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Chomp!: Overview
Summary

Materials Needed

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Chomp!: Background
Fast Facts
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Chomp!: Prepare to Read and Science


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Chomp!: Language Arts


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How Animals Use Their Teeth

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Swimming with Dolphins: Overview


Summary

Materials Needed

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Swimming with Dolphins: Background


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Swimming with Dolphins: Prepare to Read and Science


Activate Prior Knowledge
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What Dolphins Do
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Swimming with Dolphins: Language Arts


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Swimming with Dolphins

Name:

Activity Master

What Dolphins Do

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Draw pictures of dolphins doing four different things. Write a caption for each.

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Swimming with Dolphins

Name:

Assessment

Read each question. Fill in the circle next to the correct answer.
1.

Dolphins live in _____ habitat.

A a forest
B an ocean
C a desert
2.

Where do dolphins sleep?

A on land
B in the air
C in the water
How do dolphins get air?
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3.

A They breathe in the water.


B They dive deep.
C They swim to the top of the water.

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Swimming with Dolphins

Name:

Answer Key

Activity Master

What Dolphins Do
Draw pictures of dolphins doing four different things. Write a caption for each.

2014 National Geographic Learning. All rights reserved. Teachers may copy this page to distribute to their students.

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Students captions and illustrations


should accurately reflect four different
dolphin actions. Only one action can
be a repeat from the Dolphin Time
poster.

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Swimming with Dolphins

Name: Answer Key

Assessment

Read each question. Fill in the circle next to the correct answer.
1.

Dolphins live in _____ habitat.

A a forest
B an ocean
C a desert
2.

Where do dolphins sleep?

A on land
B in the air
C in the water
3.

How do dolphins get air?

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A They breathe in the water.


B They dive deep.
C They swim to the top of the water.

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Here Comes the Sun: Overview


Summary

Materials Needed

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Curriculum in This Article


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Here Comes the Sun: Background


Fast

Facts

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Here Comes the Sun: Prepare to Read and Science


Activate Prior Knowledge
Feeling and Dealing with Heat

Taking Tips From a Gecko

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Here Comes the Sun: Language Arts


Explore Reading

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Here Comes the Sun

Name:

Activity Master

Writing Sentences Correctly


Read the sentences. Circle the one in each set that has correct
capitalization and punctuation. Rewrite the incorrect sentence on the line.

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a. The sun is rising.

b. the sand is about to heat up.

______________________________________________________________
2.

a. the gecko digs a hole

b. It moves into the hole.

_____________________________________________________________
3.

a. The sand blocks the sun.


b. It blocks the heat

______________________________________________________________
4.

a. The top of the sand gets too hot to stand on.


b. What will the gecko do.

______________________________________________________________

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Extend Language Arts

Writing About the Sun and Its Effects

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Here Comes the Sun

Name:

Activity Master

Writing Sentences Correctly


Read the sentences. Circle the one in each set that has the correct
capitalization and punctuation. Rewrite the incorrect sentence on the line.
1.

a. The sun is rising.


b. the sand is about to heat up.

______________________________________________________________
2.

a. the gecko digs a hole


b. It moves into the hole.

3.

a. The sand blocks the sun.


b. It blocks the heat

______________________________________________________________
4.

a. The top of the sand gets too hot to stand on.


b. What will the gecko do.

______________________________________________________________

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_____________________________________________________________

Here Comes the Sun

Name:

Assessment

Read each question. Fill in the circle next to the correct answer.
1.

What heats Earths surface?

A the sun
B the moon
C the air
2.

Why does a gecko dig a hole?

A to warm up
B to cool down
C to stay awake
What does the gecko use to block the sun?

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3.

A air
B heat
C sand

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Here Comes the Sun

Name:

Answer Key

Activity Master

Writing Sentences Correctly


Read the sentences. Circle the one in each set that has correct
capitalization and punctuation. Rewrite the incorrect sentence on the line.
1.

a. The sun is rising.


b. the sand is about to heat up.

The sand is about to heat up.

______________________________________________________________
2.

a. the gecko digs a hole


b. It moves into the hole.

The gecko digs a hole.

3.

a. The sand blocks the sun.


b. It blocks the heat

It blocks the heat.

______________________________________________________________
4.

a. The top of the sand gets too hot to stand on.


b. What will the gecko do.

What will the gecko do?

______________________________________________________________

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_____________________________________________________________

Name: Answer Key

Here Comes the Sun


Assessment

Read each question. Fill in the circle next to the correct answer.
1.

What heats Earths surface?

A the sun
B the moon
C the air
2.

Why does a gecko dig a hole?

A to warm up
B to cool down
C to stay awake
What does the gecko use to block the sun?

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3.

A air
B heat
C sand

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