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Children will learn how reindeer find food in winter.

Vocabulary: antlers, herbivore, hooves, lemming, lichen

Science Focus: animal adaptations

  1. Watch a Video:

    Reindeer Rock!

     

  2. Read the Issue:

    Follow Your Nose, Reindeer!

     

  3. Play a Game:

    Run, Run Reindeer!

    Skill: consonant sounds

     

  4. Complete Skill Sheets

    Show What You Know

    Skill: comprehension


    Reindeer Diagram

    Skill: diagrams

     

  5. Lesson Boosters

  • Paired Text:

    Imogene’s Antlers by David Small

     

  • Scavenger Hunt: 
    s

     

  • Class Brainstorm: 
    If I Were a Reindeer

     

  • Hands-on Activity: 
    Make a Reindeer Puppet

     

CCSS (and states that have similar standards): RI.K.1 key details, RF.K.3.A letter sounds, RI.K.7 use visuals, RL.K.1 key details (literature), RF.K.1.D letter recognition, W.K.8 writing

Simple, spectacular ideas to boost your lessons.

Paired Text: Imogene’s Antlers by David Small

  • When a little girl wakes up with antlers, what’s her family to do?
  • This very funny book will delight kids!

Scavenger Hunt: s

  • Together, look at the headline on pages 2-3: Searching for Snacks in the Snow. Ask children to point to each s, and circle it.
  • Then brainstorm more words that start with s, such as sun, school, socks, and sand.

Class Brainstorm: If I Were a Reindeer

  • At the top of a sheet of chart paper, write If I were a reindeer . . . Then have children take turns completing the sentence as you record their responses.
  • Children can mine the issue for information, using both text and photos. For instance: If I were a reindeer, I would use my antlers to scrape snow; If I were a reindeer, I would have brown fur; and so on.

Hands-on Activity: Make a Reindeer Puppet

Skill: writing

Materials: Make a Reindeer Puppet skill sheet, scissors, crayons, brown paper lunch bag, googly eyes, black paper circles, glue

  • Give each child a lunch bag and a copy of the skill sheet. Have kids cut out the antlers and color them brown. (If you like, kids can create antlers by tracing their hands on brown construction paper instead.)
  • Next, kids can add googly eyes and a black paper nose to the bag’s bottom to create the reindeer’s face.
  • Finally, have children write one thing they learned about reindeer to complete the sentence in the box. They can glue or tape it to the front of their puppet. Kids can put on puppet shows and share their facts!