Ocean Animals Thematic Unit

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Ocean Animals Thematic Unit
Second Grade ESL
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Lets Explore The Ocean
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At the ocean you may see animals in the
water and on the beach.  You would also find
empty seashells.  The most amazing sea animals
that you will see live under the ocean.
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There is only one ocean. It is divided into five
different parts the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian,
Antarctic, and Arctic Oceans. There are also many
other smaller seas, gulfs, and bays which form
part of them. Together, they cover 75 of our
Earth. Oceans are important to life on Earth.
They affect the climate, and provide food,
energy, oxygen, and minerals for all living
things.
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The Pacific Ocean is the biggest and deepest. The
Atlantic Ocean is the second biggest. The Indian
Ocean is the third biggest. The Antarctic Ocean
is the second smallest. The Arctic Ocean is the
smallest and shallowest.
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Ocean Art Social Studies Activities
Ocean Mural -  Hang dark blue bulletin board
paper on the wall for the ocean floor and lighter
blue above.   Have the children  paint on seaweed
and corals.   The children then add sea animals
to the mural.   We have sea animal sponge cutouts
and pictures of ocean animals that the children
colored with markers.  Title the mural, "Under
The Sea."
 
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Animals of the Sea
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Questions to Look For
How do they breathe? How do they swim? How are
their young born? What kind of skin do they
have? Where do they live? How do they eat?
 
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List Of Sea Animals
http//www.germantown.k12.il.us/html/animals1.html
Dolphins Whales Turtles
http//www.germantownk12.il.us/html/fishy.html
Fish Eels Stingrays
 
http//www.germantownk12.il.us/html/octupus.html
Octopus
http//www.germantownk12.il.us/html/shark2.html
Sharks
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Labeling Sea Animals in Spanish
 
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Science Journals http//webtech.kennesaw.edu/pdave
s/wquest.htm
Step 1 Chose one of the animals above. Step 2
Find out three facts about your animal A. Find
out about their diet ? B. What part of the ocean
do they live in? C. What is the function of your
animal? Step 3 Print a picture of your animal to
color later. Step 4 Go to the art center and
complete your ocean animal to hang on the mural
in the hallway. Step 5 Visit the book/listening
center and listen to story about your animal.
 
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Graph Favorite Ocean AnimalHave the children
decide on their favorite ocean animal.   Give
each child a paper fish and let them place it
under their favorite.   (sharks, whales,
seahorse, octopus, etc.)After the graph is
complete, have the children interpret the
graph.   (What is the favorite ocean animal?
least favorite?  How many in all?)Goldfish
cracker addition and subtractionUse goldfish
crackers as manipulatives for the children to
make up word problems.  ie, 3 goldfish were
swimming and they saw 2 beautiful goldfish
swimming nearby.  The 3 goldfish asked the 2
goldfish to swim with them.  Now how many
goldfish are swimming together?  Have the
children record their equations.
 
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Fish EstimationFill a fish bowl or jar with
gummy fish or goldfish crackers.   Let each child
estimate how many fish are in the bowl.  Record
their estimations.  As a group count the fish.  
Discuss the number of fish  in the bowl.  Enjoy
eating the fish! Hungry Shark Ocean
ConcentrationProvide matching pictures of ocean
animals.  Have the children lay the cards face
down and take turns finding matches.  Have 1
shark.  The child that finds the shark card  gets
an extra turn each time until the game is over.
 
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One, Two, Three, Four, Five
One 1, two 2, three 3, four 4, five 5, Once I
caught a fish alive. Six 6, seven 7, eight 8,
nine 9, ten 10, But I let it go again. Why did I
let it go? Because it bit my finger so. Which
finger did it bite? The little one upon the
right.
 
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Did You Ever See A Fishy?   (Tune Did You Ever
See A Lassie?)Did you ever see a fishy,A
fishy, a fishy?Did you ever see a fishy Swim
this way and that?Swim this way and that wayAnd
that way and this way?Did you ever see a
fishySwim this way and that?I'm a Little Fish
( Tune  I'm a little teapot)I'm a little fish
in the ocean blue,There are so many things, I
can do,I can swim around with my tail and
fin.The water's fine-just jump right in.
 
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Story Time
Objective Students will learn how to write a
paragraph using The Important Book
activity.
First, as a class we will read a story out loud.
Then as a class we will discuss the book by
writing the answers on the activity sheet. We
will check for comprehension and understanding by
putting the students with their buddy partners
and choose a book to fill out their own activity
sheet.
 
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Art Activity
Origami Whale
In this activity students will learn to make
origami whales as a class, so that they can watch
the teacher make the whale. The teacher will go
around the class and help the students make
individual origami whales.
 
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Conclusion
At the end of the unit we will go over each one
of the animals and each child will tell what they
have learned about their animals. We will
decorate the hallway with our ocean animals.    
Hope you enjoyed your adventure in the Ocean!