Blizzard Bag
Day 5
Name ______________________________________________
Ms. Keever’s Kindergarten Blizzard Bag: Day 5
Penguin Books
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Reading:
Read the title, author, and illustrator to your child. Ask “What do you think
the story will be about?” Help your child do a “Book Look” or “Picture Walk.”
Encourage your child to sound out the words on their own once through,
then help with challenging words. Read the book to your child. Have your
child read the book to you two or three times. Ask “What was the book
about? What did you learn from this book?”
Penguin Book: (one fiction or non-fiction book about Penguins)
A Penguin Year (seasons: Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall) mini-book
Reading a-z Leveled Books:
All About Penguins Level C Nonfiction/Informational
High-frequency words: all, are, some
Content words: birds, black, cold, penguins, swim, white
Main Idea: Fill in the middle area with the main idea of the story. Record
four supporting details in the other areas, using key words and pictures.
Moms Do So Much Level C Nonfiction/Informational
High-frequency words: is, her, this
Content words: cuddling, feeding, protecting, singing, teaching, washing
Fold paper in half. On one half, draw a picture of an animal mom doing
something for her baby. On the other half, draw a picture of your mom
doing something for you. Under each picture write one sentence telling
about the picture.
Record these four books on your Reading Log.
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Open Court Letter Sound Practice:
Please review letters/sounds introduced thus far in Open Court. You and/or
your child received a cardstock letter ring at our 1st Quarter
Parent/Teacher conference. Ask your child to say the letter, picture, sound,
and do the motion for the pictures introduced so far.
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Sight Word Practice:
Practice/review first, second, and third quarter words. Please do not sound
out these words but put them in your memory bank. Focus on the words
you do not recognize by sight. Try to do as many as you can from the
fourth quarter list.
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Writing:
Writing: Playful Penguin Booklet
Page 1: If Penguins Could Talk
Think of a way penguins might communicate with words if they could
Example: If penguins could talk with us, I think they would tell us that they
want food.
Page 2: All Dressed Up
Describe the clothing you wear when dressed up.
Example: I wear my black dress and look like new!
Cut out three Penguin pages and make into a booklet with gray yarn. Gray
yarn has been taped to these pages. The holes have been punched for you
to put your yarn through to make a booklet. Please put yarn through the
holes and tie together to hold booklet together.
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Math: Pages 241 How many penguins on this page? _____
242 How many shells? Draw a set with one fewer shell.
255 Tell a story about the birds. Complete the subtraction
sentence.
256 Tell a story about the birds. Complete the subtraction
sentence.
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Science: Look up information and images about Emperor Penguins.
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Social Studies: If you have access to the internet please visit a Penguin
Cam online to see live penguins
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Art:
Dorothy Strait mini book
Visit www.starfall.com
Go to It’s Fun to Read/Art Gallery
http://www.starfall.com/n/level-b/art/load/htm?f
Listen to the book.
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Physical Education:
Choose one of the following inside movement:
Waddle like a penguin around the room
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Parent’s Signature ________________________ Date _______________