Charlie is a Christmas Elf sent from the North Pole. He will be watching my students very carefully for the next three "how-can-I-calm-this-class -down" holiday weeks. As you can imagine, my students were very excited and had lots of questions! One of the most often asked questions was, "Where did he come from?" Well, that was easy! The North Pole, of course! But then came the next inquiry: "Where is the North Pole?" So, just like we did when learning about our Wonder Pet, we got out the globe to find the North Pole.
Guess what? We couldn't find the North Pole! So we began our quest... and look what we found through our Google searches. We created a Noticings/Wonder Chart for our classroom.
Students are posting lots of questions on our a Wonder Wall, and we've already found the answers to many! Did you know:
*The North Pole is located on a huge hunk of ice, 6-9 feet thick, in the Arctic Ocean.
*The temperature at the North Pole is approximately -45 degrees in winter and 32 degrees in summer.
*Polar bears live at the North Pole, but there are no penguins or wolves.
Do you have any wonderings about the North Pole? Post them here and we will do our best to find some answers! In the meantime, students better be good! Charlie is taking notes!
My wondering... Who was the first person(s) to reach the North Pole? Mrs. Kanipe
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