Alligator Craft: Letter A Writing Prompt and Animal Research

Who can resist a smiling alligator? This craft pairs a cheery gator with writing prompts and real facts, so letter A week gets a lot more fun.

This alligator craft is a letter A activity that pairs a bright, cheery alligator with writing prompts and a simple research page. Students build the craft, write about what they would do if they were or owned an alligator, and share real facts, so 1 animal covers art, writing, and science.

What is in it

• Alligator craft
• Zoo keeper application
• Guess my animal writing
• If I were a... writing, on primary and secondary lined paper
• If I owned a... writing, on primary and secondary lined paper
• Nonfiction animal fact sheet for research
• 14 pages total

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Skills it builds

• Creative writing
• Researching animal facts
• Letter A and its sound
• Cutting, gluing, and following directions

Where it fits

• Letter A week
• Animal or zoo units, and before a zoo field trip
• Writing centers and bulletin board displays
• Kindergarten and 1st grade

What teachers are saying

It holds 4.94 stars from 32 ratings.

"TOO CUTE!!!! My class loved this craft!!!!"

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A is for alligator

Print the craft, pick a prompt, and let your students share what they learned.

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Made by a teacher who's been right where you are.

Jessica Ann Stanford, Teachers Follow Teachers