🐺 Gray wolf report template
Three versions, one page each. Print the one for your child’s grade. The facts come from the gray wolf page, every number with its source.
Grades 1–2
My report: the gray wolf
Canis lupus · Grades 1–2
| Length | 5.9 ft (1.8 m) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | 30 to 32 in (77 to 81 cm) |
| Weight | 90 to 110 lb (41 to 50 kg) |
| Top speed | 35 mph (56 km/h) |
| How long it lives | 4 to 5 years |
Read about it
Wolves live in family groups called packs. They howl to talk to each other. Pet dogs came from wolves long ago.
It lives in:
It eats:
The coolest thing I learned:
Where my facts came from
- National Park Service, Yellowstone (wolf facts), nps.gov/articles/yellowstone-wolf-facts.htm, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 3–4
My report: the gray wolf
Canis lupus · Grades 3–4
| Length | 5.9 ft (1.8 m) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | 30 to 32 in (77 to 81 cm) |
| Weight | 90 to 110 lb (41 to 50 kg) |
| Top speed | 35 mph (56 km/h) |
| How long it lives | 4 to 5 years |
Read about it
A wolf pack is usually a family: a mother, a father and their pups from the last few years. They howl to call the pack together and to tell other packs where they are. Wolves can travel a long way in a day looking for food.
Where it lives (its habitat):
What it eats:
How its body helps it live there:
My favorite fact:
A question I still have:
Where my facts came from
- National Park Service, Yellowstone (wolf facts), nps.gov/articles/yellowstone-wolf-facts.htm, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 5–6
My report: the gray wolf
Canis lupus · Grades 5–6
| Length | 5.9 ft (1.8 m) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | 30 to 32 in (77 to 81 cm) |
| Weight | 90 to 110 lb (41 to 50 kg) |
| Top speed | 35 mph (56 km/h) |
| How long it lives | 4 to 5 years |
Read about it
Gray wolves are the largest wild members of the dog family. In a pack, everyone helps raise the pups, bringing back food and babysitting. Wolves were brought back to Yellowstone National Park after many years away, and park scientists have studied how the whole park changed when they returned.
Habitat and range: where on Earth, and what the place is like:
Diet: what it eats, and what might eat it:
Adaptations: two ways its body or habits help it survive:
Is it in danger? Why or why not?:
Compare it with another animal you know:
Bibliography: write each source below as site, page title, date checked:
Where my facts came from
- National Park Service, Yellowstone (wolf facts), nps.gov/articles/yellowstone-wolf-facts.htm, checked 2026-10-30