Our Penguin Chart

 This week we finished our Penguin unit.  Boy did we learn a lot! We charted our prior knowledge and new learning and then discussed our misconceptions.  We then did nonfiction writing on penguins. 

We drew and then painted penguins! 

Informational writing about penguins

We read "Tacky the Penguin" by Helen Lester. We learned the story elements: character, setting, problem & solution. We then talked about character traits We found that Tacky is an odd bird-  looks different & acts differently from the other penguins, but he is a nice bird to have around! 

We learned how to use "text evidence" when answering a question (What do you know about Tacky)  and we learned that when writing a response, we should    
                                          answer the question in a complete 
                                          sentence using that detail. 

We did a story element chart for "Tacky"

We made our own Tacky!