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FIVE LITTLE FISHES
FIVE LITTLE SEA
SHELLS Four little sea
shells cozy as could be Three little sea
shells all pearly new Two little sea
shells sleeping in the sun One little sea
shell left all alone
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Songs
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Twinkle,
Twinkle, Ocean Star (Tune: "Twinkle, twinkle, Little Star")
Twinkle,
twinkle, ocean star,
Scurry, Scurry, Hermit Crab (Tune: "Twinkle, twinkle, Little Star")
Scurry, scurry, hermit crab
The stingrays at the beach (Tune: "The Wheels on the Bus") The stingrays at
the beach, Flap their fins, The stingrays at
the beach, People at the
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Ocean Vocabulary
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| Coral | Reef | Jellyfish | Whale |
| Shark | Lobster | Octopus | Dolphin |
| Starfish | Seahorse | Crab | Stingray |
| Fish | Shell | Eel | Sea Turtle |
| endangered | adaptation | prey | predator |
| animal | hard | seaweed | breathe |
| clam | plant | snail | kelp |
| mammal | swim | tail | fin |
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The
largest fish is the whale shark, which grows to more than 50
feet in length. There are more than 20,000 identified species of fish. The average discharge from an electric eel is 350 volts of electricity, but as much as 650 volts The most poisonous fish is the stonefish. It's poison is powerful enough to kill a human. The slowest fish is the seahorse which travels at 0.01 mph The male seahorse carries the eggs in his pouch until they hatch. Fish are the largest group of vertebrates. Many fish use camouflage, protective coloration, and poisonous spines as self-defense.
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Ocean Creatures
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 Ocean Crafts for Children
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Coloring Books
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| Ocean Activities and Games |
 Coloring book
 Sea
games
Touch tank
Flying sharks
Explore the sea
Pictures of
Ocean Animals - Puzzles
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Shark Facts
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| Shark | Shark Teeth | Dinner Time | Carnivores | Gentle Giants |
| Dangerous Predators | Shark Babies | Shark Senses | Types of Sharks | Shark photos |
| Ocean Animal Life Reading Comprehensions |
| Sharks | Jellyfish | Octopuses | Seahorses |
| Whale Sharks | Whales | Dolphins | Ocean Sunfish |
| Sea Otters | Seals | Horseshoe Crabs | Basics of Fish |
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Ocean Crafts
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Ocean Literature |
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The Magic School on the Ocean Floor by Joanna Cole (Scholastic). Fish Eyes: A Book You Can Count On by Lois Ehlert (Harcourt) . How to Hide an Octopus & Other Sea Creatures by Ruth Heller. Sea Squares by Joy Hulme. By the Sea by Michelle Koch. Our Home Is the Sea by Riki Levinson. The Magic Fish by Freya Liddledale (Scholastic). Swimmy by Leo Lionni. Is This a House for Hermit Crab? by Megan McDonald. The Seashore Book by Charlotte Zolotow.
Exploring an Ocean Tide Pool by Jeanne Bendick. The Oceans by Martyn Bramwell. The Magic School Bus On The Ocean Floor by Joanna Cole (Scholastic). Under the Sea from A to Z by Anne Doubilet. Why The Sea Is Salty? by Vivian French (Reader's Digest Press). Sea Shapes by Suse MacDonald (Harcourt). The Ocean Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallota. The Underwater Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallota. Seashore by Joyce Pope. Ocean Day by Shelley Rotner ( Macmillan). Whales and Dolphins by Della Rowland (Macmillan). A Reef Comes to Life by Nat & Erickson Segaloff. Oceans by Seymour Simon. I Can Be An Oceanographer by Paul P. Sipera (Children's Press). Dive to the Coral Reefs by Elizabeth Tayntor. Fishes by Alwyne Wheeler
Books with Web-based learning activities: A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle, Scholastic, New York, 1987 Swimmy by Leo Lionni, Random House, New York, 1968 Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister, North South Books, Inc., New York, 1992 What Is an Ocean? by Chris Arvetis and Carole Palmer, Checkerboard Press, 1986 Dive to the Coral Reefs by Elizabeth Tayntor, Paul Erickson and Les Kaufman, Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, 1986 Humphrey the Lost Whale by Wendy Tokuda and Richard Hall, Heian International, Inc., Torrence, CA, 1992 The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degan, Scholastic, Inc., New York, 1992
Books for Shared Reading
Selsam, Millicent E. and Hunt, Joyce. A first look at Fish.
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Fish Links
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Swimming with Dolphins
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