Polar Regions Theme Unit

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Polar Regions
Theme Unit

Critical Thinking
     Draw a sequence of 3 different animals (easier)
     Draw a sequence of 3 different animals (more difficult)
     Draw a sequence of 4 different animals (easier)
     Draw a sequence of 4 different animals (more difficult)

Hidden Pictures

Polar, puzzle & hat puzzle

Plays:  Reader's Theater Scripts
     How Rocks Were Born: A Story of the Far North (Grades 2-3)
     The Cuckoo: A Siberian Story (Grades 3-4)
     The Old Woman and Her Bear (Grades 3-5)
     The Hearty Animals of the Polar Region (Grades 3-6)
     The Man Who Became a Caribou (Grades 3-8)

Short Reading Comprehensions
Very Quick Readers
Follow the Leader...Arctic Wolf Style! (Very Quick Reader; Grade 4 Readability)

Reading Comprehensions
Fiction
     Penny the Pint-Sized Penguin (Grades 2-3)
     Polar Bear Ice-Capade (Grades 2-3)
     Lester the Lemming (Grades 3-5)
     Hayly the Arctic Hare (Grades 3-5)
     Edgar's Adventure (Grades 3-5)
     Todd the Artic Fox (Grades 3-5)
     Wally the Walrus (Grades 3-5)
     The Northern Lights (Grades 3-5)

Non-Fiction
     Introduction to Polar Regions (Grades 3-6)
     Polar Regions (Grades 4-8)
     Tundra (Grades 5-8)
     What Is a Taiga? (Grades 6-8)
     Arctic Terns (Grades 3-6)
     Belugas (Grades 6-8)
     Greenland Sharks (Grades 3-5)
     Icefish (Grades 6-8)
     Lemmings (Grades 6-8)
     Narwhals (Grades 6-8)
     Penguins (Grades 3-6)
          Adelie Penguins (Grades 4-7)
          Adélie Penguins (Grades 4-7)
          African Penguins (Grades 4-6)
          Emperor Penguins (Grades 4-7)
          Emperor Penguins (Grades 4-7)
          Galapagos Penguins (Grades 4-8)
          Galapagos Penguins (Grades 5-7)
          Little Blue Penguins (Grades 4-6)
          Macaroni Penguins (Grades 4-6)
          Royal Penguins (Grades 6-8)
          Yellow-Eyed Penguins (Grades 4-7)
     Penguins Theme Unit
     Polar Bears - Introduction (Grades 4-7)
     Polar Bears (Grades 4-6)
     Puffins (Grades 4-6)
     Reindeer (Grades 4-7)
     Seals (Grades 2-3)
     Walruses (Grades 4-7)

Read and Color

Polar Regions Biome

Pasha (PDF file)

Harry the Harlequin (PDF file)

Sam and Susie (PDF file)

Narwhals (PDF file)

Reading Comprehensions - Foreign Languages
Spanish
     Introducción a las Regiones Polares
     Las Regiones Polares
     Las Golondrinas Marinas del Ártico
     Las Ballenas Belugas
     El Pez de Hielo
     Los Lemmings
     Los Narvales
     Los Pingüinos
     Los Frailecillos

French
     Les Macareux

Funda-blanks
An Odd Penguin (grades 2-4)

Book Units
    Polar Bears Past Bedtime (Magic Tree House #12) (Grades 3-4)
    Arctic Tale (Grades 3-5)
    Mr. Popper's Penguins (Grades 3-5)
    Polar Bears and the Arctic (Grades 3-5)
    Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident (Grades 4-9)

Polar Region Animal SUDOKU Puzzles

4 by 4 Polar Region Animal Sudoku
     Very easy 4 x 4 Sudoku with shapes (4 keys)
     Easy 4 x 4 Sudoku with shapes (4 keys)

4 by 4 Polar Region Animal Sudoku: Includes Hints (blank boxes have smaller animals to pick from)
     Very easy 4 x 4 Sudoku with shapes (4 keys with hints)
     Easy 4 x 4 Sudoku with shapes (4 keys with hints)

6 by 6 Polar Region Animal Sudoku
     Easy 6 x 6 Sudoku with shapes (4 keys)
     Medium 6 x 6 Sudoku with shapes (4 keys)

Polar Region Animal Patterns
     Draw the missing picture: 2 pictures are missing at the end (LARGER pictures)
     Draw the missing picture: 1 picture is missing anywhere in the pattern (LARGER pictures)
     Draw the missing picture: 2 pictures are missing at the end (smaller pictures)
     Draw the missing picture: 1 picture is missing anywhere in the pattern (smaller pictures)

Art Project: Arctic Ocean Mobile (Grades 1-4)
Art Project: Students make a mobile of animals that live in and near the Arctic Ocean (PDF file)

Coloring

Polar Region Animals - Hidden Pictures Coloring Book (PDF file)

Finish the Story
Floating on the Ocean (Grades 4-6)
Icy Adventure (Grades 6-8)

Writing
Polar Regions Draw and Write

Polar Regions Draw and Write

Dot to Dots
Polar Region: Dot to Dots (booklets - PDF files)
Spelling
     Spelling (challenging)
Alphabet
     Alphabet (lowercase letters)
     Alphabet (CAPITALIZED letters)
Counting
     Mixed: Each page count by a different number
     Count by 1's (easier)
     Count by 1's
     Count by 2's
     Count by 3's
     Count by 4's
     Count by 5's
     Count by 6's
     Count by 7's
     Count by 8's
     Count by 9's
     Count by 10's
     Count by 25's
     Completed drawings (no dot to dots)

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