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Fractions Scavenger Hunt
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Classroom activity · Scavenger hunt worksheets
Library Scavenger Hunt
Poems, biographies, call numbers and award stickers: a hunt that teaches kids how the library works.
- Grade level
- Grades 2–4
- Time
- About 30 minutes
- Answer key
- Not needed: answers vary
- Kids practice
- Observation, Connecting learning to the real world, Moving while learning
What kids do
“Visit the library. Hunt for each thing and write the title or answer on the line.”
Printed on the sheet:
- The title of a book about an animal
- A book with a dog on the cover
- A nonfiction book about space
- A chapter book with more than 100 pages
- An author whose last name starts with S
- A book with a medal sticker on the cover
- A biography: a true story about a person’s life
- The call number on a book about dinosaurs
Teacher tip
Ask the school librarian to help or give a quick tour first.
How to use it
- Set clear boundaries for where kids can look.
- Give a time limit and a signal for when to come back.
- Slide it into a sheet protector so kids can play again with a dry-erase marker.
Watch for
Kids who rush and do not look closely. Ask them to tell you about one find.
Talk about it
- Which item was the hardest to find?
- What would you change to make it harder?
Take it further
Send it home as a family hunt for the weekend.
US Letter, prints well in black and white. Free for home and classroom use: print as many copies as you need.
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