Penguins!!!

In 1D we’ve embarked on an Antarctic adventure. It’s been all penguins all day for the past week now that's just is just the tip of of the iceberg (pun intended). I know, I know.

This fascination with penguins all began when we began reading Mr. Popper’s Penguins. Several students had seen the movie and were intrigued by the differences between the book and movie. This is actually what sparked our Antarctic unit and it has made it’s way into every subject all throughout the day.

In language, we wrote our sentences to diagram about penguins. In math, we graphed favorite animals and of course, penguins made the list. In Social Studies, we’re all about the penguins’ habitat and how they live in colonies. And reading, oh my. If you were to stop by our room in the morning you would see some full fledged scientific research underway. Students each have their own research notebooks and have been vigorously searching through books and kid-friendly websites and search engines to find answers to their questions, recording their findings in their journals, and even writing poetry about their favorite penguins.

We’ve also been watching clips about penguins from National  Geographic and BBC, and got a great laugh from this short clip. My little folks watched it probably 7 times in a row and it elicited the same lively response from my first grade audience each time...  enjoy!