Chicken Life Cycle Stages: Journey of an Egg Activities

Friday, April 12, 2013

Hatching chicks in the classroom is a memory students never forget. These activities help them learn and write about every stage, from egg to chicken.

This chicken life cycle unit is full of facts about each stage, from egg to embryo to hatchling to chick to chicken. It has nonfiction cards, a mini book, games, and writing pages, so it works for a spring science unit or while you watch chicks hatch in your classroom.

Chicken life cycle vocabulary cards and mini book

What is in it

  • 7 vocabulary cards
  • Mini book to send home
  • Student writing book and writing rubric
  • 2 page metamorphosis poster
  • File folder game, memory game, and vocabulary puzzle
  • KWL chart and brainstorming clouds
  • Can, have, are chart and brainstorming clouds
  • Metamorphosis cut and paste and labeling pages
  • 54 pages total

See every page in the Chicken Life Cycle Activities preview on TPT.

Skills it builds

  • Chicken life cycle stages
  • Science vocabulary
  • Nonfiction writing

Where it fits

  • Spring science units
  • Hatching chicks in the classroom
  • Science centers and small groups
  • Preschool, kindergarten, and 1st grade

What teachers are saying

It holds 5 stars from 16 ratings.

"Great resource to use with our newly hatched chicks!"

Want my free editable lanyard class list? It keeps every name handy for fire drills and field trips, and you will get my new classroom ideas in your inbox too.

Yes, send my class list

Egg to chicken

Read the mini book, watch the eggs, and let your students write the story.

Get the Chicken Life Cycle Activities on TPT

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

Jessica Ann Stanford, Teachers Follow Teachers

No comments

Powered by Blogger.
Jessica Ann Stanford smiling on her couch with a mug of coffee

Hey there!

I'm Jessica, a teacher and a mom of 4. I started making resources for my own Pre-K to 1st grade kiddos back in 2012, and Teachers Follow Teachers grew from there.

Everything here is built for real classrooms: easy to prep, easy to teach, and kind to your evenings. Pull up a chair and grab what helps.

More about me