Thematic Unit Plan Theme: Penguins Grade: Kindergarten Book: National Geographic Reader: Penguins-written by nne !

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To open our thematic unit on Penguins : would complete with the children a K;" chart on our white board% : would 9irst ask the children what they know about penguins% : would then write down their answers% : would then ask what they would like to know about penguins% : would write down these answers under the 3;5 part o9 the chart% : would then read the National Geographic reader Penguins with them together during group time% ;e would then break up into small groups with each group ha.ing a copy o9 the book to look at 9or 9urther leading% 9ter reading the books we

would then go into labeling the parts o9 a penguin% ;e would also obser.e the beha.iors o9 the penguins on the Penguin 7am% : would ask the children how they would describe the penguin% nd can they list three things on the body o9 the penguin% ;e would then mo.e into our math segment and : would ask them to compare the si<es o9 the penguins to us and ask them how they classi9y penguins= human or bird% >rom this we could go into our music time and : would ask the children to demonstrate the way a penguin mo.es through the words o9 the song% ;e would start working on our penguin books and ask them to use the 9acts they ha.e already learned to apply them in their book pages% ;e would also work on our ceramic penguins and : will ask the children to create a penguin 9rom clay% To 9inish their books about penguins : would ask them to imagine what their li.es would be like i9 they could li.e one day as a penguin and then to compose a story e?plaining what it would be like%