A Chick Grows Up

Animal Life Cycles

by Pam Zollman

Describes how chickens are born and grow into hens and roosters.

Genres: Nonfiction, Picture Books, Science

24 pages, Library Binding

First published November 10, 2005

Reviews

[Jacelyn Neuleib · Rating 5 out of 5]

"A Chick Grows Up" is an informational text about the gestation of an egg as it grows, hatches, and grows into a rooster or a hen. I like this book for beginning readers because it has full color pictures of the inside of an egg which is engaging to early readers. I loved hearing my students sound out the words "embryo," "wattle" and "comb." They were interested in the content enough to persevere even though the words were difficult. This book has great graphic organizers built in to further explain the text and introduces readers to an index and a "word hunt."

[Taylor]

Title: A Chick Grows Up
Author: Pam Zollman
Published: 2005
Age Appropriateness: Pre-K-1st
Summary: This book walks through the life cycle of a chicken through pictures and text.
Review: I liked this book. It was a simple read, and had lots of great pictures to keep little readers engaged. I would use this when I hatch chicks in my classroom :)

[Karin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quarantine reading. Regardless of age this is a great book for teaching kids about life cycles. My toddler may not have grasped every new term or every detail but she definitely understood the basic info.

[Jenn]

#stayathome reading with kids

[Ali Book&Seaglasshunter · Rating 3 out of 5]

Simple introduction to the life cycle of a chicken, an interesting topic for young kids.

[Barb · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good vocabulary, lovely pictures, simple explanations. For most ages a nice non fiction example.

[Cara Byrne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Detailed information about the life cycle of a hen or rooster. Informative and engaging for my kindergartener. A Scholastic Learn-At-Home PreK Book.

[Taylor Hainley]

This book would be great to use for lower grade levels. I think this book would be useful to have in the classroom in a science area. I would use this book in my classroom when teaching my students about animals life cycles. This would be a good book to make a craft showing the different life cycles a chicken goes through before it becomes a chicken. I thought this was a good book for a 1st grade level classroom.

[Taylor Washington · Rating 5 out of 5]

Summary: A book that tells the life cycle of a little chick.

Activity: Students will illustrate the life cycle of a chicken by getting a large cutout of an egg and putting first the egg in its nest, the egg hatching, the young chick, and then a full grown chicken.

[Vee · Rating 3 out of 5]

I used to love books on nature, animals, and insects.