Chicken Close Reading

This Chicken & Poultry Life Cycle Unit reading resource includes 6 themed reading passages for primary grades (recommended 2nd grade to 5th grade range) plus, vocabulary, matching and concentration games, activities, and Close Reading guides and handouts.

Resource Included Article Topics:

– Poultry Farmers

– Industrial Poultry Farms

– Chickens

– Free Range Chickens

– Inside the Egg

– Predators & Precautions

– Writing: Connections

All worksheet content is in black and white (including pictures) for easy printing. The vocabulary and posters are in color. For your convenience, we’ve also included a teacher’s guide and answer keys. The teacher’s guide for this resource includes a Common Core Standards listing and usage map, a quick teaching close reading introduction as well as optional close reading “codes” that can be used by your students.