner) –
My students used this tool and turned in the best reports ever!
Michele D. (verified owner) –
Love this! it ties in perfectly with one of our reading units. Thanks!
deborah G. (verified owner) –
Great quality product. Awesome!
Melissa E. (verified owner) –
Good Resources! Easy for students to use.
Jessica W. (verified owner) –
Your stuff is awesome! I can’t wait to use it with my new students. 🙂
Kristina H. (verified owner) –
THIS IS FABULOUS!!!
Teaching with Surgical Precision (verified owner) –
Wonderful supplement for Reading Wonders 3rd grade!
Erin Glaser (verified owner) –
Amazing resource!! Makes planning and research for animals SO easy! Print them out once and use over and over again! The pictures are clear and QR codes relevant! Thank you!
Nikki F. (verified owner) –
Awesome resource! Students loved the information in the articles!
Karen H. (verified owner) –
Great resource for my students to use for their animal research reports. Thank you!
kristy thurmond (verified owner) –
Excellent resource! Can’t wait to use!
Amy A. (verified owner) –
Can’t wait to use these!
Terilyn V. (verified owner) –
Such a great resource!
Talia C. (verified owner) –
It looks like others have enjoyed this unit, however it did not work as well for us. The content was dry, there were multiple typos, and I wish the review activity was better. It was very repetitious for each animal and my kiddos were bored.
Kristin R. (verified owner) –
Just what my students needed to begin their animal research reports. thank you!
Sunny in Second Grade (verified owner) –
Thank you!
Kristin A. (verified owner) –
I love these articles. We have been studying about the different biomes. I had each table group pick an animal to collaborate on. Unfortunately, my district has tight internet restrictions so I have a hard time with the videos. I just wish they worked for me but that’s definitely not the seller’s fault.
Cheri S. (verified owner) –
A wonderful complement to our desert studies. Thank you.
Michelle S. (verified owner) –
My science students absolutely loved this product. It was truly beneficial in our habitats unit
Hannah T. (verified owner) –
We loved researching different desert animals! Loved the graphics as well. Thanks!
ChalkStar (verified owner) –
I love all your articles. They are great for my second graders. They love researching and many times articles on the Internet are too challenging for them. Thank you.