Students spent their literacy period using their reading skills of visualization while listening to a lengthy piece of informational text writing about Rockhopper Penguin. While stopping to check for understanding throughout, students were able to learn an abundant amount of information on the first animal spotted while traveling in Antarctica. Students then partner read, whole group read, and individually read a fact-filled poem on this type of penguin. After reading this poem, we talked about finding important pieces of information and learning how to highlight this information after reading it. INQUIRE with your child what they learned about the Rockhopper Penguin (what they look like, characteristics, how many eggs they lay, where they live, what they eat, how tall they are, and how much they weight).In math, students further explored the Rockhopper Penguin. Students used their measuring tape to show how tall these penguins are (16-18 inches) and compared this to their own heights. The children also filled a paper shopping bag with cans of food to match the weight of an adult rockhopper penguin using a scale (5-6 pounds).
