Do you need engaging lesson ideas and activities to teach students about sea turtles this summer? These non-fiction ELA and science mini-lessons and activities are a fun way for your learners to discover more about reptiles, and how sea turtles are born.
This resource will help your first grade, second grade, or third grade students build writing skills, understand informational text, and build reading comprehension while they learn interesting facts about the endangered life of a sea turtle.
⭐ Create anchor charts to lead your lessons and use the low-prep activities to teach a comprehensive unit that supports every student in your classroom.
⭐ Students will discover all about sea turtles by reading captivating non-fiction text that is written in student language and completing partner projects and independent activities.
⭐ Sea turtle printable templates and materials are provided to teach how to draw and label a sea turtle, the life cycle of a sea turtle, conduct a sea turtle research project, learn sea turtle facts and vocabulary, create a sea turtle craft, and more to fill your summer, endangered species or reptile themed unit!
You can get this unit in the Non-Fiction & Science for the Whole Year Bundle. This bundle has many units covering themes for the whole year.
What you get in this HUGE Sea Turtle unit:
- Visual activity instructions for your lessons
- Non-fiction children’s book list about sea turtles to use for your project
- Know, Wonder, Learn (KWL) & Schema activities with anchor chart headers
- Vocabulary and fact posters with real photographs
- Vocabulary activities – matching & cards
- Fact sorting and recording pages
- Labeled diagrams of a sea turtle
- Printable booklets for kids to fill-in, read, and draw
- Life cycle of a sea turtle with anchor chart headers, activities, and mini books
- Sea turtle photo analysis
- Differentiated writing prompts
- Sea turtle directed drawing
- Sea turtle writing and craft
- Research report booklet and writing paper
- Compare & contrast sea turtles and tortoises on a Venn Diagram
**Check out the PREVIEW for a thorough look into what this resource includes!**
Why You Need the All About Sea Turtles unit:
- This unit provides several activities and template choices making it easy to differentiate and meet the needs of your students.
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Real facts are presented to your students in a fun, engaging way with photographs to keep them focused and excited to learn more.
- This resource helps you facilitate meaningful lessons and discussions about sea turtles to enhance understanding of related vocabulary and facts.
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Build oral reading fluency and comprehension skills with the included stories and ELA activities.
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Easily display, teach and organize the facts and vocabulary for this unit with the easy-to-print anchor chart pieces.
- Use the included tools to facilitate a fun sea turtle research project!
The best part? This resource saves you time as it comes with print-and-go activities and everything you’d need to teach your students about sea turtles.
TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID…
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Tiffany K. says, “My students loved finding out more information on sea turtles. We chose this to represent our reptiles and for us to do more research on. This was beautiful with great pictures!”
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Kylie M. says, “My students love sea turtles and one of our areas of study is endangered animals. They loved learning about them and coming up with ideas on how to save them. PBL for the win! Thanks!”
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Ruth L. says, “Excellent resource. I was able to use this sea turtle resource with ease and it covered exactly what I was looking for. Thanks”
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You might also be interested in these Non-Fiction ELA & Science units:
All About Summer
All About Butterflies
All About Chickens.
All About Frogs
All About Whales
Supports Common Core Standards (CCSS):
First grade-W.1.2, W.1.7, RI.1.1, RI.1.2, RI1.3, RI.1.4, RI.1.5, RI.1.6, RI.1.7, RI.1.9, RI.1.10
Second grade-W.2.2, W.2.7, RI.2.1, RI.2.2, RI2.3, RI.2.4, RI.2.5, RI.2.6, RI.2.7, RI.2.9, RI.2.10
Third grade-W.3.2, W.3.7, W.3.8, W.3.10, RI.3.1, RI.3.2, RI.3.3, RI.3.4, RI.3.5, RI.3.6, RI.3.7, RI.3.9, RI.3.10
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