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In late summer and early fall some animals sense the changing seasons and respond to nature’s alarm clock to preserve the life of their species. Among those animals are salmon who return to their own birthplace to lay and fertilize eggs – sometimes traveling thousands of miles against strong currents. Adult salmon mysteriously find their way back to river beds where their eggs will hatch and grow until the young fish are large enough to return to the ocean. This “running of the salmon” is unlike any race you’ve ever run, for once they’ve spawned their eggs safely in the bed of the river, these parents leave the youngsters to fend for themselves. Discover more about the life cycle of the salmon as you swim through this issue!
In this issue students will:
- Read expository text about the life cycle of a salmon
- Sequence events
- Unscramble fishy words
- Find similarities and differences between salmon
- Use the newspaper to hunt words for a fishy poem
- Identify verbs and rewrite headlines
- Write about your own exploration
- Play Nature Walk bingo!
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