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Seal Teacher Resources
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Complete a variety of activities related to the long /e/ sound with young learners. They spell different words containing the /ee/ and /ea/ correspondences using letter manipulatives. They read the book What Will the Seal Eat? with a partner. Each group of spellers creates a list of words containing the /ee/ and /e/a correspondences from the book.
Students complete pre reading, writing, and post reading activities for the book Silvia the Seal. For this guided reading lesson plan, students complete writing, go over vocabulary, answer short answer questions, have discussions, and more.
Discuss the different types of signature seals with your class. After talking about the types of signature seals and their purposes, learners create their own out of clay. This is a great way to combine social studies and art objectives into one activity.
Young writers observe and demonstrate a variety of reading strategies for reading with expression. As a class they read sentences and discuss and identify the appropriate punctuation. Everyone reads the book What Will the Seal Eat? and identifies the appropriate punctuation needed for sentences from the story.
Students create posters or skits based on specific adaptive characteristics of elephant seals.
Students think about why species become extinct and why monk seals are on the verge of extinction. They conclude by writing and performing skits pretending they are Crittercam scientists studying monk seals.
Third graders investigate official government symbols by completing a scavenger hunt. In this U.S. Government lesson, 3rd graders participate in a scavenger hunt in which they locate seals or logos in their community. Students participate in a class discussion examining seals and create a unique seal for their own school.
Fourth graders investigate the Seal of the State of California and the meaning of its parts.
Fourth graders discover the meaning of the different objects on the State Seal. They identify changes in the State Seal over time students hypothesize why elements have changed students suggest what elements should represent the State of California.
Students explore the Hawaiian monk seal. For this science lesson, students read about the monk seal and participate in a game in which they answer questions about the Hawaiian monk seal.