Rainforest Animal Adaptations Worksheets

Are you looking for a product that will coordinate with your life science curriculum and engage your grade 2 or grade 3 learners? Your search is over! This set of worksheets is a great addition to your lessons about animal adaptations and/or the rainforest habitat. Designed to be cross curricular, this product will give your learners the opportunity to strengthen their skills in reading, writing, science, and critical thinking. They’ll begin by reading brief paragraphs about the following animals that call the rainforest their home: toucan, sloth, Poison Dart frog, capybara, iguana, Brazilian tapir, jaguar, and Pink River dolphin. Three additional paragraphs about the Blue Heron, rattlesnake, and Arctic wolf are also included. Following reading, your second or third graders will list the unique adaptations of the rainforest dwellers. Three worksheets are available for this activity, allowing for differentiated learning. After focusing on only rainforest animals, your learners will turn their attention to an activity that also involves listing adaptations of non-rainforest animals. This will prepare them for the brief comparison writing activity that rounds out the set of worksheets. Once they have compared and contrasted one rainforest animal with one non-rainforest animal, learners will illustrate their writing with drawings of both creatures. These print and go worksheets are available in both a color version, as well as a black & white version. PLEASE NOTE: both versions are identical. An answer key is not provided because answers will vary among learners. Below are details of the worksheets included in this product.

PAGE 1: learners will read brief paragraphs about the toucan, sloth, Poison Dart frog, and capybara and their unique adaptations for life in the rainforest habitat.

PAGE 2: learners will read brief paragraphs about the iguana, Brazilian tapir, jaguar, and Pink River dolphin and their unique adaptations for life in the rainforest habitat.

PAGE 3: learners will read brief paragraphs about the Blue Heron, rattlesnake, and Arctic wolf and their unique adaptations for life in the wetlands, desert, and Arctic.

PAGE 4: learners will use the information from the reading passages to write one adaptation for 6 rainforest animals.

PAGE 5: learners will use the information from the reading passages to write two adaptations for 6 rainforest animals.

PAGE 6: learners will use the information from the reading passages to write three adaptations for 6 rainforest animals.

PAGE 7: learners will use the information from the reading passages to write one adaptation for 3 rainforest animals and 3 non-rainforest animals.

PAGE 8: learners will use the information from the reading passages to write two adaptations for 3 rainforest animals and 3 non-rainforest animals.

PAGE 9: learners will use the information from the reading passages to write three adaptations for 3 rainforest animals and 3 non-rainforest animals.

PAGE 10: learners will write a brief comparison of one rainforest animal and one non-rainforest animal, followed by an illustration for each animal.

PAGE 11: a list of additional animals that live in the rainforest and a list of other habitats.

THIS TYPE OF PRODUCT IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR THE FOLLOWING HABITATS:Arctic, desert, reef, Savanna, and woodlands.