{"id":12198,"date":"2016-11-15T14:49:34","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T19:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/?p=12198"},"modified":"2016-11-15T15:00:09","modified_gmt":"2016-11-15T20:00:09","slug":"polar-bears-penguins-literacy-centers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/polar-bears-penguins-literacy-centers\/","title":{"rendered":"Polar Bears &#038; Penguins (Lit Centers)"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>img#mv-trellis-img-1::before{padding-top:66.163522012579%; }img#mv-trellis-img-1{display:block;}img#mv-trellis-img-2::before{padding-top:80.580075662043%; }img#mv-trellis-img-2{display:block;}img#mv-trellis-img-3::before{padding-top:80.706179066835%; }img#mv-trellis-img-3{display:block;}img#mv-trellis-img-4::before{padding-top:27.351485148515%; }img#mv-trellis-img-4{display:block;}<\/style><p>These polar bears &amp; penguins centers for literacy are designed to help your children work with informational text during their center time.<\/p>\n<p><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12207\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/polar-bears-penguins-1-1024x677.jpg\" alt=\"FREE Polar Bears &amp; Penguins centers for informational text literacy centers from The Curriculum Corner FREEBIES\" width=\"795\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/polar-bears-penguins-1-1024x677.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/polar-bears-penguins-1-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/polar-bears-penguins-1-768x508.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 24px), 720px\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12207 eager-load\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20795%20526'%3E%3Crect%20width='795'%20height='526'%20style='fill:%23e3e3e3'\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"FREE Polar Bears &amp; Penguins centers for informational text literacy centers from The Curriculum Corner FREEBIES\" width=\"795\" height=\"526\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 24px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/polar-bears-penguins-1.jpg\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/polar-bears-penguins-1-1024x677.jpg.webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/polar-bears-penguins-1-1024x677.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/polar-bears-penguins-1-300x198.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/polar-bears-penguins-1-768x508.jpg.webp 768w\" data-svg=\"1\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>You always want to try to find centers that are engaging, but it can be challenging. &nbsp;We have created these polar bears &amp; penguins centers in order to provide a high interest set of centers that are appropriate for second and third grade students.<\/p>\n<p><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12205\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/polar-bear-penguin-3-1024x825.jpg\" alt=\"FREEBIE Polar Bears &amp; Penguins informational text literacy centers from The Curriculum Corner\" width=\"793\" height=\"639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/polar-bear-penguin-3-1024x825.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/polar-bear-penguin-3-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/polar-bear-penguin-3-768x619.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/polar-bear-penguin-3.jpg 1490w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 24px), 720px\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12205 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/polar-bear-penguin-3-1024x825.jpg.webp\" alt=\"FREEBIE Polar Bears &amp; Penguins informational text literacy centers from The Curriculum Corner\" width=\"793\" height=\"639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/polar-bear-penguin-3-1024x825.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/polar-bear-penguin-3-300x242.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/polar-bear-penguin-3-768x619.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/polar-bear-penguin-3.jpg.webp 1490w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 24px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/polar-bear-penguin-3.jpg\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-2\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>**You can download the complete, free set of centers by clicking on the bold blue words at the bottom of this post.**<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><strong>Fact\/Opinion Sort<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><strong>Graphic Organizers <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&ndash;<\/span><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span>Place a basket of informational text books focused on polar bears and\/or penguins at a literacy center. We have various pages you can use for students to use along with a book they choose. &nbsp;Along with graphic organizers for recording facts &amp; opinions, we also have a flip booklet that can be glued into an interactive notebook if desired. &nbsp;Another organizer is more open-ended with boxes to record characteristics of polar bears or penguins. &nbsp;(This page is provided as an organizer but also as work mats for each animal. &nbsp;Students can work at a center to write on them with Vis-a-vis markers, and then you can wipe them clean for another group.) &nbsp;Other organizers require students to record main idea &amp; supporting details, facts and even a curiosity. It would be helpful to model these graphic organizers during mini-lessons first so that students know your expectations. (Depending on the text chosen, students might be looking for the main idea of an entire text or the main idea of a specific page.)<\/p>\n<p><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12208\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/polar-bears-penguins-2-1024x825.jpg\" alt=\"FREE Polar Bears &amp; Penguins informational text literacy centers from The Curriculum Corner FREEBIES | Info Text\" width=\"793\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/polar-bears-penguins-2-1024x825.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/polar-bears-penguins-2-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/polar-bears-penguins-2-768x619.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/polar-bears-penguins-2.jpg 1490w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 24px), 720px\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12208 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/polar-bears-penguins-2-1024x825.jpg.webp\" alt=\"FREE Polar Bears &amp; Penguins informational text literacy centers from The Curriculum Corner FREEBIES | Info Text\" width=\"793\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/polar-bears-penguins-2-1024x825.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/polar-bears-penguins-2-300x242.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/polar-bears-penguins-2-768x619.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/polar-bears-penguins-2.jpg.webp 1490w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 24px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/polar-bears-penguins-2.jpg\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-3\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\">Vocabulary Words &amp; Definitions<\/span>&nbsp;<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&ndash; We have provided these in the form of cards for matching or practice. &nbsp;There is also a page of vocabulary task cards you could use with them.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\">Adaptation Cards<\/span>&nbsp;<\/strong>&ndash;<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Students sort the adaptations into two piles, one for polar bears and the other for penguins. &nbsp; Also included is a graphic organizer&nbsp;where students record an adaptation and then think of a a way the adaptation helps the animal in its natural environment.<\/p>\n<p><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12206\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/polar-bear-penguins-4-1024x280.jpg\" alt=\"FREE Polar Bears &amp; Penguins informational text literacy centers from The Curriculum Corner FREEBIE nonfiction\" width=\"808\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/polar-bear-penguins-4-1024x280.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/polar-bear-penguins-4-300x82.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/polar-bear-penguins-4-768x210.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/polar-bear-penguins-4.jpg 1490w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 24px), 720px\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12206 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/polar-bear-penguins-4-1024x280.jpg.webp\" alt=\"FREE Polar Bears &amp; Penguins informational text literacy centers from The Curriculum Corner FREEBIE nonfiction\" width=\"808\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/polar-bear-penguins-4-1024x280.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/polar-bear-penguins-4-300x82.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/polar-bear-penguins-4-768x210.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/polar-bear-penguins-4.jpg.webp 1490w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 24px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/polar-bear-penguins-4.jpg\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-4\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\">Fluency Cards<\/span>&nbsp;<\/strong>&ndash; We&rsquo;ve taken the facts from the fact &amp; opinion cards and turned them into statements, questions, exclamations and commands so that students can practice their fluency skills while learning about polar bears and penguins. &nbsp;(Take a look at our Arctic Animals Fluency Sentences post below for ideas on how to use these in different ways.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>You can download the complete set of centers here: &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/wp-content\/pdf\/centersets\/polarbearspenguins.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Polar Bears and Penguins Literacy Center Set<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you are interested you can find a set of penguin scrambled sentence cards here: &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/2013\/11\/18\/penguin-scrambled-sentences\/\" target=\"_blank\">Penguin Scrambled Sentences<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you&rsquo;re doing a study of all Arctic animals check out these past posts:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/2015\/11\/30\/arctic-animals-fluency-sentences\/\" target=\"_blank\">Arctic Animals Fluency Sentences<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/2015\/11\/29\/arctic-animals\/\" target=\"_blank\">Focus On: Arctic Animals<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/?s=arctic\" target=\"_blank\">Arctic Animals Read It! Write It! Draw It!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/2015\/11\/19\/arctic-word-cards-w-activities\/\" target=\"_blank\">Arctic Animals Word &amp; Picture Cards and Activities<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/2015\/11\/17\/arctic-animals-fry-word-game\/\" target=\"_blank\">Arctic Animals Fry Word Game<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner123\/2015\/11\/17\/arctic-animals-facts-game\/\" target=\"_blank\">Arctic Animals Themed Math Fact Games<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are some of our favorite books focusing on polar bears &amp; penguins:<\/p>\n<p>(Contains affiliate links.)<br>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=thecurrcorn-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=1426311044&amp;asins=1426311044&amp;linkId=ef121405ff146176672f7b8b012aa7e6&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; 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