RI.1.

1 Key details
SCIENCE FOCUS Ocean animals

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Reading Checkpoint:
Saving Gibson
Use your Scholastic News
to answer the questions.

1. What is this article mostly about?

O what sea otters eat
O all kinds of ocean animals
O how people helped a sea otter named Gibson

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2. What did scientists do to help Gibson when he was on the plane?
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3. Today, Gibson lives in _______________________ .

O a kelp forest O an aquarium O a cave

4. One way that people helped Gibson was by feeding him.
What is another way that people helped Gibson?
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 RI.1.5 Text features
SCIENCE FOCUS Ocean animals

Name:

Nonfiction Text
Feature Hunt
Use your Scholastic News
to answer the questions.

1. A headline is big and bold. It is at the top of the page.

What is the headline on page 2?

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2. A bold word is important. Find two bold words in the article.

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Write them here. _____________________________________________________

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3. A caption is on or near a photo. It gives facts about a photo.

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Look at the caption on the photo at the top of page 2. Who is
feeding Gibson?

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4. A sidebar gives more information about a topic. Look for the blue
sidebar on page 3. It is called Wild Otters.
Write one fact about wild sea otters.

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 RF.1.2 Syllables
SCIENCE FOCUS Ocean animals

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Count and Color

Count the syllables in the words below. Then color the picture by using the color key.
Teacher tip: Before the children begin, have them color each crayon in the key.

One-syllable words = brown Two-syllable words = blue

Three-syllable words = green

after yo u
going
you
number upon

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with

animal open

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after
have
upon
upon
together
their

would upon

al
a nim
open
going

together animal
after

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SCIENCE FOCUS Animal behavior/Observation and recording

Name:
Teachers: Have_students_watch_the_sea_otter_live_cam_at_
www.georgiaaquarium.org/webcam/southern-sea-otter-webcam or_
www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals-and-exhibits/live-web-cams/sea-otter-cam.
They_can_write_and_draw_their_observations_about_any_of_the_otters.

Observe Sea Otters!

Watch_a_sea_otter._Draw_what_you_saw._Then_complete_the_sentence.

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The_sea_otter_was______________________________________________

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