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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
laminated for reuse, too!
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Name:
Which shape did you land on the least?
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: ____________________
I see an ________.
I see ______.
I see ________.
I see ________.
I see a _______.