Learning about oviparous animals is a fun topic for young children. They love learning about animals that hatch from eggs and of course, this gives us a chance to think about that age old question – What came first…the chicken or the egg?
What are oviparous animals?
I like to begin most lessons with a read aloud so we read the book Chickens Aren't The Only Ones by Ruth Heller. This is a great little book that teaches children about the many animals that hatch from eggs.
Next I passed out animal pictures to each of my students and we sorted them in a pocket chart labeled Oviparous and Not Oviparous animals. You can grab this freebie here.
Interactive Writing
Our next step was to work together using interactive writing to make a list of Oviparous Animals:
Animal Research
Finally, it was time for students to begin to do some animal research about some different oviparous animals. I divided my students into four small groups with 3-4 students in a group.
Each group was assigned one of the following animals to research: Owls, Sea Turtles, Frogs and Chickens. I had a few books in my classroom that they could read and we also used Epic Books. This is a free website for teachers with a wide variety of fiction and non fiction books that you can use in your classroom.
The students worked with their small group partners to create a large graphic organizer with facts about their animal:
Next, the students worked on some informational writing as they wrote down four facts about their animal on their “animal facts strips” and then put those strips into little plastic Easter eggs. The students made a cute craft of their animal baby and then attached it to paper bag nests, then popped the eggs into the nests!
The students also learned about the life cycle of their animals. They made these adorable animal crafts with the life cycle in the center:
Each student also completed a mini book.. They drew and labeled their animal, what they eat, where they live and an interesting fact about their animal.
When we were all finished, the students took an assessment to see how much they learned about their oviparous animal……they ROCKED those tests!
If your students would love learning about oviparous animals you can take a closer look at these activities here or pin it for later!
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Lots of resources and I love the books you chose! I just picked up a bunch of plastic eggs on clearance!
Jennifer
Practical Primary Teacher