· What are the two groups of whales? · What are the differences between whales and fish?
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Students will be able to tell the difference between fish and mammals. Students will know the characteristics of toothed and baleen whales.
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Daily Whale Facts booklet On-line quiz K-W-L Chart –they fill in the L column
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Day One: Listen to whale sounds found at http://dkd.net/whales/wsound.html Chart paper with K-W-L heading Email questions to www.whale.wheelock.edu/ Basal series Spotlight on Literacy from Macmillion McGraw-Hill. The story students will read is Henry’s Wrong Turn. We will also use the Story tape and practice book of skills that go along with the series.
Day 2: Whale/Fish song from Primary Mailbox. June/July 1997 Whales and fish PowerPoint presentation Whale Facts Booklet from Primary Mailbox June/July ‘97 Toothed or Baleen worksheet from Whales by Evan-Moor ‘89 Label parts of a whale on a drawing.
Day 3: Shared reading of Spotlight books from our basal series Skipper the Humpback Whale by Barbara Seuling and A Whale of a Show by Robert Campbell. On-line quiz found on www.AllAboutWhales.com
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In order to do this lesson, you must have the basal series "Spotlight on Literacy" from Macmillion McGraw-Hill |
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