Your students will love learning all about these COOL creatures! Polar bears are the largest living carnivores on land! These huge powerful bears can grow to be 10 feet tall and weigh more than 1,500 pounds. These massive creatures can really move too! On land, they can run 25 mph. In the water, they can swim at speeds up to 6 mph in water.
This creative unit includes many interactive activities and learning opportunities for students including:
✔ Reading Passages (5)
✔ Comprehension Questions
✔ Anticipatory Set
✔ Meet Knut, a world famous polar bear
✔ Life Cycle of a Polar Bear
✔ Vocabulary Posters
✔ Vocabulary Flip Flaps
✔ Plus a 5-page Flip Book
✔ Answer Keys
There are 3 main activities:
Vocabulary:
Introduce the 6 vocabulary words with the real-life photo posters included. You could post these posters around the classroom and have students travel around to match up and define the words in their flip flaps or use as a center activity. These posters are excellent for a bulletin board display too.
Reading:
Next, have students read the informational articles all about Polar Bears with a special look at Knut, a world-famous polar bear. There are several activities for students to complete after reading the articles, such as comprehension questions, fact or fiction activity, organizers, and cloze passage. Also included are the life cycle of a polar bear diagram, fact or fiction activity, and more! You could have students work with a partner or in small groups or as a center/station activity.
Activities:
Have students complete the 5-page Polar Bears Flip Booklet. I usually have them do one page at each center or station. They can use the articles as a reference source to help them complete the pages of the booklet. Lastly, they cut, color, and assemble the booklet. Flip up books can be glued or stapled inside their interactive notebooks, file folder, or a 12×18 piece of construction paper folded like a book cover.