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A Lucky Break
Explore idioms with a chicken theme! Consider doing these activities prior to Thanksgiving, as there's a section about wishbones! First your youngsters will match a short list of idioms with their meanings. Then, give each learner the...
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R is for Rooster
In this handwriting practice instructional activity, students trace and practice writing the letter 'R' both in upper and lower case letters. They also identify the object illustrated and trace and write the term rooster as shown.
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Clucking Chickens
A comb, wattle, and beak are three characteristics that describe a chicken. Your class can explore the life of a chicken through reading, art, movement, and music. Using a plastic cup and string, they'll create a pretend chicken that...
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The Five Senses of Thanksgiving
In this Thanksgiving worksheet, students write about what they see, hear, smell, taste, and touch on Thanksgiving in different chickens. Students complete 5 chickens about their senses.
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Hatching Chickens
Students observe caring for eggs and chickens. In this hatching lesson students brainstorm what they know about chickens and carefully watch what happens.
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What Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?
Students explore the concept of nutrition. In this nutrition lesson, students identify the benefit of eggs as a nutritional meal or snack. Students also discover how to prepare easy meals or snacks using eggs.
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Chicken ABC's
In this connect the dots worksheet, students connect the dots by following their abc's. Students go through the entire alphabet a to z to make a picture of a chicken.
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Chicken ABC's
In this connect the dots instructional activity, students connect the dots by following their abc's. Students go through the entire alphabet a to z to make a picture of a chicken.
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Chicken
In this chicken coloring page worksheet, students study a line drawing of a large chicken. There are no directions; this appears to be a coloring page.
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Chicken Feed Maze
In this sequence worksheet, students draw a continuous line , helping the chick find the feed, from the top to the bottom avoiding obstacles that lead to dead ends completing the maze.
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Last Letter on the Farm
For this language arts worksheet, students look at the pictures of things you could find on a farm. Then they say the name and listen to the ending sound. Students select the correct letter to complete each word and write it on the line.
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WHAT ANIMALS GIVE US?
Students examine how animals on a farm provide us with many resources.
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United Poultry Concerns: Hatching Good Lessons
A collection of lessons on how to teach elementary students about chickens without actually hatching them in the classroom, which is not the best for the animals.
Language Guide
Language Guide: Los Animales De La Granja
This interactive vocabulary site on farm animals includes not only the correct Spanish pronunciation of nouns, but some verbs, as well as sounds that the animals make. Pop-ups of the correct spelling are included.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Chickscope: The Journey Begins
Journey with the chicken egg, from formation to hatching, and learn about its embryology.
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Chicken Breeds
If you're looking for a particular breed of chicken, this is your site! You will find an extensive list of chicken breeds here as well as information on each, breed clubs, and photographs.
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Barnyard Palace : Poultry
Six and a half billion in the United States each year! Chickens, that is. Find out more by looking at this site. Click on the pictures to enlarge them.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Chicken (Gallus Gallus)
Explore images and facts about chickens, including details on their appearance, habitat, diet, behaviour, and much more.
Read Works
Read Works: The Chicken and the Egg
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a little girl named Kit who got a baby chick and watched it grow up and hatch chicks of its own. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Pennsylvania State University
Penn State University: Embryology in the Classroom
Come and learn more about how to incorporate embryology into your classroom. This site features tons of information about the embryology of chickens.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Chickens at Enchanted Learning
Chicken jokes, rhymes, printouts and educational information can be found on this site.
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Kiddy House: All About Chickens for Kids and Teachers
This comprehensive resource features everything you want to know about chickens. Students and teachers will "cluck" when they explore this site.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Incubation & Embryology
This website is designed to provide elementary and high school teachers with knowledge on the chicken's egg, its importance to man, and its role in reproduction of the species. Lessons are divided into grades K-3, 4-6, 7-8, and 9-12....
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Constructing an Egg Candler
Directions on how to make a device to candle eggs, or check on the progress of the chicken embryo. Links to numerous incubation and embryology resources.