Most teachers reinforce students' skills and understanding with graphic organizers. This collection of our Top 10 Animal Graphic Organizers will help your class master concepts and communicate their knowledge. New teachers will find this resource particularly valuable, because they can get a quick overview of the best resources.
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Living and Non-Living Things

Living and Non-Living Things

This science printable is perfect for use after a walk outdoors; students can list or draw the plants, animals, rocks, and other things they see. This printable is customizable. Tailor the PDF to your teaching needs by typing in the highlighted fields before printing.
How Animals Move: Legs and Wings

How Animals Move: Legs and Wings

Students use this graphic organizer to count the number of legs and wings on an animal, and then indicate how it moves. This printable is customizable. Tailor the PDF to your teaching needs by typing in the highlighted fields before printing.
Animal Coverings

Animal Coverings

With this graphic organizer, students paste pictures of animals to their corresponding outer covering: fur, scales, shells, feathers, or smooth skin. This printable is customizable. Tailor the PDF to your teaching needs by typing in the highlighted fields before printing.
What Animals Need: Blank Chart

What Animals Need: Blank Chart

Students fill in the chart with the needs of animals. This printable is customizable. Tailor the PDF to your teaching needs by typing in the highlighted fields before printing.
Caring for Baby Animals

Caring for Baby Animals

Students use this graphic organizer to describe and illustrate ways that animals care for their young. This printable is customizable. Tailor the PDF to your teaching needs by typing in the highlighted fields before printing.
How Animals Move

How Animals Move

With this graphic organizer, students are given the opportunity to draw animals that move by each of the listed ways. This printable is customizable. Tailor the PDF to your teaching needs by typing in the highlighted fields before printing.
Insect Likenesses and Differences

Insect Likenesses and Differences

Students use a Venn diagram to post information about insects. This printable is customizable. Tailor the PDF to your teaching needs by typing in the highlighted fields before printing.
What Animals Need

What Animals Need

Students use this graphic organizer to paste in pictures that show different animal needs: habitat, food, water, and air. This printable is customizable. Tailor the PDF to your teaching needs by typing in the highlighted fields before printing.
Animal Babies and Parents

Animal Babies and Parents

Students paste the provided pictures of animal babies and their parents in their respective labeled columns. This printable is customizable. Tailor the PDF to your teaching needs by typing in the highlighted fields before printing.
Classifying Things

Classifying Things

Students list an item, classify it as living or unliving, and explain how they know with this graphic organizer. This printable is customizable. Tailor the PDF to your teaching needs by typing in the highlighted fields before printing.

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