These penguin activities for kids are very popular during the cold winter months, but they can be used any time of the year. They provide fun and engaging learning experiences to help you explore penguins with your class. Check out all of the penguin activities below!
8 Penguin Activities
Below are our favorite penguin activities for elementary students.
1. Penguin Activity Packet
This Penguin Activity Packet is filled with fun and engaging activities students love like a directed drawing writing activity, word search, and crossword puzzle! These activities can be used as center activities, homework, fast finisher tasks, filler activities, or indoor recess activities. Learn more about this print-and-go resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
2. Penguin Book Companions
This Penguin Book Companion Bundle includes 6 of our Starts With a Story resources: Flight School, Tacky the Penguin, Penguin Problems, Tacky and the Winter Games, Lost and Found, and Tango Makes Three. Each of them includes printable and digital resources, so they can be used in school or at home. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
3. Penguin Non-Fiction Reading Unit
This Penguin Nonfiction Reading Unit includes 3 leveled reading passages, vocabulary cards, reading and writing activities, and more. It pairs really nicely with our fictional book companions like Flight School, Tacky the Penguin, Penguin Problems, Tacky and the Winter Games, Lost and Found, and Tango Makes Three. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
4. Penguin Would You Rather Activities
Our Penguin Would You Rather Activities are great for the cold winter months when you need a fun way to get students talking during your morning meeting or a way to motivate even your most reluctant writers. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
5. Penguin Parts of Speech Color by Code Activity
This Penguin Color by Code Activity is a fun and engaging task that invites students to practice identifying the parts of speech of thematic words like gently, insulate, and glacier. It’s a quick print and go activity you can have printed on your desk whenever you have 15-20 minutes to fill. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
6. Penguin Reading Comprehension Activities
These penguin reading comprehension activities provide engaging, meaningful practice to greatly improve your 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th grade students’ reading and writing skills. Each of the reading graphic organizer activities included in this set can be used over and over and with ANY penguins book you choose. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
7. Penguin Close Reading Activities
This Penguin Close Reading resource includes differentiated reading passages, comprehension questions, print and go activities and more. It offers readers the opportunities to read and annotate passages, engage in text-based discussions, study the author’s vocabulary choice, analyze text structure, comprehend main ideas and key details, and develop their craft as a writer based on what they’ve read. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
8. Integrated Penguin Unit
This Integrated Penguin Unit has enough quality printables to last for over 2 full weeks of instruction. There are activities for reading, writing, math, social studies, science, and social skills. The packet also includes a list of fiction and non-fiction penguin themed books as well as links to online videos and sample penguin crafts. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
In closing, we hope you found this list of penguin activities helpful! If you did, then you may also be interested in these other related posts:
