Reading Passages, Questions and Worksheets all about Penguins!

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If Penguins Could Talk: Reading Passages, Questions and Worksheets all about Penguins

Inspire young readers with this captivating cross curricular resource all about penguins. This popular resource includes reading passages, assessment quizzes, worksheets and riddles.

Meet Pingo, a 2-year-old Emperor penguin, who tells his interesting life story in 6 engaging reading passages. Pingo’s story is clearly written and designed to motivate reluctant readers, encourage comprehension and improve reading skills - all in the context of learning about penguins. The unique and fun content of this non-fiction resource will captivate readers as they learn about these fascinating animals under threat of extinction.

Although targeted to a 3rd grade reading level, this ready-to-use 40-page set of reading passages, assessment quizzes, worksheets and riddles, is an exceptional cross curricular reading comprehension resource for learners of any age.

Included in this resource:

• 6 engaging reading passages about the life of an Emperor penguin, written to appeal to a 3rd or 4th grade reading level

• A set of multiple choice questions following each chapter, giving readers practice referring back to evidence from the text to support their answer choices. These quizzes are excellent assessment tools to measure reading comprehension skills.

• Answer keys

• 4 sets of printable "penguin-focussed" worksheets that will reinforce reading skills, vocabulary and content found in the text passages

• Fun penguin riddles

40 pages - All in easily printable PDF format

If Penguins Could Talk: Pingo’s Story

Chapter 1 - Me and My Family

Chapter 2 - My First Year

Chapter 3 - My Fancy Jacket

Chapter 4 - My Daily Life

Chapter 5 - Keeping Warm

Chapter 6 - Happy Feet, My Famous Cousin

Worksheets (2 of each)

Penguin Riddles - Jumbled Letters

Penguin Riddles - Scrambled Sentences

Penguin Word Search

Penguin Syllable Word Building

This resource addresses many of the 3rd and 4th Grade Common Core ELA Reading standards.