Polar Bear & Penguin Nonfiction Informational Text Comprehension Activities
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Grade Levels
K - 3rd
Subjects
Resource Type
Standards
CCSSRL.1.1
CCSSRL.1.2
CCSSRL.1.3
CCSSRL.1.5
CCSSRL.1.7
Formats Included
- Zip
Pages
400 +
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Students love to learn about polar animals and this packet has lessons, activities and suggested videos.
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Description
This fun bundle is perfect for the winter months. It is filled with literacy activities both fiction and nonfiction to learn about both penguins and polar bears. There are loads of literacy extensions to non-fiction penguin books and Tacky. Also fun connections to non-fiction polar bear books too. If you purchase the bundle, the 3rd product included is free! The free product is Polar Bears vs. Penguins Mini Unit!
Included you will receive...
Polar Bears
- Word Work:
- Alphabetizing
- Word Search
- Syllables
- Telling vs. Asking Sentences
- Fact vs. Opinion
Posters:
- Can/Have/Are
- KWL
- Schema
- Polar Bear Poster for craft display
Vocabulary:
- 1 that covers all
- 5 individual pages focusing on one word a day
Non-fiction Informational Text
- All About Polar Bears: Copy 2 per page
- Non-fiction hunt checklist
- Headings
- Clarify Meaning
- Main Idea and Details
- Table of Contents activity page
- Headings activity page
- Glossary activity page
- Facts and supporting details activity page
- Before and After Learning pages
- Text Standards included are 1.2,1.4, 1.5, &; 1.8. Your children will work on Details, Clarifying Meaning, Headings, Table of Contents, Glossaries, and Facts with Supporting Details.
Writing
- Web
- Informational Text Writing
- Opinion Pre-writing
- Opinion Writing
- Opinion Survey
- Can, Have, Are chart
- Modified Writing
- Writer's Checklist
Polar Bear Word Wall-colorful
Portable Polar Bear Word Wall
Crafts:
Polar Bear Paper Topper
Polar Bear Craft
Other Literature Connections:
- Polar Bear by Gibbons
- Knut by Hatkoff (2 activities)
- The 3 Snow Bears by Brett (2 activities)
- The Last Polar Bear by Jean Craighead George
Penguins:
- Word Work:
- Alphabetizing
- Word Search
- Syllables
- Telling vs. Asking Sentences
- Fact vs. Opinion
Posters:
- Can/Have/Are
- KWL
- Schema
- Penguin Parade Poster for Crafts
Vocabulary:
- 1 that covers all
- 5 individual pages focusing on one word a day
Non-fiction Informational Text
- All About Penguins:Copy 2 per page
- Non-fiction hunt checklist
- Headings
- Clarify Meaning
- Main Idea and Details
- Table of Contents activity page
- Headings activity page
- Glossary activity page
- Facts and supporting details activity page
- Before and After Learning pages
- Text Standards included are 1.2,1.4, 1.5, &; 1.8. Your children will work on Details, Clarifying Meaning, Headings, Table of Contents, Glossaries, and Facts with Supporting Details.
Writing
- Web
- Informational Text Writing
- Opinion Pre-writing
- Opinion Writing
- Opinion Survey
- Can,Have,Are chart
- Modified Writing
- Writer's Checklist
Penguin Word Wall-colorful
Portable Penguin Word Wall
Crafts:
- Standing Penguin
- Macaroni Penguin
- Tie Penguin
Other Literature Connections:
- Penguins by Gibbons
- Tacky the Penguin by Lester
- Tacky the Emperor Penguin by Lester
Polar Bears vs. Penguins
- Paper book
- A can, have, and are chart for both
- Opinion Survey, Pre Writing, and Writing
- Venn Diagram, Pre-writing and Writing for Descriptive Writing
- Informative Pre-Writing and Writing
- Assessment Piece
- Cards to work in groups and create comparison chart
- Colorful cards to compare as a display
- Polar Bear & Penguin Craft
Total Pages
400 +
Answer Key
N/A
Teaching Duration
N/A
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Standards
to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
CCSSRL.1.1
Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
CCSSRL.1.2
Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
CCSSRL.1.3
Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.
CCSSRL.1.5
Explain major differences between books that tell stories and books that give information, drawing on a wide reading of a range of text types.
CCSSRL.1.7
Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.
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