Teacher Instructions

These pages are used to take notes while reading most

children’s non-fiction animal books.

Page 2: Resource Guide

Contains some definitions and examples to help
complete notebooking pages.

Pages 3-6: Notebooking Pages

Page 7: Vocabulary Page

Credits

Frames Continents

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 Reference Guide
Classes: Families: (There are about
Arthropods 6000. These are just a few
examples.)
Mammals
Birds Dogs: Canidae
Fish Horses: Equidae
Reptiles Cows: Bovidae
Amphibians Cats: Felidae

Biomes:
Rain Forest Temperate Deciduous Forest
Coniferous Forest Desert
Ocean Grasslands
Fresh Water Tundra

Diet:
Herbivore: eats plants only
Carnivore: eats meat only
Omnivore: eats plants and meat

Predator: An animal that preys (hunts) on other

animals.
Prey: An animal that is hunted and killed by
another for food.

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 Animal: _____________________
Class: ________________________ Native Home
Family: ______________________

Habitat or Biome:
_______________________________

Physical Characteristics:
(What do they look like? Use good
descriptive words!)

Color: ________________________
Covering: ____________________
Size: __________________________
Glue on continent. Color in
_________________________________ where animals live.
Body Parts:
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________

Draw a Picture:

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 Animal: _____________________
How do they move? __________________________________
_______________________________________________________

Do they have any special senses that help them?

_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
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_______________________________________________________

What noises do they make? __________________________

_______________________________________________________

Different types: ______________________________________

_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________

Diet (What do they eat?):

_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________

How they eat: ________________________________________

_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________

Are they predators (hunters)? ________________________

Circle one: Carnivores Herbivores Omnivores

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 Animal (cont.): _____________________
Defense:
Who are their predators? ____________________________
_______________________________________________________
How do they defend themselves?
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
Relationship with humans?
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________

Other Behavior:
How do they survive the winter?

Circle one: Migrate Adapt Hibernate

Details: ______________________________________________
_______________________________________________________

Do they live in groups? Describe.

_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________

Where do they hang out? ____________________________

_______________________________________________________
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 Animal (cont.): _____________________

Animal Babies:
Circle one: Lay eggs Live Birth

Babies are called: ____________________________________

Pregnancy and birth details:

_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________

Growing up: __________________________________________

_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________

Life span: ____________________________________________

Current Health of Population:

Extinct Endangered Healthy

Dangers they face: ___________________________________

_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________

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 Animal (cont.): _____________________
Vocabulary:
(Choose italicized or other words from book. Look up definitions.)
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Definition: _______________________________________________
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Definition: _______________________________________________
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Definition: _______________________________________________
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Definition: _______________________________________________
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Definition: _______________________________________________
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Definition: _______________________________________________
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Definition: _______________________________________________
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Continents: make as many copies as needed to
cut and glue on first page of notebooking pages

Antarctica
Africa
South
America

Australia
Asia

North
America
Europe

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