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Endangered Species
Theme Unit
Short Reading Comprehensions
Very Quick Readers
     The Giant Panda (Very Quick Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Hawaiian Monk Seals (Very Quick Reader; Grades 3-6 Readability)
     Siberian Tigers (Very Quick Reader; Grades 3-6 Readability)
     Not If I Can Help It! (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Galapagos Giant Tortoises (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Leatherback Sea Turtles (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     The Florida Panther (Very Quick Reader; Grades 6-8 Readability)

Short Readers
     The Addax (Short Reader; Grades 2-4 Readability)
     Bumblebee Bat (Short Reader; Grades 2-4 Readability)
     If You Give a Manatee a Cookie... (Short Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Bengal Tiger (Short Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Are You a Gorilla? (Short Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     African Elephants (Short Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     The Kiwi (Short Reader; Grades 3-6 Readability)
     Gorillas (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Orangutans (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Key Deer (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     California Condors (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Tuatara (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Endangered Is Not Extinct...Let's Keep It That Way! (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Endangered Animals (Short Reader; Grades 5-7 Readability)
     The Wolf (Short Reader; Grades 5-7 Readability)
     Bengal Tigers (Short Reader; Grades 6-8 Readability)

Spanish
     Panda gigante (grades 3-5)
     Tigre de Bengala (grades 3-5)
     Los Kiwis (grades 3-6)
     Los gorilas (grades 4-6)

Reading Comprehensions
Fiction
     Keith Interviews Glenn Gorilla (Grades 1-3)
     Keith and the Otter Brothers (Grades 1-3)
     Keith and the Tiger Tragedy (Grades 1-3)
     Keith Interviews His Dog's Cousin (Grades 1-3)
     Keith Interviews a Dragon (Grades 1-3)
     Keith Interviews Carla Condor (Grades 1-3)
     Keith Interviews Chad, the Blue Whale (Grades 1-3)
     Keith Interviews Miguel, the Brown Spider Monkey (Grades 1-3)
     Keith Interviews Ana, the Imperial Amazon Parrot (Grades 1-3)
     Keith Interviews Jimmy, the Loggerhead Turtle (Grades 1-3)
     Keith Interviews Mei, the Giant Panda (Grades 1-3)
     Mermaids (Grades 1-3)
     What Has Feathers, but Cannot Fly? (Grades 1-3)
     Special Goslings (Grades 2-3)
     Manatee Life (Grades 3-5)
     A Letter from Laysan (Grades 3-5)
     The Heritage Farm (Grades 4-5)

Non-Fiction
     The World's Most Endangered Animals (Grades 4-6)
     Animals in Danger! (Grades 4-9)
     How People Affect Other Living Things (Grades 5-6)
     Endangered Animals! (Grades 6-8)
     The Endangered Species Act (Grades 6-8)

Endangered Species
     Aye-ayes (Grades 3-6)
     California Condors (Grades 4-8)
     Flightless Cormorants (Grades 4-8)
     Galapagos tortoises (Grades 4-8)
     Giant Pandas (Grades 3-6)
     Gorillas (Grades 4-9)
     Japanese Cranes (Grades 4-7)
     Kiwis (Grades 3-6)
     Komodo Dragons (Grades 4-7)
     Leatherback Turtles (Grades 4-8)
     Manatees (Grades 3-5)
     Manatees (Grades 4-8)
     Orangutans (Grades 4-7)
     Rhinoceros (Grades 4-8)
     Sea Otters (Grades 4-7)
     Sloths (Grades 4-6)
     Sun Bears (Grades 3-6)
     Tapirs (Grades 4-8)
     Tigers (Grades 4-7)
     Tuataras (Grades 4-8)
     Warpaint Emerald Dragonflies (Grades 3-5)
     Wolves (Grades 5-7)

Spanish
     Keith entrevista al primo de su perro (grades 1-3)
     Keith entrevista a un dragón (grades 1-3)
     ¡Animales en Peligro! (grades 4-9)
     ¡Animales en peligro de extinción! (grades 6-8)
     Aye-ayes
     Los Cóndores de California (grades 4-8)
     Los Cormoranes de las Galápagos (grades 4-8)
     Las Tortugas Terrestres de las Galápagos (grades 4-8)
     Los Pandas Gigantes (grades 3-6)
     Los Gorilas (grades 4-9)
     Las Grullas Japonesas (grades 4-7)
     Los Kiwis (grades 3-6)
     Los Dragones de Komodo
     La Tortuga Laúd (grades 4-8)
     Los Manatíes (grades 4-8)
     Los Orangutanes (grades 4-7)
     Los Rinocerontes (grades 4-8)
     Las Nutrias Marinas (grades 4-7)
     Los Perezosos
     Los Osos Malayos
     Los Tapires
     Los Tigres (grades 4-7)
     Los Tuátaras (grades 4-8)
     Los Lobos (grades 5-7)

Read and Color
            Endangered Means There Is Still Time
            The World’s Heaviest Turtle: Leatherback Turtles
            The Rhinoceros: It Can't Toot Its Own Horn
            The Magnificent Manatee
            The Northern Spotted Owl
             Endangered animals coloring book (PDF File)
             Lizzy visits the National Zoo (PDF File)

Conservation
     The Importance of National Parks (Grades 5-6)
     How Do People Protect Plants and Animals? (Grades 6-7)
     Save them! (French and English)

Finish the Story
     How Pandas Got Their Colors (Grades 3-6)
     Helping the Animals (Grades 4-6)
     Save the Animals (Grades 4-6)
     Martha Manatee Hears a Roar! (Grades 4-6)

Critical Thinking
Endangered Animals Thinking Puzzles
     Draw a sequence of 3 different animals (easier)
     Draw a sequence of 3 different animals (more difficult)
     Draw a sequence of 4 different animals (easier)
     Draw a sequence of 4 different animals (more difficult)

Book Units
    Arctic Tale (Grades 3-5)

Endangered Animals Patterns
     Draw the missing picture: 2 pictures are missing at the end (LARGER pictures)
     Draw the missing picture: 1 picture is missing anywhere in the pattern (LARGER pictures)
     Draw the missing picture: 2 pictures are missing at the end (smaller pictures)
     Draw the missing picture: 1 picture is missing anywhere in the pattern (smaller pictures)

Endangered Species SUDOKU Puzzles
   4 by 4 Endangered Species Sudoku
     Very easy 4 x 4 Sudoku with shapes (4 keys)
     Easy 4 x 4 Sudoku with shapes (4 keys)

4 by 4 Endangered Species Sudoku: Includes Hints (blank boxes have smaller pictures to pick from)
     Very easy 4 x 4 Sudoku with shapes (4 keys with hints)
     Easy 4 x 4 Sudoku with shapes (4 keys with hints)

6 by 6 Endangered Species Sudoku
     Easy 6 x 6 Sudoku with shapes (4 keys)
     Medium 6 x 6 Sudoku with shapes (4 keys)

Endangered Species Mazes
edHelper subscribers:
Build Endangered Species Mazes - Make multiple mazes at once

Endangered Species Counting
edHelper subscribers:
Make counting puzzles

Endangered Animals Story Starters and Borders
Endangered animals borders with endangered animals story starters

Art Project: Kiwi Bird (Grades 3-6)
     Art Project: Make a Kiwi bird. (PDF file)

Art Project: Endangered Animal Wanted Poster (Grades 1-8)
     Art Project: Make a wanted poster featuring an endangered animal (PDF file)

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