Arctic Animal Pop-Up Cards

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Do you teach your kinders about polar animals during the winter months? My kids love these pop-up arctic animal cards. The kids can either read the cards, or write about the specific animal on each of the cards. You choose! They are very easy to create. All you need to do is print the cards on tagboard, fold, cut a couple of slits, glue on your animal, and they are done!

If you want to use them in your classroom, grab them in my TPT shop here!

Print one (or all) of the arctic animal cards. These cards work much better if you print on tagboard so that the pop up pieces stand up. You can choose from the arctic hare, snowy owl, beluga whale, harp seal, arctic fox, polar bear, and penguin (penguins don't live in the arctic---but the kids love them!)

Fold the card on the line down the middle after the kids have colored the card.

Cut along the dotted lines. This will create two slits.

Glue the arctic animal on the pop-up as shown.

Students write (or read) about the animal on the card. I have created this set so that they can do both!

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Winter Emergent Readers and Shared Reading Poems

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Winter is here, and that means that the school year is almost half over! It is amazing how much progress kindergarten students make over such a short amount of time. They began school with very few pre-reading skills, and they are now starting to look and sound like readers. I created this set of January emergent readers to use after returning from winter break. I created them to be predictable for new readers, but also difficult enough to keep them challenged. The topics included in my winter set include snow, snowmen, arctic animals, winter clothing, hot chocolate, and January. You can get these emergent readers here in my TPT store.

Poetry is also a perfect way to build reading fluency in new readers. I have created these winter poems to do just that! Not only are they perfect for reading fluency, but they are filled with sight words so that the kids can learn their sight words in text. We read them, highlight them, chant them, and more!

I place a pocket chart version in our pocket chart center. The kids love putting the poems back together after we have learned them whole group.

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How To Build a Snowman

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Now that winter is officially here and Christmas is over, we will focus on winter topics including snow, snowmen, polar animals, and more. Each year we complete a "How To" unit, and this year we will write a "How to Build a Snowman" book. I created this set of materials to use while we focus on our "How to Build a Snowman" writing. It includes emergent readers, a pocket chart, graphic organizers, a snowman craft and more. Students will complete all of these activities, and then write their "How to Build a Snowman" craft using what they learned.

We will read this "How to Build a Snowman" emergent reader. We will focus on sequencing and using context clues as we read.

We will practice sequencing, using this "How to Build a Snowman" sequencing mat. The students will cut out the pictures, and glue them in order.

We will practice snowman related words as we complete this snowman "write the room." This will help us identify snowman related words to use in the book we write later.

We will complete this class pocket chart which sequences, "How to Build a Snowman."

My kids love to sing, so we will sing this "I Can Build a Snowman" song.

Before we create our "How to Build a Snowman" writing book, we will make a list of things needed to build a snowman. We will use this list as we write our book.

We will use this book template to write our books. We will work on these a few days during our writing block. We will also illustrate our books, and share!

I try to squeeze in a quick craft on Fridays. We will use this snowman template to build a snowman. This is a perfect activity to end our unit with.

I would love for you to use this unit in your classroom if you choose.

Click here to get my "How to Build a Snowman" unit!

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Paper Bag Penguin FREEBIE

8:38 AM

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Winter is quickly approaching, and that means most classrooms will be learning about winter animals at some point. Each year, we create these paper bag penguins to go with our polar unit. They are very easy to create, and they make an adorable 3-D classroom display! I have included directions to create these paper bag penguins below, and a link to get the template for free in my TPT store. Enjoy!