Flashback Post: Polar Bears

Since I have quite a few new followers, I thought I would lead you to a popular post from last year. This time of year, I love teaching about polar bears. The kids love them and they are so engaged in the lessons.
Last year, I did a week's worth of polar bear activities. I am going to try to jam that into the rest of this week but I may have to carry over into next week, mostly because I get a little carried away.

I love looking for books at the public library. They found some great ones to really extend my polar bear unit. I found these next two at the library.

 "Where Do Polar Bears Live?" by Sarah L. Thomson

"A Polar Bear's World" by Caroline Arnold

I have this book in my classroom library. Love it!

 "Polar Bears" by Gail Gibbons

My kids were fascinated by Knut last year. This book has lots of words but the photographs are great!

" Knut: How One Little Polar Bear Captured the World" by Craig Hatkoff, Juliana Hatkoff, Isabella Hatkoff, and Dr. Gerald R. Uhlich

 We started off our unit by listing our polar bear schema. After we had read several books about polar bears, we revisited the facts the kids wrote and moved some to misconceptions. We also did this Polar Bear map and you can find it free on my original post. Click the image above to grab a copy.

This was one of my favorite crafts from last year. They turned out so cute. I had the kids write facts about polar bears (hello informational writing!) and we made the writing paper into a polar bear. I have these templates available for free too on my original post. Click on the image above to download.

Hope this helps you with your planning!