Woodland Animals Adaptations Worksheets

Are your grade 2 or grade 3 learners gaining knowledge about animal adaptations and/or the woodland habitat? If so, this is the perfect complimentary set of worksheets for your science curriculum. These 7 worksheets are a great way to round out your unit focusing on life science in the forest ecosystem. Learners will engage in a variety of domains as they read, write, and use critical thinking skills. These learning activities begin with three pages of reading passages about animals that not only live in the woodland habitat, but also the desert, Arctic, and wetlands habitats. Your learners will read about unique adaptations of woodland animals such as the woodpecker, racoon, deer, bear, skunk, owl, porcupine, and fox. As a comparison, they will read brief paragraphs about the camel, snapping turtle, and narwhal as well. Following the reading passages are two sets of differentiated worksheets. With them, learners will write one, two, or three adaptations of woodland animals. They also have the opportunity to list adaptations for non-woodland animals, too. After creating their lists, learners will compare and contrast two woodland and non-woodland animals based on their specific adaptations. To complete the activity, there is an area for learners to illustrate their comparison writing. These are a great set of print and go activities that allow for differentiated learning across several subjects. All worksheets are available in 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 with each learner. Below are details of each worksheet in this product.

PAGE 1: learners will read brief paragraphs about the woodpecker, racoon, White-tailed deer, and Black bear and their unique adaptations for life in the woodland habitat.

PAGE 2: learners will read brief paragraphs about the skunk, Great Horned owl, porcupine, and Red fox and their unique adaptations for life in the woodland habitat.

PAGE 3: learners will read brief paragraphs about the camel, Snapping turtle, and narwhal and their unique adaptations for life in the desert, wetlands, and Arctic.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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