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Use your Fact Files to help you do the whale

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Across:2. Whales are not fish. They are ____ .5. Which whale is black and white?6. The sperm whale dives to 1000 feet

to catch these, its favorite food. (2 words)

Down:1. The blue whale eats these little sea creatures.3. The number of babies the sperm whale has.4. Which whale is the largest mammal ever? (2 words)


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Look at the pictures. Write the letter that makes thebeginning sound for each word.

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Put the following ocean animals in A-B-C order.

Penguin 1. ___________________

Dolphin 2. ___________________

Walrus 3. ___________________

Shark 4. ___________________

Clam 5. ___________________

Seal 6. ___________________

Octopus 7. ___________________

Ray 8. ___________________

Turtle 9. ___________________

Polar Bear 10. ___________________

Whale 11. ___________________

Manatee 12. ___________________

Seahorse 13. ___________________

Salmon 14. ___________________

Lobster 15. ___________________


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Write these ocean words.

d o c k

w a v e

s h o r e

s a n d

dock


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Many fish are named after other animals. Write thename of the animal in the picture and then write theword fish to create a compound word.

f i s h+ = dogfish

f i s h+ =

f i s h+ =

f i s h+ =


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Look at the ocean pictures below and say the word. Then choose another letter of the alphabet to make a new, rhyming word.A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

e l ls h e l l

ea ls ea l

arks ha r k

ars t a r


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How many words of 3 letters or more can you find in this sea creature’s name? Write them on the linesbelow. (There are more than 50!)

Portuguese Man-of-War

poemfrog


ARCTIC

ATLANTIC

FLOUNDER

INDIAN

LOBSTER

MOLLUSKS

OCTOPUS

PACIFIC

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Find the words below in the puzzle.

S R Q S K S U L L O M U S I D P O E A T L A N T I C C H T O P A I T A N D C I N D I A N L A M C S S G E T A R O U R N D U S I I N B G J S E T P K R O P U L S F I O O N C C S D Q L Z S W Y F I B L V G A S K P X H G J Q B M C N D E O L H A B G H B W I A Z P X S I D L U WX N I F R E A D C Y U C U O D M K X C W J R K H O T H I O P J K T O C T O P U S W L Z M OE I D V J G Q R E D N U O L F C A Y S N R X S E A S T A R K D E E W A E S V S V T U G N B


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Put the following sea animals in ABC order.

Octopus 1. _______________

Whale 2. _______________

Swordfish 3. _______________

Sea Lion 4. _______________

Lobster 5. _______________

Shark 6. _______________

Walrus 7. _______________

Turtle 8. _______________

Polar Bear 9. _______________

Dolphin 10. _______________

Clam 11. _______________

Seal 12. _______________

Penguin 13. _______________

Manta Ray 14. _______________

Manatee 15. _______________


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A word that means the same as another word is called asynonym. Write the synonyms for the underlined words:

Manatees are gentle.calm mean

calm

Polar bears swim in frigid water.blue cold

cold

Sea lions are intelligent.kind smart

smart

Sharks are aggressive.bold playful

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The penguin is a tall bird that grows up to 4 feet high and can be as heavy as 80pounds. The penguin loves to eat fish andsquid. Penguins live in the very coldAntarctic. Their wings and webbed feetmake it easy for them to be fast swimmers.

A word that is the opposite of another word is calledan antonym. Write an antonym for the underlined words:

shorttall

up

high

heavy

loves

cold

easy

fast


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The polar bear is a meateater that likes to eatseals. The male weighs up to1,595 pounds. The polar bear isso well insulated that it can swimin the icy Arctic Ocean.

A word that sounds the same as another word, buthas a different meaning, is called a homonym.

Each of the underlined words is listed in the left column below.Connect each with its homonym on the right.

bear ways

meat sew

male bare

weighs meet

to mail

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One way to learn long or strange words is to soundthem out by syllables. You can hear syllables by clapping toeach beat of a word. Read the words and count the syllables.Examples: d o l - p h i n c a r - n i - v o r e

(clap) (clap) (clap) (clap) (clap)

dolphin _________ mammal _________

fish _________ squid _________

carnivore _________ ocean _________

huge _________ animal _________

octopus _________ manta _________

swordfish _________ tropical _________

water _________ invertebrate _________

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Connect the animal names on the left with theirorders on the right. Use your Fact Files.

Atlantic Salmon Octopoda

Man-of-War Rajiformes

Sea horse Chelonia

Manatee Sphenisciformes

Sperm Whale Salmoniformes

Turtle Gasterosteiformes

Swordfish Hydrozoa

Penguin Perciformes

Manta Ray Cetacea

Octopus Sirenia


Put the following sea animals in ABC order.

Viperfish 1.

Moray Eel 2.

Halibut 3.

Jellyfish 4.

Parrotfish 5.

Orca 6.

Seahorse 7.

Anemone 8.

Mussel 9.

Porpoise 10.

Barnacle 11.

Seagull 12.

Mackerel 13.

Stingray 14.

Sailfin 15.

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coralkelpseahorsecurrentsandbarscalesanemone

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Trace the word, then draw a line to the matchingword in the right column.


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Circle the correct name of each animal.

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Crab Krab

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Sharck Shark

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Octopus Oktopuss

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Flownder Flounder

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Oter Otter

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Whale Whayle

Say the word in the box. Read the sentence and think of a wordthat rhymes with the word in the box to finish the sentence.Write the word.

7. Sharks have a great sense of .

8. Sea lions can be taught to do .

9. A large group of tuna is called a .

10. Otters like to crack and oysters open with rocks.

well

clicks

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hams


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How many words of 3 letters or more can you findin the words hammerhead shark? Write them onthe lines below.

h a m m e r h e a ds h a r k

readmad


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Put the following ocean animals in alphabetical order.

Angelfish

Pufferfish

Horseshoe crab

Beluga

Penguin

Clownfish

Sea cucumber

Cormorant

Polar bear

Leatherback turtle

Salmon

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These second-grade words are found in the Fact Files. Look on the page indicated, read the phrase or sentencewhere the word appears, then write your own sentence on the lineusing the word.

icy (p. 2) ____________________________

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wings (p. 7) ______________________________

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paddles (p. 12) ___________________________

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family (p. 13) _____________________________

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gentle (p. 16) _____________________________

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