Polar Bears and Penguins

As much as I hate to admit it, these freezing temperatures have been great for one thing... Our intro to polar bears and penguins!  Students split off into two class teams today, Polar Bears and Penguins.  The STUDENTS created team norms, received their research journals and started KWL charts.  Please encourage your child to research as much as he or she would like at home.  We do as much research as we can at school, but from what I've seen, students are more engrossed in the topic if it is brought into their lives at home.  If your student has any books or other resources related to this topic at home and would like to bring them in, that would be great!   We will have a presentation day at the beginning of February that you'll be welcome to attend.  I'll send more info about that day home as it gets closer.  Here are a few pictures of what we worked on in regards to polar bears and penguins this morning.  Both teams are equipped with a "base camp," research notebook, folder, white boards, easel paper and a team library!