Emperor’s Egg

My Father’s Feet by Judy Sierra

• To keep myself up off the ice,• I find my father’s feet are nice.• I snuggle in his belly fluff.• And that’s how I stay warm enough.• But when my father takes a walk,• My cozy world begins to rock.• He shuffles left, I hold on tight.• Oh no! He’s wobbling to the right.• Not left again! Oops, here he goes.• Do you suppose my father knows• I’m hanging on to his warm toes?

Synonyms Match Up

• Synonyms are words that mean the same thing.

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Let’s Learn about Penguins!• National Geographic-Emperor

Penguins http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Animals/CreatureFeature/Emperor-penguin

• Other Penguins http://www.gdargaud.net/Antarctica/Penguins.html

• http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/peter_and_barbara_barham/frame_pengies.html

• http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/penguins/facts.htm

http://www.emperor-penguin.com/aptenodytes-forsteriis.html

Words that Compare• fat• fatter• fattest• slow• slower• slowest• small• smaller• smallest

• soft• softer• softest• cute• cuter• cutest• quiet• quieter• quietest

Vocabulary

flippers

• small fins used like hands or feet

The baby penguin is flapping his flippers.

hatch

• to break out of an egg

The penguins are getting ready to hatch out of the eggs.

miserable

• very unhappy

The poor kitty was miserable when he had to have a bath.

slippery

• not sticky, causing sliding

The penguins loved to slide down the slippery hill.

waddled

• moved in a funny way, like a duck

The penguin waddled past my house.

horizon

• where the sky seems to meet the earth

The clouds are almost touching the horizon in this chilly Antarctic photo.

dinner

• the main meal of the day

We are having chicken, mashed potatoes and stir fried vegetables for dinner.

important

• having great meaning or influence

It is important to do your homework every night.

nothing

• not anything

The drive was boring because there was nothing to see.

seem

• to give the impression of being

Does Janie seem to be happy with her new kitten?

stay

• to stop going forward

Lucy and Mom decided to stay home and bake cookies.

Slips and Slides• Watch out! The pond is full of ice!• You slide.• I skid• We can’t believe what we just did!• You don’t think that ice is nice.• Oh, wait! I’ll bet that we could skate.• You slip.• I glide.• We can speed from side to side!• Now you think that ice is great.

Words that end with -ing and -ly

1.completely2.actually3.doing4.taking5.swimming6.eating7.slowly8.starting9.standing10.freezing

Review Words11.leaf12.leaves

High-Frequency Words13.important14.nothing15.dinner

The penguin sat on the egg so it would _____.

• flippers• hatch• miserable• slippery• waddled• horizon

The penguins use their ________ to move through

the water.

• flippers• hatch• miserable• slippery• waddled• horizon

The polar bear fell on the ________ ice.

• flippers• hatch• miserable• slippery• waddled• horizon

The big, bad wolf felt _________ when he couldn’t catch the three little pigs.

• flippers• hatch• miserable• slippery• waddled• horizon

Look at the _______ to see the setting sun.

• flippers• hatch• miserable• slippery• waddled• horizon

A toddler pulled the toy duck and it _______.

• flippers• hatch• miserable• slippery• waddled• horizon

Making Words

_aking• makin

g• shakin

g• baking

_eating•beating•seating•cheating•treating

_andingstandinghandinglanding

Personal Pronouns

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