All About Chickens Nonfiction Unit

Looking for fun and engaging farm animals activities? This All About Chickens resource has everything you need for an interactive nonfiction unit in your classroom. It includes chicken craft, nonfiction unit booklet, lap book, chicken life cycle worksheets, answer key, graphic organizers, and writing activities.

This comprehensive packet includes 3 pdf files: nonfiction unit booklet, craft guide, and writing activities booklet.

Chicken Nonfiction Booklet
☼ What are chickens?
☼ What do they look like?
☼ Where do they live?
☼ How long do they live?
☼ What do they eat?
☼ What do they do?
☼ How do they grow? (Life cycle of a chicken)
☼ Worksheets
☼ Answer Key
☼ Fun Facts
☼ Recommended Books and Videos
☼ Lapbook Guide
☼ Craft Pattern
☼ How can you tell if an egg is fresh and good to eat?
☼ Why do chickens lose their feathers?
☼ What products can be made from the chicken’s egg?
☼ Open Inquiry: I have a question!
☼ Here’s what I found
☼ Pair and Share: The Best Thing I’ve Learned
☼ Resources

Chicken Craft
☼ Assembly Guide
☼ Colored Patterns
☼ Tracing Patterns

Matching Reading to Writing Booklet
☼ Before Reading
☼ K-W-L
☼ Can, Have, Are
☼ Note-Taking
☼ Identifying the Main Idea and Supporting Details
☼ Comparing and Contrasting
☼ Author’s Purpose
☼ After Reading
☼ Opinion Writing
☼ Expository Writing (Presenting Facts)
☼ Expository Writing (Explaining a Process)
☼ Story Writing
☼ Tracing, Drawing, Coloring
☼ Comic Strip Writing