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Crossword: Polar Bears Past Bedtime (primary) Featuring vocabulary from Mary Pope Osborne's 12th Magic Tree House book (this crossword can be used without the book). Comprehension questions for this book are available on our member site.
Unscramble the Words: Polar Bears Past Bedtime Featuring vocabulary from Mary Pope Osborne's 11th Magic Tree House book (this word scramble can be used without the book). Comprehension questions for this book are available on our member site.
Word Search: Polar Bears Past Bedtime (primary/elem) Featuring vocabulary from Mary Pope Osborne's 12th Magic Tree House book (this word search can be used without the book). Comprehension questions for this book are available on our member site.
Acrostic Form: Antarctica  
Alliterations: Arctic Short alliteration lesson with an arctic theme.
Bar Graph (create): Favorite Arctic Animal Use the bar graph form to display results of a survey about favorite arctic animals.
Border Paper: Penguins Landscape layout, unlined page with illustrations of penguins in the surrounding border.
Color and Write: Polar Bears Illustration of polar bears, and lines for writing.
Color and Write: Puffin (elem) What do you know about puffins? Picture of puffins and medium lines for writing.
Color and Write: Walrus A picture of walruses to color and lines to write.
Coloring Page: Antarctica - Penguin Drawing of a penguin on an ice floe.
Coloring Page: Eskimo (Inuit) Girl Drawing of an Inuit girl to color.
Coloring Page: Igloo Color this picture of an igloo or trace and cut out for a shapebook.
Coloring Page: Penguin  
Coloring Page: Penguin Color this picture of a penguin or trace and cut out to make a great shapebook.
Coloring Page: Polar Bear Color this picture of a polar bear or trace and cut out for a shapebook.
Coloring Page: Puffin Color this picture of a puffin or trace and cut out to make a shapebook. You can also use this pattern for a poem form, poster, or report cover. Enjoy!
Coloring Page: Seal Color this picture of a seal or trace and cut out for a great shapebook.
Comparison Chart: Arctic and Antarctica Compare the Arctic and Antarctica with this simple chart.
Did You Know? Arctic Two printable cards with graphics for writing facts about the arctic.
Fact Cards: Antarctic Animals  
Glyph: Seal "A glyph is like a secret code. Each part of the drawing is symbolic of children’s individual preferences."
KWL: Antarctica Use this form to organize Know, Want to know, and Learned material about Antarctica.
KWL: Arctic Use this form to organize Know, Want to know, and Learned material about the Arctic region.
KWL: Penguins Use this form to organize Know, Want to know, and Learned material about penguins.
Listening: Language Arts Center (Antarctica) Listening comprehension exercise.
Map: Antarctica Simple map of Antarctica.
Map: Antarctica An unlabeled outline map of Antarctica from our membership site.
Map: Antarctica Unlabeled outline map of Antarctica.
Map: Antarctica Unlabeled outline map of Antarctica.
Map: Arctic Region Labeled map of the Arctic regon and northern hemisphere.
Memory Game: Arctic Animals Fun Arctic animal pictures and words make these flashcards useful for Arctic-themed activities.
Report Planner: The Arctic Answer the targeted questions to help organize thoughts for a report on the Arctic.
Research and Report: The Arctic Report planner, KWL, and a lined page to write a report about the Arctic.
Research Planner: Antarctica Organize research on Antarctica with this simple planner.
Shapebook: Arctic is... Igloo pattern with lines for writing and the prompts "The Arctic is..." and "The Arctic has...". Trace and cut out to make a great shapebook about the Arctic.
Shapebook: Penguin (primary) Trace and cut out the primary-lined penguin pattern for a great student shapebook.
Sign: Penguins  
Song: All the Penguins A playful song about penguins, set to the tune of "Clementine".
Survey: Favorite Arctic Animal Gather information on people's favorite arctic animal with this handy survey chart.
Unscramble the Words: Arctic [member-created with abctools] Unscramble the words from "arctic fox" to "wolverine".
Venn Diagram: Penguins Use this Venn diagram to compare two different penguin species.
Venn Diagram: Polar Regions Use this Venn diagram to compare the polar regions.
Web Organizer: Arctic Habitat Use this graphic organizer to help plan your Arctic report or project.
Word Search: Antarctica Find the Antarctic-theme words from "Antarctica" to "whale" in this rectangular word search.
Word Search: Polar Regions (interactive) From "arctic" to "whales".
Word Search: Puffin Find the puffin-theme words from "burrow" to "wildlife" in this rectangular word search.
Writing Prompt: Arctic Metaphor Short metaphor lesson with an arctic theme.
Writing Prompt: Tundra Similes Briefly explains similes and encourages students to write their own on the theme of penguins or Antarctica.



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Color By Number: Penguins (set 1) Emperor, King, Little, Royal, and Snares Penguins. Half of the complete set of color-by-number penguin pages are available here in one download. These color-by-number pages are blackline drawings. They help students remember the colors and markings of these different penguins.
Calendar Set: Arctic Habitat Thirty-one days of penguins and seals
Color By Number: Penguins (set 2) Yellow-eyed, Adelie, Chinstrap, and Gentoo Penguins. Half of the complete set of color-by-number penguin pages are available here in one download. These color-by-number pages are blackline drawings. They help students remember the colors and markings of these different penguins.
Book: Polar Bears Past Bedtime (primary) Review vocabulary and facts featured in Mary Pope Osborne's 12th Magic Tree House book (most of this lesson can be used without the book). Also on abcteach.com: crossword, word search, and word scramble.
Assignment Forms: Penguins Fun penguin-themed late homework notices, assignment notices, and grading sheet.
Color By Number: Adelie Penguin This color-by-number page is a blackline drawing. Helps students remember the colors and markings of this penguin.
Color By Number: Chinstrap Penguin This color-by-number page is a blackline drawing. Helps students remember the colors and markings of this penguin.
Color By Number: Emperor Penguin This color-by-number page is a blackline drawing. Helps students remember the colors and markings of this penguin.
Color by Number: Gentoo Penguin  
Color By Number: King Penguin This color-by-number page is a blackline drawing. Helps students remember the colors and markings of this penguin.
Color By Number: Little Penguin This color-by-number page is a blackline drawing. Helps students remember the colors and markings of this penguin.
Color By Number: Royal Penguin This color-by-number page is a blackline drawing. Helps students remember the colors and markings of this penguin.
Color By Number: Snares Penguin This color-by-number page is a blackline drawing. Helps students remember the colors and markings of this penguin.
Color By Number: Yellow-eyed Penguin This color-by-number page is a blackline drawing. Helps students remember the colors and markings of this penguin.
Comprehension: Blue Penguins (elementary) Interested in blue penguins? Learn more about them with this fact-filled reading comprehension.
Comprehension: Penguins (elementary/upper elem) A fact-filled reading comprehension about penguins.
Comprehension: Penguins (elementary/upper elem) Learn about penguins with this informative reading comprehension.
Comprehension: Polar Bears (elem/upper elem) This mini-unit introduces the white-pelted bears with a vocabulary-rich reading comprehension, then reviews student understanding with fact cards, a word search, a Venn diagram and an acrostic poem form.
Comprehension: Rockhopper Penguin (elementary) Reading comprehension about the sub-Antarctic rockhopper penguin.
Fact Sheet: Penguins Learn all about penguins with this handy fact sheet.
Paper Bag Puppet: Animals- Penguin  
Research and Report: Penguin Report planner, KWL, space to write report, survey and graph for "favorite animals".
Sign: Tundra Animals  
Vocabulary Cards: Penguin Killer whale, seal, rocks, water.
Vocabulary Cards: Penguin 1 Penguin, incubate, nest, rookery, chick, burrow, sliding, squid
Vocabulary Cards: Penguin 2 Flipper, ice, snowflake, iceberg, bird, egg, feathers, warm-blooded
Word Search: Penguins (easy) From "bird" to "penguin".
Word Wall: Penguins (pictures) From "Antarctica" to "wing". These vocabulary building word strips with pictures are great for word walls, sentence strips, spelling and vocabulary practice.
Writing Paper: Penguin (primary) 1 Primary-lined paper with cute color illustrations of penguins at the top. Portrait orientation.
Writing Paper: Penguin (primary) 2 Primary-lined paper with cute color illustrations of penguins in the left-hand border. Portrait orientation.
Writing Paper: Penguin (primary) 3 Primary-lined paper with cute color illustrations of penguins in the surrounding border. Portrait orientation.
Writing Paper: Penguins (upper elementary) 1 Lined border paper with an illustration of penguins across the top of the page.
Writing Paper: Penguins (upper elementary) 2 Lined border paper with illustration of a penguin family in the lower-left corner.
Writing Paper: Penguins (upper elementary) 3 Lined border paper with cute illustrations of penguins around the whole border.
Writing Paper: Polar Bear Reading (unlined) Unlined writing paper. Blank border with illustration of a polar bear reading a book in the upper-left corner.
Bulletin Board Trim: Penguins (small) Straight edge, full color.
Desk Tag: Penguin (straight line)  
Desk Tag: Penguin (primary lines)  
Sign: Tundra (b/w)  
Sign: Tundra (color)  
Sign: Polar Regions Use for center sign or booklet cover.
Writing Paper: Polar Bear (Elementary) Lined writing paper with illustrations of polar bears in the corners.
Comprehension: Penguins (primary/elem) Simple reading comprehension about penguins.
Word Search: Arctic and Antarctic Animals From "caribou" to "wolverine".
Comprehension: Polar Bears (primary) A very simple reading comprehension about polar bears.
Word Search: Antarctic Animals (upper elem) Find the Antarctic animals, from baleen (whale) to macaroni (penguin) in this Antarctic-shaped word search.
Word Search: Antarctic Animals (primary) Find the Antarctic animals words from "krill" to "whale" in this Antarctic-shaped word search.
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Link to ADOPT A PUFFIN Learn how to adopt a puffin at this link.
Link to ARCTIC INFLUENCES Reading comprehensions and practice worksheets with an arctic theme are available at this link.
Link to Pete & Barb's Penguin Pages  




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