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Acrostic Form: Puffin Use this acrostic form to help write poetry about puffins.
Border Paper: Owl (Elementary) Wide-lined landscape-oriented paper with illustrations of owls in the surrounding border.
Border Paper: Penguins Landscape layout, unlined page with illustrations of penguins in the surrounding border.
Border Paper: Penguins (small) Cute, full-color illustrations of penguins. These are good for brief penguin facts, math problems, or vocabulary work. 12 penguins per page.
Border Paper: Puffins (Primary) Primary-lined paper with cute illustrations of puffins in the surrounding border.
Color and Write: Puffin (elem) What do you know about puffins? Picture of puffins and medium lines for writing.
Color and Write: Puffins (primary) A picture to color and space to write about puffins.
Coloring Page: Antarctica - Penguin Drawing of a penguin on an ice floe.
Coloring Page: Barn Owl Realistic drawing of a barn owl to color.
Coloring Page: Bird Color this picture of a bird or trace and cut out for a great shapebook.
Coloring Page: Chicken  
Coloring Page: Eagle  
Coloring Page: Goose  
Coloring Page: Nest  
Coloring Page: Owl Stylized drawing of an owl. Color or cut out and use for a shape book or report cover.
Coloring Page: Owl A simple picture of an owl. Trace and cut out the pattern to make a great shapebook.
Coloring Page: Owl Color the picture of an owl, or trace and cut out to make a shapebook.
Coloring Page: Peacock Color this picture of a peacock or trace and cut out for a great shapebook.
Coloring Page: Penguin Color this picture of a penguin or trace and cut out to make a great shapebook.
Coloring Page: Penguin  
Coloring Page: Puffin Color this picture of a puffin or trace and cut out to make a shapebook. You can also use this pattern for a poem form, poster, or report cover. Enjoy!
Coloring Page: Thanksgiving - Fat Turkey Color this simple drawing of a turkey or trace and cut out to make a great shapebook.
Coloring Page: Toucan Line drawing of a toucan to color.
Coloring Page: Toucan Color this drawing of a toucan.
Coloring Page: Vulture  
Comprehension: Birds (primary/elem) Short reading comprehension text about birds, with questions.
Comprehension: Owls (upper elem/middle) Learn more about these fascinating birds with this factual reading comprehension.
Comprehension: Sparrows (middle school) Interested in sparrows? Learn more about them with this fact-filled reading comprehension.
Craft: Plastic Bird Feeder (all ages) Change an old plastic bowl into a pretty bird feeder.
Crafts: Rain Forest (primary/elem) Liven up your rain forest lesson with these instructions for making snakes and birds.
Did You Know? Birds Two printable cards with bird graphics for writing facts about birds.
Did You Know? Owls Two printable cards with graphics for writing facts about owls.
Did You Know? Puffin Two printable cards with graphics for writing facts about puffins.
Did You Know? Toucan Two printable cards with graphics for writing facts about toucans.
KWL: Penguins Use this form to organize Know, Want to know, and Learned material about penguins.
KWL: Puffins Use this form to organize Know, Want to know, and Learned material about puffins.
Maze: Birdhouse Help the bird into the house. Follow the arrows through the birdhouse-shaped maze.
Maze: Birds 2 (easy) Help the flamingo catch the shrimp.
Maze: Birds 3 (hard) Help the hummingbird find the flower.
Pattern: Rain Forest Bird Liven up your rain forest lesson by making birds based on this simple pattern.
Photos: Rain Forest Birds (all ages) Color photos of birds native to the rain forest.
Report Form: Bird Notebook Use this four page notebook to answer targeted questions and collect information about a bird, from physical features to cool facts.
Report Form: Penguins Booklet form enables students to write a short report on penguins.
Shapebook: Penguin (primary) Trace and cut out the primary-lined penguin pattern for a great student shapebook.
Sign: Owls  
Sign: Penguins  
Sign: Puffins Makes a great sign or booklet title page.
Song: All the Penguins A playful song about penguins, set to the tune of "Clementine".
Trace and Color: Bird Trace the picture of the bird and color it.
Unscramble the Words: Owls [member-created with abctools] Unscramble the words from "prey" to "hoot".
Venn Diagram: Nocturnal vs. Diurnal Use this Venn diagram to compare nocturnal and diurnal (daytime) animals.
Venn Diagram: Penguins Use this Venn diagram to compare two different penguin species.
Vocabulary: Snowy Owls Hoot A Snowy Owl hoots or screeches. What sounds do other animals make? Write the sounds inside the owl pattern.
Web Organizer: Puffins Use this web organizer to help organize brainstorming ideas about puffins.
Word Search: Birds Find the words from "beak" to "tweet" in this bird-shaped puzzle.
Word Search: Owls [member-created with abctools] Find the owl-theme words from "barn" to "talon" in this rectangular word search.
Word Search: Puffin Find the puffin-theme words from "billing" to "wildlife warden" in this square word search.
Word Search: Puffin Find the puffin-theme words from "burrow" to "wildlife" in this rectangular word search.
Writing Prompt: Spring Birds (primary/elem) Write a short story to go with each of the four pictures of birds in the spring.
Writing Prompt: Tundra Similes Briefly explains similes and encourages students to write their own on the theme of penguins or Antarctica.



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Color By Number: Penguins (set 1) Emperor, King, Little, Royal, and Snares Penguins. Half of the complete set of color-by-number penguin pages are available here in one download. These color-by-number pages are blackline drawings. They help students remember the colors and markings of these different penguins.
Color By Number: Penguins (set 2) Yellow-eyed, Adelie, Chinstrap, and Gentoo Penguins. Half of the complete set of color-by-number penguin pages are available here in one download. These color-by-number pages are blackline drawings. They help students remember the colors and markings of these different penguins.
Color and Read: U.S. Symbols - Bald Eagle (primary) Drawing of bald eagle to color, and informative text.
Color and Write: Western Bluebird (primary) A picture to color and wide lines to write about the Western Bluebird.
Comprehension: Owls (primary/elem) Simple reading comprehension about owls.
Coloring Page: Puffin Drawing of a cartoon puffin to color.
Crossword: About Birds [member-created document] This document was made with the abcteach crossword puzzle tool.
Desk Tag: Penguin (straight line)  
Desk Tag: Penguin (primary lines)  
Comprehension: New Zealand Seasons (elem) Short informational text compares seasons in New Zealand to those of the United States.
Fact Sheet: Penguins Learn all about penguins with this handy fact sheet.
Fiction: Beware of the Swans (primary) "The biggest swan hissed. It flapped its big wings." A realistic fiction reading comprehension about a rowboat and a protective swan.
Fiction: Chip and Cindy (elementary) "Chip and Cindy are cardinals." A fictional reading comprehension about the birds in a child's yard.
Venn Diagram: Seasons/Hemispheres Use this Venn diagram to compare seasons in the Northern and Southern hemispheres (the United States and New Zealand)
Fiction: Hummingbirds (primary) "We have a hummingbird feeder. It is red." This realistic fiction story presents a lot of facts about hummingbirds in very simple text.
Fiction: Jumping Pheasants (primary) "Ben looked inside the box. It was full of fluffy little brown birds." A realistic fiction reading comprehension.
Fiction: Ollie Owl (primary/ elementary) "Whoo-oo will be my best friend?” A cute reading comprehension for elementary students, or a story to read to primary students.
Fiction: Rikki's Valentine (upper elem) Rikki loves her pets, and she wants another one: a parrot. Will she get one? Find out with this realistic fiction reading comprehension, with short answer questions.
Fiction: Saving a Baby Bird (primary) "A baby bird had fallen out of a nest." A realistic fiction story about finding a baby bird.
Fiction: Seagulls (primary) Seagulls are a regular feature of any beach. This girl loves to feed the seagulls on her summer vacation.
Fiction: The Bird Choir (elementary) One way to tell it is summertime is the musical stylings of the birds in the trees. Help celebrate their sounds with this reading comprehension.
Fiction: The Bird Who Wanted to Eat a House (primary) "The noise didn't stop!" A realistic fiction reading comprehension about a woodpecker.
Fiction: The Duck Family (primary) easy reading comprehension
Following Directions: Ollie Owl (primary) "Ollie can’t see! Give him a pair of green eyes". This activity, which can be used with the "Ollie the Owl" reading comprehension, works as a cut/color/paste activity or a simple coloring activity, depending on student ability and interest.
Maze: Birds 1 (easier) Help the duck find its pond
Maze: Birds 2 (easy) Help the flamingo catch the shrimp
Maze: Birds 3 (hard) Help the hummingbird find the flower
Maze: Birds 4 (harder) Help the owl catch the mouse
Maze: Endangered Animals 4 (harder) Help the kiwi find the earthworm.
Maze: Rain Forest Animals 4 (harder) Help the toucan catch the tree frog.
Paper Bag Puppet: Animals- Penguin  
Report Planner: Owls KWL, report planner, graphing, and more. Answer the targeted questions to help organize thoughts for a report on owls.
Research and Report: Birds Report planner, KWL, and a lined page to write a report about birds. Includes a survey and graph to find out about people's favorite birds.
Research and Report: Penguin Report planner, KWL, space to write report, survey and graph for "favorite animals".
Shapebook: Duck Trace and cut out. This eight-page, duckling-shaped shapebook has prompts for students to answer about ducks, and a list of words on the last page. ("A duck says... A duck lives in a ...")
Shapebook: Toucan Color this toucan and use the page to write a poem or report about birds or the rain forest, or trace and cut out for a great student shapebook.
Unit: Owls (upper elem) Four owl poem examples are followed by clear directions for students to write their own owl poems (acrostic, etc.). This lesson also features report forms, a Venn diagram, and more.
Vocabulary Cards: Penguin Killer whale, seal, rocks, water.
Vocabulary Cards: Penguin 1 Penguin, incubate, nest, rookery, chick, burrow, sliding, squid
Vocabulary Cards: Penguin 2 Flipper, ice, snowflake, iceberg, bird, egg, feathers, warm-blooded
Word Problems: Birds (elementary) The largest bird egg comes from the ostrich: 15 centimeters long! If two ostrich eggs were laid end-to-end, how far would they reach?
Word Problems: Birds (upper elementary) If a puffin lives for eighteen years and, after the first year it spends growing up, lays one egg every year thereafter, how many would that be?
Word Search: Birds (middle school) [member-created document] This document was made with the abcteach Word Search Puzzle tool. NOTES: From "adaptation" to "vertebrate"
Word Search: Penguins (easy) From "bird" to "penguin".
Word Wall: Birds (upper elementary/middle) [member-created using abctools] From "adaptation" to "vertebrate". These vocabulary building word strips are great for word walls.
Word Wall: Oviparous [member-created with abctools] From albumen to yolk!
Word Wall: Penguins (pictures) From "Antarctica" to "wing". These vocabulary building word strips with pictures are great for word walls, sentence strips, spelling and vocabulary practice.
Writing Paper: Penguin (primary) 1 Primary-lined paper with cute color illustrations of penguins at the top. Portrait orientation.
Writing Paper: Penguin (primary) 2 Primary-lined paper with cute color illustrations of penguins in the left-hand border. Portrait orientation.
Writing Paper: Penguin (primary) 3 Primary-lined paper with cute color illustrations of penguins in the surrounding border. Portrait orientation.
Writing Paper: Penguins (upper elementary) 1 Lined border paper with an illustration of penguins across the top of the page.
Writing Paper: Penguins (upper elementary) 2 Lined border paper with illustration of a penguin family in the lower-left corner.
Writing Paper: Penguins (upper elementary) 3 Lined border paper with cute illustrations of penguins around the whole border.
Coloring Page: Eagle  
Comprehension: New Zealand Geography Reading comprehension on New Zealand geography, including why so many sea birds make their homes there.
Comprehension: Toucan (primary) A short factual reading comprehension about this rain forest dweller.
Comprehension: Turkey (upper elementary) A fact-filled reading comprehension, word search, Venn diagram, and more, to help students learn about turkeys. Great at Thanksgiving; good any time of the year.
Dot to Dot: Bird (to 24)  
Dot to Dot: Bird (to 27)  
Dot to Dot: Crane (to 44 by 2s)  
Dot to Dot: Toucan (spelling)  
Dot to Dot: Winter - Bird (to 10)  
Fiction: I Can Fly (primary) A little bird has learned how to fly! A cute springtime lesson for primary grades.
Game: Search a Word 5 x 5 (bird) A talking bird stands behind this game board.
Maze: Bird Help the bird find the worm in this maze.
Paper Bag Puppet: Animals - Toucan  
Paper Bag Puppet: Animals- Turkey  
Writing Paper: Doves (Primary) Primary-lined paper with cute illustrations of doves in the corners.
Acrostic Form: Turkey Write an acrostic poem about turkeys. With a picture to color.
Assignment Forms: Penguins Fun penguin-themed late homework notices, assignment notices, and grading sheet.
Assignment Notices: Birds (all ages) Fun bird-themed late assignment tracker, homework notices, assignment notices, and grading sheet.
Book Report Form: Owls 1 Two report forms guide students through the writing of book reports for fiction and non-fiction books about owls.
Book Report Form: Owls 2 Two report forms guide students through the writing of book reports for fiction and non-fiction books about owls. Narrower lines for older students.
Border Paper: Doves (unlined) Unlined border paper with color illustrations of doves in the corners.
Bulletin Board Trim: Penguins (small) Straight edge, full color.
Color By Number: Adelie Penguin This color-by-number page is a blackline drawing. Helps students remember the colors and markings of this penguin.
Color By Number: Blue Jay This color-by-number page is a blackline drawing. Helps students remember the colors and markings of this bird.
Color By Number: Canadian Goose This color-by-number page is a blackline drawing. Helps students remember the colors and markings of this bird.
Color By Number: Cardinal This color-by-number page is a blackline drawing. Helps students remember the colors and markings of this bird.
Color By Number: Chickadee This color-by-number page is a blackline drawing. Helps students remember the colors and markings of this bird.
Color By Number: Chinstrap Penguin This color-by-number page is a blackline drawing. Helps students remember the colors and markings of this penguin.
Color By Number: Common Grackle This color-by-number page is a blackline drawing. Helps students remember the colors and markings of this bird.
Color By Number: Emperor Penguin This color-by-number page is a blackline drawing. Helps students remember the colors and markings of this penguin.
Color by Number: Gentoo Penguin  
Color By Number: Junco This color-by-number page is a blackline drawing. Helps students remember the colors and markings of this bird.
Color By Number: King Penguin This color-by-number page is a blackline drawing. Helps students remember the colors and markings of this penguin.
Color By Number: Little Penguin This color-by-number page is a blackline drawing. Helps students remember the colors and markings of this penguin.
Color By Number: Nuthatch This color-by-number page is a blackline drawing. Helps students remember the colors and markings of this bird.
Color By Number: Royal Penguin This color-by-number page is a blackline drawing. Helps students remember the colors and markings of this penguin.
Color By Number: Snares Penguin This color-by-number page is a blackline drawing. Helps students remember the colors and markings of this penguin.
Color By Number: Sparrow This color-by-number page is a blackline drawing. Helps students remember the colors and markings of this bird.
Color By Number: Tufted Titmouse This color-by-number page is a blackline drawing. Helps students remember the colors and markings of this bird.
Color By Number: Yellow-eyed Penguin This color-by-number page is a blackline drawing. Helps students remember the colors and markings of this penguin.
Coloring Book: Easy Animals - Birds owl, chick, chicken, bird, duck
Coloring Page: "Don't Forget to Feed the BIRDS" Color the blackline drawing of a comical bird holding a reminder to care for our feathered friends.
Coloring Page: Birds Feeding Color the blackline drawing of two birds enjoying a bird feeder.
Coloring Page: Turkey  
Comprehension: Birds (upper elementary/ middle) What makes a bird a bird? What's special about bird bones? What are the different bird feathers called? Why do birds have different beaks? How do birds use their feet? How do birds fly? How do birds build nests? Learn the answers to these questions and more with this set of reading comprehensions.
Comprehension: Blue Jays (elementary) Interested in blue jays? Learn more about them with this fact-filled reading comprehension.
Comprehension: Blue Jays (middle school) Interested in blue jays? Learn more about them with this fact-filled reading comprehension.
Comprehension: Blue Jays (primary) Interested in blue jays? Learn more about them with this fact-filled reading comprehension.
Comprehension: Blue Penguins (elementary) Interested in blue penguins? Learn more about them with this fact-filled reading comprehension.
Comprehension: Cardinals (middle school) Interested in cardinals? Learn more about them with this fact-filled reading comprehension.
Comprehension: Cardinals (primary) Interested in cardinals? Learn more about them with this fact-filled reading comprehension.
Comprehension: Cardinals (primary/elem) A fact-filled reading comprehension about these interesting birds.
Comprehension: Chickadees (elementary) Interested in chickadees? Learn more about them with this fact-filled reading comprehension.
Comprehension: Chickadees (middle school) Interested in chickadees? Learn more about them with this fact-filled reading comprehension.
Comprehension: Chickadees (primary) Interested in chickadees? Learn more about them with this fact-filled reading comprehension.
Comprehension: Ostriches (upper elem/middle) A factual reading comprehension, describing the habitats, origins, and habits of these famous flightless birds.
Comprehension: Penguins (elementary/upper elem) Learn about penguins with this informative reading comprehension.
Comprehension: Penguins (elementary/upper elem) A fact-filled reading comprehension about penguins.
Comprehension: Rockhopper Penguin (elementary) Reading comprehension about the sub-Antarctic rockhopper penguin.
Comprehension: Sparrows (primary) Interested in sparrows? Learn more about them with this fact-filled reading comprehension.
Comprehension: Penguins (primary/elem) Simple reading comprehension about penguins.
Comprehension: The Toucan (elementary) This one-page reading comprehension follows a standardized testing format. Toucan facts and great testing practice!
Color and Write Prompt: Western Bluebird (elem) A picture to color and lines to write a very short story or text about the Western bluebird with theme words from a word bank.
Color and Write: Western Bluebird (elem) A picture to color and lines to write about the Western bluebird.
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