Penguins!

We just concluded our week of learning about penguins.

Please ask your child to share some of the facts they learned about these brave and unique birds that live in the frigid cold of Antarctica.

During the week, we read many Informational Texts, watched videos about penguins, and saw them swimming and being fed live on an aquarium webcam. We also pretended we were freezing penguins huddled in our colony with wind blowing on our backs. I didn't get a chance to take a picture of it but I had all the students huddle in the middle of the carpet as I ran around touching their backs symbolizing the harsh hurricane-like winds. For PE, we did penguin waddling relays! The kids had to hold a large foam dice between their ankles as they raced the other team to complete the activity. Finally, all of our centers were based on either math, science, writing or art with penguins. 

We created these cute math penguins, using their food as an addition problem.

We wrote in our journals about where penguins live and what it is like in Antarctica.

Here is a sneak peek of one of the art projects you will see at the Winter Art Gallery on Thursday, January 29. We will have 3 projects on display.

Here is the link to the video we watched in class. There are two daily “feedings” that we were able to watch one day. Monterey Bay Penguin Webcam