Theme: Penguins

Grade Levels: JK-SK-Grade 1

Book Selection:

 Antarctic Antics: A Book of Penguin Poems by Judy Siera

 Pierre the Penguin by Jean Marzollo and Laura Regan (Hardcover – April 1 2010)

 Puffins Climb, Penguins Rhyme by Bruce Mcmillan

 Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester and Lynn M. Munsinger (CD Available)

 Penguins! by Gail Gibbons

 The Ambassadors: A Book of Penguin Poems by Judy Sierra (CD with poem recitation and songs)

 The Emperor’s Egg with Audio: Read, Listen, & Wonder by Martin Jenkins and Jane Chapman

 Video: March of the Penguins

Learning Activities

 Oral Retelling – Nonfiction for Comprehension

 Reader’s Theatre for Tacky the Penguin

 Science Centre

 Vocabulary Instruction

 Reading-aloud rhyming poems: Puffins Climb, Penguins Rhyme by Bruce Mcmillan

 Drawing Science Concepts

Learning Tools

 Comparison table between penguins and puffins

Connections with other themes:

Length of text: 8 pages

Format: PDF

Price: $5.00