Kindergarten research project

One of the kindergarten Common Core writing standards is to participate in shared research and writing projects (W.K.7) and to gather infor...

Check out this fun animal research writing project and craft idea for kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade students. Your kids will complete a research writing activity along with an animal craft. Easily use this with as a literacy center or a writing workshop activity. Your kids will have so much fun with this, try it out in your classroom today!

Research projects can happen in kindergarten! Here are some easy lessons that will get your students writing about animals they love. There is a free worksheet included that students can use in a center or during whole group writing time.

You betcha! I love when someone who doesn't spend a lot of time in kindergarten walks into my room and when they see what the kids are doing, their jaw drops open and they say something like, "I can't believe that kindergartners are subtracting/writing poetry/doing research." We do so much more in kindergarten than we did even a few years ago, and visitors are often surprised at how much we challenge our little guys. It sure ain't your Grandma's kindergarten anymore! This happened to me a…

Kids will have fun while learning where do I Live with this printable activity perfect for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten students.

This week our class began group research projects to accompany our animal unit in science! Each group is composed of three to four students who are working together to research one wild animal. I have groups studying monkeys, lions, elephants, and giraffes. So far they have started K,W,L charts to access prior learning: And have researched their animals different body parts, habitats, and diet. For our research we have mainly used Pebble Plus Books, (seen in the pictures) which are excellent…

Animal Research questions - many of these questions will work for our migration research projects!

The spring time is a great time to introduce non-fiction research projects. Here's how to do it and a research project template!

Our Inquiry had been about animal habitats. For their end of unit project my F/1s are researching an animal and it's habitat. This was the…

tips and ideas for easy research projects in elementary classrooms

Looking for science or social studies topics for your students to research? Check out our list of research topics for kids. These fun and engaging activities are perfect for students to practice their research skills for a research unit or project. Kids can use informational text and fill out their research journal, outline, & graphic organizer. Resources, products and a free printable are included in this post. Lots of tips for teaching research on website. Fits common core and other…

Sometimes as a teacher, it can be overwhelming to plan a research-based writing project. We know that gathering research, taking notes, and then organizing those notes in categories are skills that need to be explicitly taught to our students on top of the writing process, but how??? Well, I am soooo excited to show you THE RESEARCH NOTEBOOK! You are going to LOVE it! This little pocket notebook will teach your students how to gather research in an organized way! When I used the research…

FREE printable sorting mats for preschoolers and kindergarten kids to learn about animals and their habitats. Great science and nature activity that kids will love! Includes rainforest, ocean, desert, polar, woodland and wetland habitats.

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Fun and EASY Kindergarten Science experiments, printables, and activites to help naturally curious kids explore, discover, and learn!

Click here for Earth Day Activities Crafts and Directed Drawing perfect for spring and for Kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade! These are so much fun!

Looking for a fun and educational STEM activity for your second grade class? Check out this step-by-step guide to creating a Habitat Triorama project using the ideas from the Cactus Hotel Read Aloud 2nd Grade STEM Challenge. Students will learn about different habitats and the animals that live in them while developing their creativity and critical thinking skills.

Great hands on activity to teach students of any age about plants.

This simple project with help teach kids geography and increase their global awareness as they begin to grasp their city, state, country, and continent.

Today's science investigation is a fun one! We're going to waterproof a boot - not a real one, as hopefully your boots are already quite waterproof, but a