Help students explore how animals survive winter with this Animals in Winter Science Unit. This thematic unit introduces hibernation, migration, and adaptation through developmentally appropriate science lessons, hands-on activities, and literacy and math integrations designed for little learners.
Perfect for Pre-K, Kindergarten, and early First Grade, this unit uses predictable charts, read-alouds, visual sorting, and student recording activities to help children build science vocabulary and document what they learn about animals in winter.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
Science Lesson Plans
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Animals in Winter overview lesson
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Adaptations in winter
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Migration
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Hibernation
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A Sleepy Winter science wrap-up activity
Thematic Science Activities
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Animals in Winter pocket chart sort
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Adaptation sorting activities
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Migration and hibernation visual sorts
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Thematic reader and science response pages
Literacy Centers
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Animals in Winter Pocket Chart Sentences
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Adaptation Sorting
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Migration and Hibernation Sort
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Write the Room: Animals in Winter
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Thematic Reader Response
Math Centers
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Winter Animal Counting
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Addition with Winter Animals
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Missing Numbers to 10
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Number Matching
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Color by Number (Winter Animals)
Thematic Routines
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Predictable chart writing
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Shared reading and shared writing
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Interactive poem
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Directed drawings
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Writing center resources
WHY TEACHERS LOVE IT
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Builds science understanding through routine and repetition
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Integrates science, literacy, and math seamlessly
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Supports vocabulary, observation, and discussion
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Easy to implement with minimal prep
PAIR IT WITH
Pair this Animals in Winter Science Unit with other units in the January Thematic Unit Bundle for a full month of winter literacy, math, and science activities.
AMAZON CLASSROOM FAVORITES
Find winter animal nonfiction books, pocket chart cards, animal figures, and science tools on my Amazon Storefront under Animals in Winter Classroom Finds.
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