Kindergarten Science {Little SCIENCE Thinkers UNIT 5: Animals}

Little Science Thinkers is a complete science curriculum specifically for Kindergarten.  It's everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your kinder friends.  It incorporates many state and NGSS standards. This curriculum was completely researched, designed, and created by Karen Jones.

UNIT 5: Animals teaches your little learners all about animal groups. It contains lessons on these specific topics:

Animals are living things

How animals grow and change

The six main animal groups; including reptiles, birds, fish, amphibians, mammals, and invertebrates

How animals adapt

Life Cycles

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COMPONENTS OF THE UNIT:

-A complete Teacher Guide

-9 printable/projectable Books for Read-Alouds

-Step-by-step, Scripted Lesson Plans (Twelve, 30-minute lesson plans in all)

-Essential Question and Learning Target Posters

-Anchor Charts

-Investigations and an Experiment

-Science Stations

-Whole group Activities

-Vocabulary Cards

-Craft

-Student Workbook

-Quick Checks

-Kinder-appropriate Assessment and Rubric for scoring

-Parent Letter

-A COMPLETE unit PowerPoint to guide your teaching during each and every lesson (all books, targets, activity and workbook pages are included in the PowerPoint to help you save paper)

**PLEASE NOTE** In order to complete the life cycle experiment, you will need to purchase an Animal/Insect Kit

OUTLINE OF UNIT 5:

Lesson 1: ANIMALS ARE LIVING THINGS

EXPERIMENT – ANIMALS GROW AND CHANGE

Lesson 2: ANIMAL GROUPS

Lesson 3: REPTILES

Lesson 4: BIRDS

Lesson 5: FISH

Lesson 6: AMPHIBIANS

Lesson 7: MAMMALS

Lesson 8: INVERTEBRATES

Lesson 9: ANIMAL LIFE CYCLES (INCLUDING METAMORPHOSES)

Lesson 10: SCIENCE STATIONS

Lesson 11: REVIEW AND EXPERIMENT CONCLUSION

Lesson 12: UNIT ASSESSMENT

*Please download the preview to see all that is included, including samples of everything!*

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OTHER LITTLE SCIENCE THINKERS UNITS:

UNIT 1: Our Senses

UNIT 2: Seasons & Weather

UNIT 3: Properties

UNIT 4: Plants

UNIT 5: Animals

UNIT 6: Force and Motion

MINI UNIT: Apple Science
MINI UNIT: Space

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LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses. If you are a coach, principal, or district interested in transferable licenses to accommodate yearly staff changes, please contact me for a quote at karen@mrsjonessclass.com .

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