PENGUINS!

Haaaaa! I saw this on Pinterest and it had me cracking up! First of all how many of you have watched March of the Penguins? If you have not you should definitely watch it before doing a penguin unit. My mom bought it for me a few years back and after our unit I went back and watched it again—it is so good! I cried like a baby a few times but it is a great documentary!  I wish my kinder babes could enjoy it too but I know they’d be bored to tears. Maybe they will appreciate it in a few years. J

I taught polar animals for two weeks this year. So our first week was all about Walruses and our second week was all about Penguins. We started by reading the book Antarctica by Helen Cowcher. We also looked up some penguin facts on Science Kids. You can find that website HERE. After we learned some information about penguins we charted them on the chart below.

We used some activities from Deanna Jump’s Penguin Math & Literacy Fun Unit on TPT HERE. It was definitely a fun filled week! I hope you saw something that you can use in your own penguin unit! Check back to see how I do reading groups in my K classroom!