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Tundra/ Arctic
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Crossword: Polar Bears Past Bedtime (primary)	Featuring vocabulary from Mary Pope Osborne's 12th Magic Tree House book (this crossword can be used without the book). Comprehension questions for this book are available on our member site.
Unscramble the Words: Polar Bears Past Bedtime	Featuring vocabulary from Mary Pope Osborne's 11th Magic Tree House book (this word scramble can be used without the book). Comprehension questions for this book are available on our member site.
Word Search: Polar Bears Past Bedtime (primary/elem)	Featuring vocabulary from Mary Pope Osborne's 12th Magic Tree House book (this word search can be used without the book). Comprehension questions for this book are available on our member site.
Acrostic Form: Antarctica
Bar Graph (create): Favorite Arctic Animal	Use the bar graph form to display results of a survey about favorite arctic animals.
Border Paper: Penguins	Landscape layout, unlined page with illustrations of penguins in the surrounding border.
Color and Write: Polar Bears	Illustration of polar bear, and lines for writing using words from a word bank.
Color and Write: Puffin (elem)	What do you know about puffins? Picture of puffins and medium lines for writing.
Color and Write: Walrus	A picture of walruses to color and lines to write.
Coloring Page: Antarctica - Penguin	Drawing of a penguin on an ice floe.
Coloring Page: Igloo	Color this picture of an igloo or trace and cut out for a shapebook.
Coloring Page: Penguin	Color this picture of a penguin or trace and cut out to make a great shapebook.
Coloring Page: Penguin
Coloring Page: Polar Bear	Color this picture of a polar bear or trace and cut out for a shapebook.
Coloring Page: Puffin	Color this picture of a puffin or trace and cut out to make a shapebook. You can also use this pattern for a poem form, poster, or report cover. Enjoy!
Coloring Page: Seal	Color this picture of a seal or trace and cut out for a great shapebook.
Did You Know? Arctic	Two printable cards with graphics for writing facts about the arctic.
Fact Sheet Form: Tundra	Answer the targeted questions about this biome.
Flashcards: Arctic Animals (preschool/primary)	Pictures with words make these six cards useful for a variety of activities: flashcards, picture prompts, etc. Print two sets for a memory game.
KWL: Antarctica	Use this form to organize Know, Want to know, and Learned material about Antarctica.
KWL: Arctic	Use this form to organize Know, Want to know, and Learned material about the Arctic region.
KWL: Penguins	Use this form to organize Know, Want to know, and Learned material about penguins.
Map: Antarctica	An unlabeled outline map of Antarctica.
Map: Arctic Region	Labeled map of the Arctic regon and northern hemisphere.
Poetry Prompts: Tundra (upper elem)	An introduction to some basic poetic structures, including alliteration, similes, and acrostics, using a tundra theme.
Report Form: The Arctic	Use this simple form to write a report on the Arctic.
Research and Report: The Arctic	Report planner, KWL, and a lined page to write a report about the Arctic.
Shapebook: Tundra Penguin (cover)	Picture of a cartoon penguin for a shapebook on the tundra. This is intended as a cover page.
Sign: Penguins
Sign: Puffins	Makes a great sign or booklet title page.
Song: All the Penguins	A playful song about penguins, set to the tune of "Clementine".
Survey: Favorite Arctic Animal	Use this form to record people's favorite Arctic animals. Ten are suggested and blank spaces are also included. Good tallying practice.
Unscramble the Words: Arctic	[member-created with abctools] Unscramble the words from "arctic fox" to "wolverine".
Venn Diagram: Arctic and Antarctica	Compare the Arctic and Antarctica with this simple Venn diagram.
Venn Diagram: Penguins	Use this Venn diagram to compare two different penguin species.
Venn Diagram: Polar Regions	Use this Venn diagram to compare the polar regions.
Web Organizer: Arctic Habitat	Use this web graphic organizer to help prepare for a report or project on the Arctic habitat.
Word Search: Antarctica	[made with abctools] from ANTARCTICA to WHALE
Word Search: Polar Regions (interactive)	From "arctic" to "whales".
Word Search: Puffin	Find the puffin-theme words from "billing" to "wildlife warden" in this square word search.
Writing Activity: A Trip to the Arctic (elem/upper elem) - cover only	Cover page for a booklet-report about a real or imaginary trip to the Arctic. Writing prompts to go with the cover are available on our member site.
Writing Prompt: Antarctica Similes (elem/upper elem)	Briefly explains similes and then encourages students to write and illustrate their own.

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Color By Number: Penguins (set 1)	Emperor, King, Little, Royal, and Snares Penguins. Half of the complete set of color-by-number penguin pages are available here in one download. These color-by-number pages are blackline drawings. They help students remember the colors and markings of these different penguins.
Book: Polar Bears Past Bedtime (primary)	Review vocabulary and facts featured in Mary Pope Osborne's 12th Magic Tree House book (most of this lesson can be used without the book). Also on abcteach.com: crossword, word search, and word scramble.
Comprehension: Polar Bears (primary)	A very simple reading comprehension about polar bears.
Word Search: Antarctic Animals (upper elem)	Find the Antarctic animals, from baleen (whale) to macaroni (penguin) in this Antarctic-shaped word search.
Word Search: Antarctic Animals (primary)	Find the Antarctic animals words from "krill" to "whale" in this Antarctic-shaped word search.
Assignment Forms: Penguins	Fun penguin-themed late homework notices, assignment notices, and grading sheet.
Color By Number: Adelie Penguin	This color-by-number page is a blackline drawing. Helps students remember the colors and markings of this penguin.
Color By Number: Chinstrap Penguin	This color-by-number page is a blackline drawing. Helps students remember the colors and markings of this penguin.
Color By Number: Emperor Penguin	This color-by-number page is a blackline drawing. Helps students remember the colors and markings of this penguin.
Color by Number: Gentoo Penguin
Color By Number: King Penguin	This color-by-number page is a blackline drawing. Helps students remember the colors and markings of this penguin.
Color By Number: Little Penguin	This color-by-number page is a blackline drawing. Helps students remember the colors and markings of this penguin.
Color By Number: Royal Penguin	This color-by-number page is a blackline drawing. Helps students remember the colors and markings of this penguin.
Color By Number: Snares Penguin	This color-by-number page is a blackline drawing. Helps students remember the colors and markings of this penguin.
Color By Number: Yellow-eyed Penguin	This color-by-number page is a blackline drawing. Helps students remember the colors and markings of this penguin.
Comprehension: Blue Penguins (elementary)	Interested in blue penguins? Learn more about them with this fact-filled reading comprehension.
Comprehension: Penguins (elementary/upper elem)	A fact-filled reading comprehension about penguins.
Comprehension: Penguins (elementary/upper elem)	Learn about penguins with this informative reading comprehension.
Comprehension: Polar Bears (elem/upper elem)	This mini-unit introduces the white-pelted bears with a vocabulary-rich reading comprehension, then reviews student understanding with fact cards, a word search, a Venn diagram and an acrostic poem form.
Comprehension: Rockhopper Penguin (elementary)	Reading comprehension about the sub-Antarctic rockhopper penguin.
Fact Sheet: Penguins	Learn all about penguins with this handy fact sheet.
Paper Bag Puppet: Animals- Penguin
Research and Report: Penguin	Report planner, KWL, space to write report, survey and graph for "favorite animals".
Sign: Tundra Animals
Vocabulary Cards: Penguin	Killer whale, seal, rocks, water.
Vocabulary Cards: Penguin 1	Penguin, incubate, nest, rookery, chick, burrow, sliding, squid
Vocabulary Cards: Penguin 2	Flipper, ice, snowflake, iceberg, bird, egg, feathers, warm-blooded
Word Search: Penguins (easy)	From "bird" to "penguin".
Word Wall: Penguins (pictures)	From "Antarctica" to "wing". These vocabulary building word strips with pictures are great for word walls, sentence strips, spelling and vocabulary practice.
Writing Paper: Penguin (primary) 1	Primary-lined paper with cute color illustrations of penguins at the top. Portrait orientation.
Writing Paper: Penguin (primary) 2	Primary-lined paper with cute color illustrations of penguins in the left-hand border. Portrait orientation.
Writing Paper: Penguin (primary) 3	Primary-lined paper with cute color illustrations of penguins in the surrounding border. Portrait orientation.
Writing Paper: Penguins (upper elementary) 1	Lined border paper with an illustration of penguins across the top of the page.
Writing Paper: Penguins (upper elementary) 2	Lined border paper with illustration of a penguin family in the lower-left corner.
Writing Paper: Penguins (upper elementary) 3	Lined border paper with cute illustrations of penguins around the whole border.
Writing Paper: Polar Bear Reading (unlined)	Unlined writing paper. Blank border with illustration of a polar bear reading a book in the upper-left corner.
Bulletin Board Trim: Penguins (small)	Straight edge, full color.
Color By Number: Penguins (set 2)	Yellow-eyed, Adelie, Chinstrap, and Gentoo Penguins. Half of the complete set of color-by-number penguin pages are available here in one download. These color-by-number pages are blackline drawings. They help students remember the colors and markings of these different penguins.
Desk Tag: Penguin (straight line)
Desk Tag: Penguin (primary lines)
Sign: Tundra (b/w)
Sign: Tundra (color)
Sign: Polar Regions	Use for center sign or booklet cover.
Writing Paper: Polar Bear (Elementary)	Lined writing paper with illustrations of polar bears in the corners.
Calendar Set: Tundra Habitat	Thirty-one days of penguins and seals
Writing Activity: A Trip to the Arctic (elem/upper elem)	Write a booklet report about a real or imaginary trip to the Arctic. These pages include directions for writing specific information about your trip, including animals, plants, and sights, and daily journal pages. Prompts develop narrative, persuasive, and descriptive writing skills.
Word Search: Arctic and Antarctic Animals	From "caribou" to "wolverine".
Comprehension: Penguins (primary/elem)	Simple reading comprehension about penguins.
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