This week the second grade blogging team is sharing some great forest animal activities! Starting with this forest animal graphing free printable we have some great activities for your second grader. I love seeing all of the hands-on activities every week and I know you will too! We’ve been working a lot on graphing this year, so be sure to all out all of our fun graphing activities!
Materials needed for the Forest Animal Graphing Free Printable:
Paper
Tape
Scissors
Game markers or forest themed vase filler (our acorns were from a fall vase filler set)
To prep: Print the die and graph paper. Laminate the graph, so that it can be used multiple times. Cut out the die.
Fold the die template on the dotted lines and form into a cube. Use the tape to hold it together.
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To use: Roll the die and put one game marker on the graph to show what was rolled. Continue until one of the columns reaches the top.
Because the die is so lightweight, it helps to give it a gentle toss up into the air to make it spin. My daughter loves that part!
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After one of the animals has reached the top, have your child record the data in a notebook or on a piece of paper. You can do the activity several times, like we did with the coin toss, to see if you get different results. You can then discuss with your child why the results changed. This is a good introduction to probability.
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You can also guide your child with questions about the data:
“Which animal was rolled the most?”
“Which animal was rolled the least?”
“Did any animals have equal amounts?”
“Did any animals not have any rolls?”
“Why do you think that happened?”
Click Here to Get Forest Animal Graphing Activity
More Animal Activities:
Be sure to check out the other fun Forest Animal activities from the Second Grade Blogging Team!
Raccoon Theme Regrouping Double-Digit Addition from Sugar Aunts
Forest Animals ABC Order Printable from School Time Snippets
Forest Animals Foldable Graphic Organizer from Still Playing School
Devany says
October 23, 2015 at 4:00 pmThis is super cute! We even have these acorns!
Alison says
October 28, 2015 at 10:57 pmWhat an adorable learning activity! Thanks for linking up at the Thoughtful Spot Blog Hop! 🙂