Hibernation: Badgers, Bears, Bats, and Snakes

A combination of science and language arts that will have your students coming out from their long winter naps in a hurry! Animals investigated include Bears (of course) Ladybugs, Groundhogs (perfect for February 2nd) Garter Snakes, Turtles, and Bats. The unit is divided into four sections: PART I - LESSON PLANS: Every day a different animal helps to keep students motivated to learn. Lesson plans give suggested teaching strategies for each of the lessons and each day there is a brainstorming activity, a study of new vocabulary, a spelling activity, work in the activity book, a writing activity and a homework page. PART II - STUDENT BOOKLETS: A reproducible booklet contains vocabulary activities, a fact sheet, related questions and writing activities. Students are encouraged to write in complete sentences. PART III - PARENT PAGES: A collection of ten parent pages that children take home to reinforce what the child learns each day and to help make parents aware of what students are learning at school. PART IV - UNIT ACTIVITIES: A host of activities including Spelling Lists at varying levels, Hibernation review game, crosswords, wordsearches and a culminating test.