Kindergarten research project

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.

Animal reports are a fun way to get young students excited about doing research. Today I wanted to show how I differentiate my animal research unit for kindergarten all the way up through fourth grade

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

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…

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 a...

We have been working hard to learn our names! I have a helper of the day. So we cycle through everyone during the month. The first time we did King and Queen. Each person was the king or queen of the day. They got to wear a crown and cape. The crown was a paper one that they took home at the end of the day. We made a web of all their favorite things. We practiced asking and answering questions. Then everyone made a page for their book. So fun and cute. I took pictures of them all in the cape…

Animal Research Project (W.K.7 and W.K.8)

A family unit for kindergarten is an important social studies unit to start the year for several reasons. A family unit for kindergarten involves letting