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by Rachel Tidd
 M a m m a l W A L K R e co r d i n g S h e e t

Record some of the mammals you saw on your nature walk. (Dogs and cats count, too.)
Write their names as best you can and draw a picture of them.

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 Moon JOURNAL

Draw the shape of the moon each night to see how it changes.

New Waxing First Waxing Full Waning Third Waning

Crescent Quarter Gibbous Gibbous Quarter Crescent

Day Day Day Day Day Day

Day Day Day Day Day Day

Day Day Day Day Day Day

Day Day Day Day Day Day

Day Day Day Day Day Day

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 All About a TREE

This is my tree. The bark is My tree has

Smooth (or) Leaves (or)
Rough Needles

The colors of the tree leaves or needles are:

green yellow red
brown maroon

The color of the bark is

brown gray black
white green
Drawing the leaves or needles

My tree is a

I like my tree because

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 Touch Scavenger Hunt

Fuzzy Cold

Wet Sharp

Smooth Fluffy

Wet Gritty

Prickly Wooden

Soft Warm

Dry Bumpy

Silky Hard

Heavy

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 Five Senses Season

Use your senses to write about the season!

In the ,

I smell

I taste

I feel

I hear

I see

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 Nature Study Observations

Date

Season

Location

Name of species

What do you notice?

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 Noun Scavenger Hunt

Directions: Draw or write a noun in the boxes.

A B C D E

F G H I J

K L M N O

P Q R S T

U V W X Y

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 N o u n S c a v e n g e r H u n t (words on l y)

Directions: Write a noun on every line.

A N

B O

C P

D Q

E R

F S

G T

H U

I V

J W

K X

L Y

M Z

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 Digraph Sort Pictures

ch th sh wh

Ch: chin, chip, Th: thumb, thread, Sh: ship, shark, Wh: whistle, wheel,
cheese, chair three, tooth shoe, brush whale, whisk

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 Animal Homes

Draw a picture and name each animal home you discover.

Drawing of the animal’s home Name of home

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 -at word Picture Cards

hat mat bat cat sat

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 Amphibian Search Record

Type of
Tally
Amphibian

Frog

Salamander

Newt

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 Amphibian Fact Sheet

Name of amphibian

It is a Newt, Frog, or Salamander. (Circle one)

Where does it live?

Fun Fact

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 Nature Study Observations

Date

Season

Location

Name of species

What do you notice?

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 Spelling Picture Cards

map sap nap jam ham

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 List Poem: Brainstorming

Sight

Smell

Touch

Hear

Taste

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 List Poem

Title

By

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 Who Left That Scat?

Draw your scat. Who left that scat?

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 Bean Sprout Observation Sheet

Here is what I see. My observations for Day

Here is what I see. My observations for Day

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 Bean Sprout Observation Sheet

Here is what I see. My observations for Day

Here is what I see. My observations for Day

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 Bean Sprout Observation Sheet

Here is what I see. My observations for Day

Here is what I see. My observations for Day

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 Bean Sprout Observation Sheet

Here is what I see. My observations for Day

Here is what I see. My observations for Day

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 Parts of an Insect Reference

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 Picture Cards for -an, -un, -in word family sort

-an -un -in

Images: fan, can, pan, sun, nun, bun, pin, tin, bin

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 Picture sort recording sheet

-an -un -in

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 Sound Strips

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 Umbel Search Record

Drawing Name of Plant

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 Picture cards: L and sp blend

Pictures (these are words children can read and spell but are not necessarily easy to find pictures for!)
Top row: clap, clam, clip 3rd row: spin, club (golf club), flash
2nd row: slam, slip, flush flat 4th row: Spit/spat, plan, flip/flop

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 Wonder Walk Recording Sheet

Something green

Something brown

Something for a fairy crown

Something hard

Something yellow

Something shiny, my young fellow

Something long

Something wide

Something with something else inside

Something smooth

A bit of down

Something that should have stayed in town (litter?)

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 Picture Cards

-at -it -ot -ut

Images: mat, cat, bat, lit, pit, kit, cot, pot, spot, nut, hut, cut

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 Scavenger Sort Recording Sheet

-at -it -ot -ut

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 Ve rb Scave nge r H u nt

Directions: Draw or write a verb in the boxes.

A B C D E

F G H I J

K L M N O

P Q R S T

U V W X Y

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 V e r b S c a v e n g e r H u n t (words on l y)

Directions: Write a verb on every line.

A N

B O

C P

D Q

E R

F S

G T

H U

I V

J W

K X

L Y

M Z

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 Picture cards: R blend

walk

harvesting the corn

Pictures (these are words children can read and spell but are not necessarily easy to find pictures for!)
Top row: crab, crib, drip 3rd row: frog, cross, frost
2nd row: dress, trap, trash 4th row: crop, press, brush

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 Roll and Read!

Directions: Roll a die and read the first word, if you roll the same number again read the first
word and the second word. Keep going until you have rolled each number or read at least two
words in each line. For more advanced readers, have them read the whole line each time to
practice fluency.

drop brat rat frog

tram grit rag crop

said prim want drag

here rip bran stop

crop dress of drip

like rot little trip

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 Nature Observation

I notice, I wonder, it reminds me of . . .

I notice Draw a picture of what you see

I wonder

It reminds me of

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e as y
o su nt d
o ss o
p fe l/lk // kp/ i pc ti cutruerse s

c k ck

c: cat, car, cake, cup k: kangaroo, kite, key, king ck: sock, duck, stick, rock

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 All About An Animal

All About

What color is it?

What does it eat?

What kind of habitat does it live in?

Fun fact

Picture of a

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 O p e n a nTdh rc el oe sseodusnydlsl aobfl e/ kw/ opri dc ts ufroers s o r t i n g

Open Syllables Closed Syllables

my bat

fry leg

shy cut

go shed

he fit

dry dot

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 Rock and Mineral Observations

Name of rock/mineral

Color(s)

Clear or opaque?

Smooth or rough?

Crystals?

Draw your rock or mineral:

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 / k s / s o u n d p i c t u r eT sh rfeoer ssoo ur tnidnsg opfl u/ kr a/ lp-i cc k
t us roe rs - k s v s x s p e l l i n g s

Letter x Plural -cks or -ks

fox blocks

box socks

ax clocks

mix hooks

fix books

six trucks

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 Five Senses in Nature

Nature observations using my senses

I smell

I taste

I feel

I hear

I see

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 Alphabet Word List

A N

B O

C P

D Q

E R

F S

G T

H U

I V

J W

K X

L Y

M Z

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 Alphabet Scavenger Hunt

Directions: Draw or write in the boxes each object you find.

A B C D E

F G H I J

K L M N O

P Q R S T

U V W X Y

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 F a v o r i t e C h a r a c t e r Writ i n g Pr o m p t

My favorite character is

because

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 Story MAP

Setting Characters

Beginning

Middle End

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 Summarizing the Beginning, Middle, and End of the story

Beginning:

Middle:

End:

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