Do bears hibernate in the winter? Not really! With many interesting facts and fun activities about animals in winter, this unit is sure to blow your socks away! Jam-packed with everything you need for a unit on animal adaptation!

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To read more about this resource and see it in action, read this blog post: ANIMALS IN WINTER

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Includes:

~Detailed Lesson plans for each adaptation

~Science demonstrations

~Hibernation activities

-KWL

-Original poem and craft

-STEM challenge- build a den for a bear

-Differentiated Venn diagram comparing people to hibernating animals

~Camouflage activities

-Camouflage wheel to show rabbit and fox in summer and winter

-Draw animals that blend in the snow (snowy field background)

-Camouflaging animals activity

~Migration activities

-Migrate with your students! ‘North’ and ‘South’ signs included

~Animals that store food activity: Acorns for acorn hunt

~9 Foldable readers-– each on a different animal. Simply fold, read, and illustrate! *Illustrated version also included.*

~4 Differentiated Reading Passages- one for each adaptation: bears, bats, foxes, birds

~Who Am I? Students cut and paste riddle on top of correct animal

~Animal sort- Adaptation headings and real pictures to sort

~Vocabulary matching cards

~Computer research project- 3 parts, complete with certificates

**Must have access (subscription) to Brain Pop Jr. to use**

~3-2-1 Summarizer: higher-level writing response

~Graphing- Find the animals in the picture and graph

~Word wall writing activity- can be used as a center, has 2 full-color word walls and response sheet

~Word Study sheets- rhyming, ABC order (differentiated- 3 levels)

~Writing Center- Students mix and fix sentences about animals, then write on recording sheet

~2 book-based activity packets

-Bear Snores On: realism/fantasy, bear craft and creative writing

-Bear Wants More- differentiated Venn diagram to compare both books, fact/opinion chart

~Math problem-solving cards- 10 cards with pictures and word problems

~Animals in Winter True/False sort Includes pieces to sort on whiteboard or pocket chart, plus follow up cut and paste printable!

~Portfolio cover for students to store work in! Glue or staple to a large folded piece of construction paper, and have students store all printables, booklets, projects, webquests, etc. in it. Great for a display of their hard work!

~Book and website list

**NEW** Digital Activities Just Added for use with Google Slides!

Reading Passages
4 “mini-books”
Adaptation Slides
Learning Journal with Word Banks
Sentence Scrambles
Hibernation poem
Fact/Opinion sort
Vocabulary Match
Skip-counting Word Problems

Meets many Common Core Standards!

So much to see and learn! Your students will LOVE the fun, educational activities in this unit!

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READ WHAT OTHER TEACHERS HAVE SAID:

“This was such a great purchase! There are so many activities to choose from. My students loved building caves and making animals that camouflage with different parts of the room.” -Helen

“Very easy to prepare fun and engaging activities to help the students truly understand concepts. Great resource.” -Julia

“Perfect supplement for my animal science unit! Addresses the standards toward which students are working in engaging ways.” -Catherine

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Animals in Winter: Hibernation Activities and Adaptation