edHelper.com Animal Themes Birds Polar Regions

Adelie Penguin

---

Adelie Penguin
Reading Level

	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grades 4 to 7
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	8.1

Vocabulary

	challenging words:		first-born, hence, survival, buffet, incubation, responsibility, maternity, breed, incubate, surrounding, species, moreover, yellow-eyed, laying, hatches, pounds
	content words:		When Adelie, Admiral Durmont, Female Adelie

---

Print Adelie Penguin

Print Adelie Penguin  (font options, pick words for additional puzzles, and more)

Quickly Print - PDF format

	Quickly Print: PDF (2 columns per page)
	Quickly Print: PDF (full page)

Quickly Print - HTML format

Quickly Print: HTML

Proofreading Activity

Print a proofreading activity

---

Feedback on Adelie Penguin

Leave your feedback on Adelie Penguin  (use this link if you found an error in the story)

---

Adelie Penguin

---

¹     Adelie penguins are the spokes models of the penguin species! Their black and white tuxedoes are what come to mind when we think of penguins. Adelie penguins have white rings around their eyes. Their bills are short and partially covered by feathers. When Adelie penguins walk, their long, stiff tails drag the ground. They live in Antarctica and its surrounding islands. Adelie penguins are quite small - they are about 3 feet tall and weigh around 8.5 pounds.
 
²     Unlike most penguins, Adelie penguins were named neither after their physical appearance (such as yellow-eyed penguins) nor after their nesting sites (such as Peruvian penguins). Instead, they were named after the wife of a French explorer, Admiral Durmont d'Urville, who led an expedition to Antarctica from 1837 to 1840. While he was there, he found thousands of these little penguins and called them Adelie penguins.

Paragraphs 3 to 4:
For the complete story with questions: click here for printable

---

Weekly Reading Books

Create Weekly Reading Books Prepare for an entire week at once!

---

Animal Themes

Animal Themes

---

Birds

Birds

---

Polar Regions

Polar Regions

---

More Lessons

Penguins

---

Animals

Amphibians         Birds         Deserts         Fish         Freshwater         Grasslands         Insects

Invertebrates         Mammals         Oceans         Polar Regions         Rain Forest         Reptiles

---

More Activities, Lesson Plans, and Worksheets

Back to School Graphic Organizers Alphabet Worksheets Sight Words Math Worksheets Mazes 50 States Education Teaching Monthly Themes January February March April May June July August September October November December

Fractions Place Value Time and Calendar Money Earth Day Solar System Analogies Nouns Following Directions Listening Capitalization Cursive Writing Patterns and Sequencing Dinosaurs All About Me Kindergarten First Grade Second Grade Third Grade Fourth Grade Fifth Grade Sixth Grade

Multiplication Division Main Idea Cause and Effect Measurement Decimals Rounding Order of Operations Verbs Community Helpers Adjectives Plants Grammar Addition and Subtraction Contractions Bulletin Board Ideas Word Searches Crossword Puzzles Printable Puzzles Reading Comprehension Reading Skills English Language Arts

Copyright © 2013 edHelper