This comprehensive resource features everything you want to know about chickens. Students and teachers will "cluck" when they explore this site.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a little girl named Kit who got a baby chick and watched it grow up and hatch chicks of its own. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

Journey with the chicken egg, from formation to hatching, and learn about its embryology.

Photograph of mother chicken with baby chicks under wings.

Photograph of mother chicken and five baby chicks.

Novels and picture books are great ways to teach across the curriculum. This site lists about 75 novels and picture books around which CanTeach has constructed lesson ideas and plans. All grade levels indicated.