Life+in+an+Ocean

Life in an Ocean

|| Target Skills of Week 1 * * Amazing Words: ocean, world, crab, shell, fish, seaweed * Leveled Readers [|Alligator Ann] [|Tam at the Beach][|Different Fish] [|A Little Mat] || **Life in the Ocean Vocabulary** PowerPoint Presentation Created by **Michelle Burke**, Severn and **Maura** **Brown**, Severn
 * High Frequency Words: have, is
 * Phonics
 * Aa /a/
 * Comprehension Skill
 * Compare and Contrast
 * ** Cheryl Tice ** || ** Week 1 - Life in the Ocean **
 * Essential Question ** : Where do animals live?

This could be done collaboratively with a Smart Board or just a projector; or it could be done individually at a learning center or in the lab.
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 * Habitat Sort ** : Use the **[|Kidspiration Activity]** to have students determine which animals belong on land, and which belong in the water. They can use the symbol library to find more animals and drag them into the Super Grouper symbols.

To practice letters (and numbers), students could visit ** [|LiteracyCenter.net] **. To listen to stories with specific vowel sounds, use ** [|Starfall.com] **.
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Go on a nature walk with students around the outside of your school with digital cameras. Students can take pictures of birds and other living things in their environment. Once the pictures are loaded on the computer, students can make a poster in **[|Publisher]** with a picture and a sentence describing the picture. Place a copy of the template in individual student folders. · Students open the document from their own folder · Double click the blue rectangle, a dialog box should pop up    ·  The students will find where their pictures were saved · Find the picture they want and double click it. · Then type the sentence in the red rectangle at the bottom of the document · Click **SAVE** · You could print them on a color printer, or the students could click PRINT Or you could make an **eBook** with **[|PowerPoint]** where each student makes 1 slide with a picture and sentence. ||
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