Easy research center idea for elementary students. I have used this successfully with students in my Media Center. They LOVE being able to research a topic of THEIR choice! This research center reproducible gives students a structured research process for them to follow using a NONFICTION BOOK of their choice. They are guided to pick a topic, ask questions about it, locate the book, write notes on the back, and even cite their source by writing the bibliographic information for the book they used. Includes I Can statements to post at your Research Center.

This Parts of a Book Task Cards Set has 20 cards that you can use with any nonfiction book(s) of your choice. The set has questions on the different parts of nonfiction books such as: title, copyright date, glossary, publisher, index, author, chapters, call number, barcode number, illustrator, dedication, and city of publication. These Parts of a Book Task Cards can be completed in any order. It includes: 1. 20 Task Cards 2. 3 Answer Sheets - One with 20 answer boxes to use with this Task Card Set. The other two have 24 or 30 answer boxes should you choose to add questions to this set. 3. Extra numbered cards 25-32 that you can print and add your own questions. 4. Extra sheet of blank cards should you decide to go higher than 32 cards.

Here is an editable Turkey Sight Word Coloring Sheet. It is in a Power Point program ready for you to type in the sight words you are currently teaching. Simply type them in the spaces provided, print, and pass out. Directions are included. Great filler, easy center or individual activity.

These Task Cards come four to a page with 52 numbered cards and 2 blank templates. Set #1 has a black and white border with a bright yellow star. Set #2 has a black and white border with a black and white star. They come in PowerPoint files ready to edit with your own text! May be used for personal or commercial use.

This Make Words kit for the word "snowman" includes options for printing and handing out a reproducible sheet or utilizing this in a Literacy Center. Includes: 1. A standalone reproducible worksheet 2. Make Words Center "I Can" sign 3. An Answer Chart for the center with boxes based on word length. 4. Answer Key for the Answer Chart 4. "Snowman" cut out letters in lower and upper case.

Here are ready-to-go poster/graphic organizers for your students to research pets. Includes posters for 12 pets including: turtles, snakes, rabbits, mice, hamsters, guinea pigs, goldfish, ferrets, dogs, chinchillas, cats and parakeets. It also includes an additional Generic Sheet to use with any additional pets you may think of. Animal Research Poster Activity Sheets 8.5" x 11" Includes 4 Versions: Version 1: U.S. Spelling with Sources box. Version 2: U.S. Spelling without Sources box. Version 3: UK/CAN/AUS Spelling with Sources box. Version 4: UK/CAN/AUS Spelling without Sources box. Information asked for: What the animal looks like. Habitat Diet Care Interesting Facts Sources Students can color add their own decorative touches to it after they fill it out.

Here are ready-to-go poster or graphic organizers for your students to research arctic animals. Includes posters for these arctic animals: polar bears, musk oxen, narwhals, snowy owls, walruses, seals, arctic hares, caribou, and arctic wolves.** It also includes 3 additional Generic Sheets to use with any additional animals.** **Animal Research Poster Activity Sheets 8.5" x 11" ** Includes 4 Versions (13 pages each): Version 1: U.S. Spelling with Sources box. Version 2: U.S. Spelling without Sources box. Version 3: UK/CAN/AUS Spelling with Sources box. Version 4: UK/CAN/AUS Spelling without Sources box. Information asked for: What the animal looks like. Habitat Diet Interesting Facts Sources Students can color add their own decorative touches to it after they fill it out.

Here are ready-to-go poster/graphic organizers for your students to research Rainforest animals. **Includes posters for the following rainforest animals: piranhas, toucans, tapirs, macaws, sloths, iguanas, poison dart frogs, vampire bats, jaguars, capybaras and capuchin monkeys. ** *It also includes 2 additional Generic Sheets to use with any additional animals. * Animal Research Poster Activity Sheets 8.5" x 11" Includes 4 Versions (13 pages each): Version 1: U.S. Spelling with Sources box. Version 2: U.S. Spelling without Sources box. Version 3: UK/CAN/AUS Spelling with Sources box. Version 4: UK/CAN/AUS Spelling without Sources box. Information asked for: What the animal looks like. Habitat Diet Interesting Facts Sources Students can color add their own decorative touches to it after they fill it out.

Here is a Turkey Call Number Activity Sheet to review call numbers in the library. I intentionally changed the call numbers a little bit so they could get used to seeing them written in different ways. Easy center or filler activity for the Fall!

**Here are ready-to-go poster or graphic organizers for your students to research desert animals. Includes posters for the following desert animals: jackals, bighorn sheep, vultures, scorpions, roadrunners, rattlesnakes, kangaroo rats, javelinas, coyotes, camels, collared lizards, armadillos. ** *It also includes 2 additional Generic Sheets to use with any additional animals. * Animal Research Poster Activity Sheets 8.5" x 11" Includes 4 Versions (14 pages each): Version 1: U.S. Spelling with Sources box. Version 2: U.S. Spelling without Sources box. Version 3: UK/CAN/AUS Spelling with Sources box. Version 4: UK/CAN/AUS Spelling without Sources box. Information asked for: What the animal looks like. Habitat Diet Interesting Facts Sources Students can color add their own decorative touches to it after they fill it out.

Here are ready-to-go poster/graphic organizers for your students to research Asian animals. Includes posters for the following animals: panda bears, binturongs, red-crowned cranes, king cobras, komodo dragons, pangolins, red pandas, snow leopards, takins, macaque monkeys, tigers, and tarsiers. * Also includes 3 Generic Sheets to use with any additional animal you may think of. * Animal Research Poster Activity Sheets 8.5" x 11" ** ** Includes 4 Versions (14 pages each): Version 1: U.S. Spelling with Sources box. Version 2: U.S. Spelling without Sources box. Version 3: UK/CAN/AUS Spelling with Sources box. Version 4: UK/CAN/AUS Spelling without Sources box. Information asked for: What the animal looks like. Habitat Diet Interesting Facts Sources Students can color add their own decorative touches to it after they fill it out.

These Solar System bookmarks identify the planets in your choice of Color or B&W reproducible. Includes: Color Version B&W Version 4 bookmarks to a page

Here are some Ocean themed reading incentive bookmarks both in color and B&W. They have a grid of 12 boxes for students and/or parents to check off progress on their reading goal.

**Here are ready-to-go poster or graphic organizers for your students to research Insects and Bugs. Includes posters for the following: ants, bees, beetles, butterflies, caterpillars, centipedes, cockroaches, dragonflies, earthworms, fleas, flies, grasshoppers, ladybugs, mantises, mosquitoes, moths, scorpions, snails, spiders, stick insects, tarantulas, termites and wasps. It also includes 3 additional Generic Sheets to use with any additional animals. ** Animal Research Poster Activity Sheets 8.5" x 11" Includes 4 Versions (26 pages each): Version 1: U.S. Spelling with Sources box. Version 2: U.S. Spelling without Sources box. Version 3: UK/CAN/AUS Spelling with Sources box. Version 4: UK/CAN/AUS Spelling without Sources box. Information asked for: What the animal looks like. Habitat Diet Interesting Facts Sources Students can color add their own decorative touches to it after they fill it out.

Here are some Space themed reading incentive reward bookmarks both in color and Black and White reproducible. Includes 3 Designs: an alien spacecraft, the planets, and a rocket ship! They have a grid of 12 boxes for students and/or parents to check off progress on their reading goal. **Includes: *** 3 Designs in Color 3 Designs in B&W 4 bookmarks to a page

This Transportation Coloring Sheet Bundle is in a Power Point program ready for you to type in the words you are currently teaching. Simply type them in the spaces provided, print, and go! Currently Includes the following activity pages: helicopter, hot air balloon, airplane, and train. Great filler, easy center or individual activity. This is included in my [Sight Word Bundle]( https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/bundle-of-sight-word-coloring-activity-sheets-all-editable-11694927).

Here are 7 activity sheets to print and use after you’ve read The Velveteen Rabbit to your students. 1. Comprehension Sheet - This sheet asks students to draw and write about their favorite part and answer some questions related to story. 2. Writing - This page asks students to illustrate and write about their favorite toy. 3. Compare & Contrast the Velveteen Rabbit with real rabbits. 4. Compare & Contrast Old Fashioned Toys with Modern Toys. 5. 3 Story Maps to choose from.

**Here are some activity sheets that you can pick and choose from for your Book Care unit. ** These are pirate and treasure themed as I needed some activities to go along with my read aloud of the book Henry and the Buccaneer Bunnies by Carolyn Crimi (book not included). This includes 12 pages. “I Treasure Books” Activity. Students draw a picture of a way they take care of books and color the illustration. – 2 pages (one boy and one girl pirate themed) “Books are Treasure” Activity. Students draw a cover for their favorite book and make sure to add the title and author. – 1 page Bookshelf “Book Rules” Activity. Students write four important book care rules. – 2 pages – 1 with writing lines and one without. YOUR Writing Prompt/Coloring/Writing Activity – Students color the top portion and write a sentence or two below it. You choose what you want them to write about. – 2 pages (one boy and one girl pirate themed) “How to Take Care of a Book” Activity – Students use first, next, then and last to explain how to take care of a book. – 1 sheet Generic writing paper with book clip art. Comes with boxes on top for illustrations and a variety of lines for writing. – 3 sheets “Books are Treasure” bookmarks to color and keep.

Here are 6 activity sheets to print and use after you’ve read The Elves and the Shoemaker to your students. (The story is not included, but the questions should work for any Brothers Grimm retelling. I used the version that was retold from the Brothers Grimm and illustrated by Jim LaMarche in my classroom.) 1. Comprehension Sheet - This sheet asks students to draw and write about their favorite part and answer some questions related to story. 2. Writing - This page asks students why they think the elves helped the shoemaker. It also asks them what they think might have happened to the elves after they left the shoemaker. 3. Design a Shoe - Students are asked to invent a shoe and describe it. **4. Story Maps **- 3 Story Maps to choose from. a. characters, setting, beginning, middle, end b. characters, setting, beginning, middle, end, moral of the story c. characters, setting, problem, solution

Want to introduce your K/1 students to research skills? Here is a 4 page booklet that they can be successful with. I used these with my Kinders. We read an online encyclopedia entry together and write in answers as we find them. Included: 1. Research Booklet - Copy front to back and fold into a booklet. 2. Mexico 2 page Reading Passage in B&W reproducible and in Color. (PDF) 3. Two graphic organizers - For those that want to do their own research. Use the PDF Reading Passage Read Aloud function and you have a Research Center for second graders.