use your fact files to help you do the whale crossword puzzle
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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
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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
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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
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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
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FLOUNDER
INDIAN
LOBSTER
MOLLUSKS
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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
bold
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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
so two
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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
anemonecurrent
sandbarscalescoral
seahorse kelp
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.
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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
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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
Flounder
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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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