Let's Discover Penguins!

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These resources are perfect for the primary child.

They are filled with informational text.  The text is followed by activities that build information gathering skills.  Just what you are looking for to encourage research skills.

These Google Interactive Slides are designed for reading informational text, gathering key facts from the information and then using it to write.  It also encourages using informational text to gather the meaning of key vocabulary.

Slide One:  Informational text...Penguins...Write (are, have, can)

Slide Two:  Informational text...Emperor and King Penguins...Compare and contrast

Slide Three:  Informational text...Macaroni and Chinstrap Penguins...click and drag life cycle

Slide Four:  Click and drag...main idea/match details...definition/match vocabulary

Slide Five:  Using key vocabulary...syllables, abc order...click and drag

Slide Six:  Dinner Guest...What will you serve for dinner?

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Have your class wear black and white.  It's penguin day!!

The packet includes:

Craft (headband)

Page Toppers

Snack Idea (Tag)

Book Suggestions

Informational Text...Types of Penguins, All About Penguins

Activities to support text recall.

Order penguins by height and weight

Large posters of 9 penguins.

Writing:

Invite a penguin to dinner

Penguin as a pet

Are, Can, Have

If I were...

Sensory

Graphic Organizers (Including penguin chat)

Word Word:

Syllables

ABC Order

Parts of Speech

Making Words

Compare and Contrast

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I love this odd little penguin and the message the story shares.

This packet is ideal for allowing students to make choices of activities they wish to complete allowing for independence and differentiation.

The packet:

3 crafts...Tacky, a Penguin, Tacky "page topper"

Comprehension:

Story Elements

Problem/Solution

Summarizing

Character Identification

Cause/Effect

Sequencing

Text to Self

Writing:

Idea Gathering Graphic Organizers for...Tacky, Hunters, Penguins

Writing pages for...descriptive, sensory, informative

Word Work:

Parts of speech...nouns, adjectives

Rhyme

ABC Order

Making Words

All vocabulary used is from the story

Mathematics:

3 Games

Addition to 12

Subtraction to 12

What must I add to get 10?