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Students will use addition, subtraction, number comparisons, and length measurement to plan and maintain a zoo.
Grades: 1 | Format: Printable pages + Google Slides
Connect classroom skills to a practical project with purposeful decisions and problem solving.
Students will use addition, subtraction, number comparisons, and length measurement to plan and maintain a zoo.
Project-based learning, enrichment, collaborative problem solving, or a culminating activity.
Preview the student pages, choose the activities, and print the pages you need. For digital use, check device and internet access and assign the version you will use.
Source-listed alignment: 1.OA.A.1, 1.OA.A.2, 1.OA.C.6, 1.NBT.B.3, 1.NBT.C.4, 1.NBT.C.5, 1.MD.A.1, 1.MD.A.2.
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StevensInStem –
This was super easy to use with my 3rd graders. They loved it!
The Cutesy Teacher –
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Trinkets of Third Grade –
This resource was great for small group and targeted learning. Very easy to use and well planned out. Advanced students were able to complete independently.
Sandra F. –
My students love animals. The activities provided fun math review at the end of the year.
Tracy W. –
My students loved this project! We used it the last week of school as a fun change to our regular math lessons.
It’s All in the Details –
This was a great end of the year activity to help review and wrap up our learning. It was perfect to help get my kids ready for 2nd grade!
Cultivated in Class –
Students really enjoyed the different parts of creating their own zoo and took a lot of pride in completing the project.
Adrienne Miles –
This was a little advanced for overall first grade but was excellent for my gifted cohort!
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Melissa E. –
I needed a project to go with my kindergartens “alphabet zoo” and this was a perfect option for my 1st graders. Has everything you need
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Holmquist’s Homeroom –
I used this as an extension project with some GT/Advanced 1st graders in a small group, and it was just the right level of challenge for them. Thank you!
Debra H. –
The students learned a lot about budgeting with this project.
Mary P. –
This project based learning was engaging and interactive.
Griffin Creates –
My students enjoyed completing this project as a part of our end-of-the-year events.
Courtney D. –
This was a fun project to review many different math skills.
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I am teaching a review for the end of the year and this is a perfect project for my students to engage in the math we have learned this year! They love learning about the animals and using what they know!
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Lindsay Felicijan –
This PBL was a lot harder for my students than it seemed it would be. It was almost impossible for them to work on this during a small-group for my above grade-level students.
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I liked using this in my classroom! the students did have fun with some of it but some of it was a little to difficult to fit into a class time, I had to pick it apart!
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Suzanne H. –
This was an awesome resource! We used it in May after all standards were taught. We paced it out for a few weeks and students loved creating their zoo. We are lucky to even have a Zoo Field Trip in the middle of the unit. This was a great way to teach and review standards while still keeping students engaged in May!
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Jenna A. –
My students loved this project! I used it at the end of the year as a wrap up of all our math units, and right after we went on a field trip to the zoo. I will definitely use this year after year with my first graders!
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Cat B. –
This was a perfect companion for our building a zoo project.
Dawn Hilburn –
My GT student has loved working on this. He has been highly engaged.
Thinking in Third Grade –
Very fun and engaging zoo activities that makes connections to math!
Dawn O. –
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Sunflowers-n-Glitter –
My students have loved this activity, they are so excited to work with their group to create a zoo together.
John S. –
I used this with two students significantly below grade level. It was a great way to review skills we have been working on so far this year and the students loved it.
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LOVE LOVE LOVE. Will be buying more of these. I will say that the only section I didn’t like was the measurement section because the ruler was sooo teeny tiny they could hardly hold it. Next time I just won’t print that page. 🙂
Rebecca K. –
I used this to support a design activity where students built their own zoo. The activities in this pack were used to support their thinking about the design of their zoo.
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My lower kids did struggle with this since it was very text heavy and they struggled to understand what they were asking from them but overall it was alot of fun!