Tacky {the Penguin} Day

Today was “Tacky Day” in our 1st grade class.  We read lots of the books in the Tacky the Penguin series written by Helen Lester and did some fun activities to go along with many of them.    We learned that even though Tacky is an odd bird, he’s still fun to have around.

  In honor of Tacky we all dressed “tacky” today and made these cute Tacky the Penguin art projects.  Everyone chose different prints of scrapbook paper to make a “tacky” outfit for their penguin.          

After we read a few stories we didn’t have any trouble thinking of some other words to describe Tacky.  

This afternoon we  got a “Tacky Pack” of worksheets.  Inside our packet were activities that focused on vocabulary from the story, character traits, sequencing events, matching antonyms and patterning.    

We ended our “tacky” day by reading Tacky in Trouble and filling out a story map about the story.  We had to recall information about the setting, characters, problem and resolution.  We also had to write about three of our favorite events from the story.

  Happy “Tacky” Day!!!