Chicken Life Cycle Unit and Interactive Notebook Grades 1 - 3

Teach the chicken life cycle with this engaging unit and interactive notebook. Reading passages include real life pictures for the stages and opportunities for turn and talk after each passage. Also includes comparing and contrasting roosters and hens using a Venn Diagram, label the parts of a chicken, KWL, life cycle timeline, coloring page, assessment, and comprehension, in addition to the interactive notebook.

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This was updated in September 2016 to include 3 additional interactive notebook templates and an observation log. Redownload if you own!

Pages of Download:

1 - Cover
2- For the teacher
3-4 - Terms of use and about the author
5 - Chicken observation log
6-Chicken KWL
7-Unit Vocabulary
8- Directions for Unit Vocabulary Interactive Notebook Foldables
9 - Interactive Notebook Vocabulary Foldables
10-11 - Completed interactive notebook example
12 - What are chickens? Reading passage with turn and talk
13 - Where do chickens live? Reading passage with turn and talk
14-16 - Chicken facts interactive notebook sort, directions, and completed example
17 - Parts of a chicken
18 - Students label the parts of a chicken
19 - Label parts answer key
20-22 - Parts of a chicken interactive notebook directions, example, and foldable flap book
23 - Chicken Life Cycle diagram
24 - Egg Stage Reading Passage with turn and talk
25 - Embryo Stage Reading Passage with turn and talk
26 - Hatching Chick Stage Reading Passage with turn and talk
27 - Young Chick Stage Reading Passage with turn and talk
28 - Adult Chick Stage Reading Passage with turn and talk
29 - Life Cycle Comprehension fill in the blanks
30 - Fill in the blanks answer key
31 - Directions for life cycle interactive notebook foldables
32 - Life Cycle Interactive notebook foldable
33-34 - Completed interactive notebook example
35 - Life cycle flap book directions
36 - Life cycle flap book
37 - Hens and Roosters Reading Passage with turn and talk
38 - Hen and Rooster compare and contrast Venn Diagram
39-41 - Venn diagram INB directions, example, and foldable
42 - Color and paste chick, rooster, and hen on farm
43-44 - Chicken life cycle timeline and answer key
45-46 - Cut and glue chicken life cycle stages into diagram
47 - Coloring page
48-50 - Chicken life cycle assessment
51-53 - Chicken life cycle assessment answer key
54 - Credits