Use Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester to strengthen your students' comprehension skills, build their vocabulary, and help them understand how words work.
This resource set guides students through key comprehension strategies, including Identifying Author's Purpose, Understanding Text Structure, and Making Inferences. Each activity invites readers to think deeply about Tacky's unique personality and how it shapes the events of the story.
Students will also enjoy a word work activity focused on the suffix -ly, helping them explore how this ending changes the meaning of base words. A rich vocabulary list, featuring words like companions, graceful, hearty, puzzled, and dreadfully,supports language development and comprehension. This collection encourages critical thinking and joyful engagement with a memorable character who proves that being different can make all the difference.
