Endangered Species Word Wall Cards

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These Endangered Species Word Wall Cards will make a very nice complement for your Word Wildlife Day celebration, especially if you combine it with Teaching Preschoolers About Wildlife Conservation and Word Wildlife Day celebration free packs I offered you in previous posts.

This set includes eight pages with three cards each, for a total of 24 cards with beautiful endangered animals pictures, that are yours, just a click away.

To get these low-prep Endangered Species Word Wall cards ready, you only need to click on the bottom found at the end of this post to download it. Then print each page using white cardstock. Finally, cut out and laminate the cards to make them last longer.

What is a Word Wall

A word wall is simply a collection of words displayed in alphabetical order under big alphabet letters on a large wall, designed to be used by children in an interactive way. This collection could grow or change with every theme and can be used during different types of learning activities such as chanting, clapping, tracing, spelling, writing, etc.

It is important that these words are written in a large font, be accessible for students to see and use easily, and that teachers referred to them often, so children learn what they say and understand their relevance.

Learning vocabulary words and developing their pre-reading skills sometimes is difficult for many young learners, but, when you give them the opportunity to interact with the vocabulary, they are more likely to remember it.

When to Use the Word Wall Cards

These Endangered Species cards can be used in many ways, and don’t have to be limited to the word wall only. Some of the ideas I can give you are:

Circle Time

Introduce the animals and talk about some of their characteristics.
Explain which are mammals, reptiles, birds, and bugs.
Clap the animals’ names’ syllables.
Discuss which is the first letter of each animal’s name, and what is the sound of that letter.

Math Area

Count how many animals are mammals, reptiles, etc.
Make a graph with the children’s favorite animals.

Science Area

Categorize and sequence from largest to smallest animals.
Divide the pictures into different categories (mammals, reptiles, birds, bugs).
Categorize the animals into the ones that have no legs, four legs, six legs, or eight legs.
Divide them into the ones with fur and without fur.
Observe the pictures with magnifying glasses.
Compare the pictures with plastic animals.
Compare the pictures with the ones in books.

Writing and Literacy Areas

Copy the animals’ names with pencils, crayons, or markers.
Trace the words with dry-erase markers.
Match the words using magnetic, wooden, or foam letters.
Spell the animals’ names.
Match the pictures with the written words.
Choose an animal to create a story about it.

Art Area

Draw a picture of an animal.
Sculp an animal with playdough.

Informational YouTube Videos

There are many YouTube videos that you can present to your students, to allow them to observe some of these animals in their natural habitat, which otherwise will be difficult for them to see. Below are some of my favorite endangered species videos:

Related Books

Don’t forget to read to your children every day. This is one of the activities that are more beneficial to children because books help them feel connected, understand better what you are talking about, and learn vocabulary, among many other important benefits.

There are many books that address endangered species. You can find books about these interesting animals at your local library, used book store, and on Amazon. You can get super-fast to this website and to the book you want to add to your collection, by just clicking on the picture that has my direct link. These are some of my favorite books about endangered species for preschoolers.

Pin It For Later

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I hope you and your preschoolers enjoy this freebie. I love to spread the word about endangered species and try to do everything I can to protect the environment. That is why I talk as much as I can about it, and it makes me very happy when I get to create and use anything related to that. To get your free pack, just click on the link below, and type your information for an immediate download.

Be happy, safe, and creative. I wish you well.

Love,