Tacky the penguin activities

Fun penguin craft for kids that goes along with the children's book Tacky the Penguin. A free printable is included in the post. From I Heart Crafty Things

It's a follow-up writing activity to Tacky the Penguin that includes designing a new shirt for the fashionable fowl!

Tacky The Penguin Craft | Fun winter book companion activity. Use free printable template to make this art project w/preschoolers, kindergarten & elementary.

I love the month of February! There are so many fun things to teach. Plus, it's my birthday month! We took a break from all our non-fiction ...

Understanding characters is an essential part of reading comprehension, so today I’m going to share part one in a two part post on how to teach character traits. Watch the Facebook live video about this topic here. (Click here to skip to part two.) Like many lessons, I start with a hook. I ask my students to partner up…

Do your students just love Tacky, the Penguin?! If I can find one reason to be bummed that I’m on maternity leave, it’s that I don’t get to teach TACKY! My students l-o-v-e reading about that silly Tacky and I love teaching all about him! Last year I created my Mo Willems author study and […]

We dove into character traits this week and what better guy to do that with than Tacky?!?! My kids love this odd little penguin! After reading the book, I recorded what my little ones had to say: Then we used Lindsey (The Teacher Wife)‘s character page from her Reading Comprehension Pack. I have both her […]

Tacky the Penguin Book Companion will help students with activities to understand plot with comprehension questions, games, vocabulary, grammar, fluency, phonics, comprehension strategies, sequencing, writing, and a comprehension test with answer key! Tacky the Penguin is great for guided reading or whole group! Tacky the Penguin was written by Helen Lester and must be purchased separately. Roll the dice, find the vocabulary word. Discuss. Roll the dice, answer the comprehension question…

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I use iPads during Reading Centers at the Technology Center. I use iTouches at Math Stations. It is just easier for me to keep them separate. I am lucky enough to have enough equipment to be able to do this. When I introduced the Technology Center at the beginning of the year, I sat at the center with the kids for the first 2 weeks. The Technology Center is the table RIGHT BESIDE the Teacher Table, so I can glance over just to check without interrupting my small group. Of course there were a…