My kids absolutely love to learn about the different cryptids that may be living in our world! They are always so excited when we start this unit at the end of the year. We start with learning about different types of cryptids. These informational posters about cryptids are a great way to give students some background information. Click here to purchase the posters! They can also research them on-line.
We use these informational posters to make Cryptid Trading Cards! My kids LOVE making these trading cards. I laminate them when they are completed and they love trading them with one another, and with me! There are few different versions of the cards included in the file you can purchase on TPT. Click here to grab this file for just $2!
We display Cryptid Vocabulary Words in our classroom as we learn about these creatures. Click here to purchase the vocabulary words pack.
One of my FAVORITE cryptids is Bigfoot! I even bought a Bigfoot plaster footprint from ebay! I have been to the Bigfoot Museum in Atlanta, Georgia and I go to the Bigfoot Festival every year in Logan, Ohio! We read an informational book about Bigfoot in reading that is called Looking for Bigfoot.
There are comprehension questions and writing projects for each chapter of the book. Click here to purchase this non-fiction literature pack!
We also do some different activities with Bigfoot. There is a STEM pack in my store as well as a separate footprint activity.
The kids love the different STEM challenges in this pack! They get so excited trying to figure these out. Students can also make their own Bigfoot track with bulletin board paper. This work from this pack looks great on a bulletin board! Click here to buy this pack!
We also do Weekly Reading passages in our classroom, here is a link to the Bigfoot one. There are 8 different ones available in my TPT store, including Bigfoot, the Kraken, the Chupacabra, the Mothman, the Mongolian Deathworm, the Loch Ness Monster, the Yeti, and the Unicorn. They are also available as bundles!
These Weekly Reading Passages are a great way to get kids to practice going back through a passage to find the information they need to answer the questions.
There are tons of Weekly Reading Passages in my store! Check them out if it something you can use!
We also do a scavenger hunt on cryptids! The kids do the scavenger hunt in pairs.
Cryptids are a great topic to do, especially at the end of the school year! They keep the kids engaged and busy and learning!
Check out all the different items in my TPT store! Hopefully you can find something you can use!
Do some research, reading, writing, measuring, and engineering! There is a ton of stuff to use to learn about these amazing and mysterious creatures.
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