1. Penguin Chick By: Betty Tatham Genre: Expository Nonfiction
Author’s Purpose: Inform

2. HFWs – Reading Vocabulary
cuddles
flippers
frozen
hatch
pecks
preen
snuggles

3. cuddles lies close and comfortable; curls up

4. flippers broad, flat body parts used for swimming by seals and penguins
also:

5. frozen hardened with cold; turned to ice

6. hatch to come out of an egg

7. pecks strikes with a beak

8. preen
To smooth or arrange feathers with a beak

9. snuggles
Lies close and comfortably together; cuddles

10. I watched the blue bird _______ his feathers neatly.
preen
The baby cub _______ closely to its mother to stay warm.
snuggles

11. A large chunk of _______ ice breaks off of the iceberg.
frozen
All birds _______ from eggs.
hatch
The seal uses it ______ to help it swim.
flippers

12. A birds uses its beak to _______ through the egg when it is born.
peck
The kitten ________ close to its mother and falls asleep.
snuggles

13. Think and Respond What continent are the penguins on?
Where does the father penguin keep the egg?
How does the mother penguin move around?
Why do the father penguins stay close in a huddle? (huddle=group=crowd)

14. How do penguins “talk” to each other?
Where does the father go?
What is a group of chicks called?
8. What do webbed feet help a penguin do?