Tacky The Penguin
Pamela Santich     Second Grade     Green Oaks Fundamental School     Room 9
Introduction
Standards
Objectives
Activities
Assessment
Results
Resources
  • Introduction
  •   Tacky is a unique penguin who delights and entertains young children. The  first story in theme one of the Houghton-Mifflin reading series is Three Cheers for Tacky. In January I will revisit this story and read the book Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester to my class as well as a variety of books on the topic of emperor penguins.  After the read alouds my students will use a graphic organizer to write  their information about emperor penguins. The culminating activity will be a written page incorporating their ideas.
  • Reading
  • Tacky The Penguin
  • Second Grade
  • Student Lesson name and URL:
  • ctap295.ctaponline.org/~pstanich/student
  • Standards Addressed

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    Second Grade
    Reading:  Standard 2--  Comprehension
    Reading:  Standard 3--  Reading:  Literary Response and Analysis
    Writing:    Standard 5--  Applications/Content
    Writing:    Standard 6--  Written Language Conventions
     
     
     

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    Instructional Objectives 
    Given factual information about emperor penguins the students will be able to write three paragraphs.  The first paragraph will emphasize the description of the penguin, the second paragraph will highlight the eating habits, and the final paragraph will describe the family structure.
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    Student Activities 

    Introductory Activity
    Review the story Three Cheers for Tacky.  Read the story Tacky The Penguin  by Helen Lester to the class. Brainstorm  background information about penguins with the class. Students will reseach emperor penguins on the internet as well as reading various books. 

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    Enabling Activity(ies) 
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    Student Activities
    1. Students will answer questions on  a pre-test to measure their prior bacground knowledge about emperor penguins.
    2. Students will complete workpages about the physical characteristics, eating habits and family structure of emperor penguins 
    3. Students will complete a graphic organizer for the culminating activity.

     
     
     

    Culminating Activities
     

    1. Students will answer questions on a post-test to measure acquired knowledge about penguins.
    2. Students will write an expository paper about the emperor penguin.
    3. Students will do an art project to accompany the final paper.

     
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    Assessment
     
     

    Students will complete a pre-test before the reading of Tacky The Penguin.
    Students will  complete a post-test after completing all worksheets, listening to read alouds, using the internet, and reading various books

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    Results
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    Web Resources & Supplementary Materials

    Introductory Activity
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    Enabling Activity
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    Culminating Activity
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    Green Oaks Fundamental School
    7145 Filbert Avenue
    Orangevale,CA 95662
    psantich@sanjuan.edu
    Last Revised: 06/30/2000 (insert and update last revision date every time you work on this page.)