The Snail and the WhaleLesson Pack

Writing ResponseTangrams

Snail +Whale ArtSink or Float

Ocean Game + Recording SheetColor Pattern WhalesOne Less, One More

Sea SyllablesShark and Whale Game

Ocean Booklet

The Snail and the Whale(search: ocean)

KindergartenVideos.com

http://kindergartenvideos.com/blippi-visits-the-aquarium/Blippi at the Aquarium

http://kindergartenvideos.com/the-snail-and-the-whale/http://kindergartenvideos.com/?s=ocean

Ideas for prereading discussions

• Do you have a best friend? Who is it and can you describe him/her?• What makes a person a good friend?• What kinds of nice things do you do for your friends?• What kinds of animals do you see on the cover of this book?

Ideas for during and after reading discussions

• How big is a snail? A whale?• What does the snail want to do in her life?• What does the whale offer the snail? Would you go with the whale? • Why or why not?• Where do the whale and snail go? • Which place would you want to go?• What other animals do they see?• How does the snail end up helping the whale? • Why do the other snails join the whale in the end?

Click to watch!

Read or watch the book and discuss.

Then have your child fill out the reading response sheet provided.

http://kindergartenvideos.com/the-snail-and-the-whale/

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Ocean Animal Tangrams

Cut out the tangram blocks below. There are two sets.

Each ocean animal will use one (and only one) set of tangram pieces.

Have your child recreate the ocean animals using theirtangram pieces.

You can also have them create their own!

Whale

Snail

Angel Fish

Shark

Snail Art

Have your child color the circles on the page differentcolors.

Once they have colored or decorated their snail shell pieces glue them from largest to smallest and then glue

them to the snail body.

Whale Art

Have your child color the whale on the page.

Once they have colored or decorated their whale havethem cut the whale out.

On blue construction paper have your child trace theirhandprint and cut it out. Glue the handprint to the back

of the whale to make a water spout.

Board GameUse the provided number cube or spinner to determine

how many spaces each player should move.

As the players move around the board game have themcolor the matching animal on the recording sheet.

When someone gets a full column of animals colored inthe game is over. You could also set a number of times

around the board to say when the game should end.

Example: the first player to make it around the board three times wins.

At the end of the game have your child complete the recording sheet.

Whale Patterns

Have your child color the pattern strips on the sheet tocomplete the pattern. These could be cut apart and

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Which shape did you land on the most?

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Sea SyllablesDirections: Color the bubble that shows how many syllablesare in the word.

Directions: Cut out letter fish, snail/mailbox, and whale.Then cut the black mouth out of the whale and blackrectangle from the mailbox. Tape the cutouts to a bowl or cup and have your child sort the letters into the rightcontainer; SH or WH words.

Feed the Whale

Sink or Float?Name:

How many items sank?How many items floated?What did you learn from this experiment?

Directions: select 5 objects and see if they sink or float in both salt and fresh water. Write an “S” for sink and an “F” for float

Who lives in the ocean?

By: ____________________

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