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Homes Around the World: Igloos

FREE reading for kids. Help Pre-k and elementary students learn reading and writing through their exploration of igloos, the Inuit, and the North Pole. This unit includes stories, text features, main topic, vocabulary, diagrams of igloos, and so much more. Learn about how snow keeps you warm, Inuit culture, and arctic animals. Click to download all the free educational resources!

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How Can Snow Keep You Warm?

This text is about igloos.

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Important Words

Important vocabulary and high frequency words from the text.

Vocab

Sight Words

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Past Tense Verbs

The past tense form of irregular verbs.

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Capitalizing Titles

Capitalizing titles and text features.

Titles

Text Features

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Measuring

Practice measuring

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Main Topic

Practice finding the main topic of a text

Main Topic

Text

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Labeling

Label the parts of the igloo and arctic animals.

Igloo

Animals

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Extra Exploration

Mazes, crosswords, and coloring pages.

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