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For links to the
musical artists click here to go to the music
page.
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The Animals in
the Ocean |
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(Tune:
Wheels on the Bus)
The
sharks in the sea go chomp, chomp, chomp!
chomp,
chomp, chomp!
chomp,
chomp, chomp!
The
sharks in the sea go chomp, chomp, chomp!
All
through the day!
(see
more verses below...)
The fish
in the sea go swim, swim, swim...
The
lobsters in the sea go pinch, pinch, pinch...
The
octopus in the sea go wiggle wiggle wiggle...
The sea
horse in the sea rocks back and forth...
The
whale in the sea goes quirt squirt squirt...
The clam
in the sea goes open and shut...
The
crabs in the sea go click click click...
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Literacy
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Activity |
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Ocean Sight Word Mats |
Setting: Small Group, Literacy Centers
Objective: Sight Words
Materials: Ocean Accents
(see resources section below), Sharpie marker, lamination film,
magnetic letters
Directions:
Write a different focus sight word on each ocean accent with a
Sharpie marker. Laminate the accents for durability.
Place a basket or tub of magnetic letters in the center of the
table. Students will spell the sight words out on the mats
with magnetic letters.
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Ocean Syllables |
Setting: Small Group, Literacy Centers
Objective: Syllables
Materials: Ocean
syllable cards (see printables section below), clothespins,
laminating film, scissors, basket or container for clothespins
Directions: Print
the ocean syllable cards on cardstock and laminate for
durability. Seat the students in your small group around a
table. Place the clothespins in a basket or container in
the middle of the table so they are easily accessible to all
students. Give each child an ocean syllable card.
Students will identify the number of syllables in the picture
and clip their clothespin to the correct number at the bottom of
the card. When they are finished with their card they can
switch with other students at the table.
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Ocean Beginning Sounds |
Setting: Small Group, Literacy Centers
Objective: Identifying beginning sounds
Materials: Ocean
beginning sound cards (see printables section below), clothespins,
laminating film, scissors, basket or container for clothespins
Directions:
Print the ocean beginning sounds cards on cardstock and laminate
for durability. Seat the students in your small group
around a table. Place the clothespins in a basket or
container in the middle of the table so they are easily
accessible to all students. Give each child an ocean
beginning sound card. Students will identify the picture
that begins with the same beginning sound as the ocean animal at
the top and clip their clothespin to the correct picture at the
bottom of the card. When they are finished with their card
they can switch with other students at the table.
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Ocean Sentences |
Setting: Small Group, Literacy Centers
Objective: Sight Word Recognition
Materials:
Sentence strips, Sharpie marker, ocean clip-art or
stickers
Directions:
Write several simple ocean sentences on sentence strips
using a Sharpie marker. Include clip-art or stickers next
to the unknown word(s). Cut the sentences apart and place in
envelopes. Give each student in your small group an
envelope. Students will construct the sentences using
their knowledge of sight words. Remind them to create
sentences that "make sense".
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"Thar She Blows" Game |
Objective: Sight word recognition
Materials: Whale accents (see resources section below),
Sharpie marker, laminating film, Do-A-Dot markers, recording
sheet, plastic container or basket to put cut-outs in
Directions:
This game is a modified version of the
Bang Game. Write one one word on each whale accent using
the Sharpie marker. On one accent write the words "Thar She
Blows!" with the Sharpie marker. Laminate the accents for
durability. Place all the accents in a basket or plastic tub.
Give a recording sheet to each student. Have the students sit
in a circle and pass the basket of accents around. Each student
closes his eyes and removes one accent, then reads the word
written on the back aloud and marks it on his recording sheet
with a Do-A-Dot marker. If a student gets the shape that says "Thar
She Blows!" all the students can say the phrase together and
pretend to make binoculars with their hands.
This game could
also be played with letters written on the accents and recording
sheet instead of sight words. |
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Math
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Activity |
Instructions |
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Fish in the Ocean |
Setting: Small Group, Math Centers
Objective: Number recognition, number sense, one-to-one
Materials: blue
tempera paint, Sharpie marker, one empty egg carton per student in
small group, paint brush, Goldfish crackers, sandwich size Ziploc
bags
Directions:
Paint the egg cartons with the blue tempera paint. When
dry, use the Sharpie marker to write one number in the bottom of
each egg space. Portion out the Goldfish crackers into the
Ziploc bags making sure that there are enough crackers in each
bag for the students to complete the activity successfully.
Seat the students in your small group around a table and give
them each one egg carton and a Ziploc bag of crackers.
Students will identify the number in the bottom of each egg
space and place the corresponding number of Goldfish crackers
into each one.
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Beach Roll 'N Stamp Game
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Setting: Small
Group, Math Centers
Objectives: Number recognition, number sense, one-to-one
Materials: foam
die, 1-6 beach recording sheet (see printables section below),
Do-A-Dot markers (see resources section below)
Instructions:
Students take turns rolling the die, identifying the
corresponding number on their paper and stamping that number
with a Do-A-Dot marker. |
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Fish 1:1 Game
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Setting: Small
Group, Math Centers
Objectives: 1:1 correspondence
Materials: beach
1:1 mats- one per student in small group (see printables section
below), Goldfish crackers
Instructions:
Print the 1:1 fish mats on cardstock and laminate. Give
each student in the small group a mat. Place the Goldfish
crackers in the center of the table in a container so they are
easily accessible to all students. Each student takes a
turn rolling the die and putting the corresponding number of
goldfish on their mat. When there is
one goldfish on each fish bowl on the mat the students have successfully completed the game. |
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Ocean Counting Book
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Setting: Small Group, Math Centers
Objective: Integrate math and literacy. Number
identification, number sense
Materials: ocean stickers or stamps
(available in resources section below),
one pre-assembled In the Ocean booklet per child
Instructions:
Place the stickers or stamps in the center of the table in a
basket or container so all students can easily reach them.
The students identify the number in each sentence and using
their knowledge of number identification, letter sounds, and
sight words they stamp the appropriate number of ocean animals
on each page.
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Beach Patterns
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Setting: Small Group, Math Centers
Objective: Patterning
Materials: Patterning
grid- one per child (available in printables section below),
ocean stickers, ocean stamps, ocean erasers, or shells
Directions:
Give each child in the small group one patterning grid.
Place the ocean stickers, stamps, erasers, or shells in the center of the table in
a container so all students can easily reach them. The
students will use the items to create a pattern on
the grid.
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Beach 1-5 Counting
 
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Setting: Small Group, Math Centers
Materials: 1-5 counting grid- one per child (available in printables
section below), small shells, ocean stickers, ocean erasers, or ocean stamps
(available in resources section below)
Directions:
Give each child in the small group a counting grid sheet.
Place the shells, stamps, erasers,or stickers in the center of the
table in a container so all students can easily reach them.
The students will place the correct number of items next to
each number on the counting grid.
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Ocean Counting Cards |
Setting: Small Group, Math Centers
Materials: Ocean
counting cards (available in printables section below),
clothespins, laminating film, cardstock, laminating film, scissors
Directions: Print
the ocean syllable cards on cardstock and laminate for
durability. Seat the students in your small group around a
table. Place the clothespins in a basket or container in
the middle of the table so they are easily accessible to all
students. Give each child an ocean counting card.
Students will identify the number of items on each card
and clip their clothespin to the correct number at the bottom of
the card. When they are finished with their card they can
switch with other students at the table.
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Art Activities |
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Activity |
Instructions |
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Coffee Filter Rainbow Fish
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Materials:
tin foil, white coffee filters, water, squirt bottle, crayola
markers, scissors, glue, blue construction paper, wiggly eyes.
- Flatten the coffee
filter on a paper plate.
- Give each student
several brightly colored Crayola markers and have them color
the coffee filters.
- Spray the coffee
filters lightly with water and let dry.
- When the filters are
dry cut them into fish shapes with scissors and glue small
triangles of tin foil to the fish to create sparkly scales.
- Glue on a wiggly eye
and glue the fish to a blue piece of construction paper to
give the appearance of swimming.
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Paper Plate Aquariums
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Materials: 2
cheap paper plates per student, Blue Saran Wrap, blue construction paper,
sea life stickers, crayons or markers, glue, scissors, stapler,
Pepperidge Farm Goldfish crackers- different sizes, sand, small
shells.
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Cut a circle out of the
middle out of one paper plate, leaving the rim intact, and set
aside.
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On the second paper plate
glue sand and shells to the bottom of the inner circle.
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Using crayons or markers
draw seaweed and sea creatures in the inner circle.
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Glue goldfish crackers
to the inner circle.
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Glue blue plastic wrap
across cut out portion of the first paper plate to form the
front of the aquarium.
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Staple the two plates
together, rim to rim, with the water scene inside.
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Venn Diagram
Ocean vs. Land Animals
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Materials:
Plastic sea and land creatures OR printable land and sea
creatures, a printable venn diagram.
Put all of
the sea and land creatures into a paper bag and have students
take turns pulling them out and naming them to practice.
Next, place the animals where they belong on the venn diagram.
This is a great classification activity as well as vocabulary
practice for your students. Place it in your science and
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Crayon Resist Ocean
Painting
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Materials:
Crayola crayons (NOT washable), blue watercolor paint, white
construction paper.
Have students draw an ocean
scene with crayons on white paper. Paint over the
picture with a wash of blue watercolor. |
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Saltwater Painting
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Materials: water, salt, food coloring, white
construction paper, paintbrushes
Mix 1/4 C.
warm water with 6-t. salt and 3 drops of food coloring in each
jar. Have students paint pictures with the water and salt
mixture. The water will evaporate leaving colored "sand."
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Ocean in a Bag
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Materials:
shaving cream, blue food coloring, sand, one lunch size Ziploc
bag per child, seashells, small plastic sea creatures, packing
tape.
- Pour a small amount of
sand into the bottom of each Ziploc bag.
- Add seashells and sea
creatures to the bag.
- Squirt some shaving cream into
the bag and add a few drops of blue food coloring.
- Close the bag and seal with
packing tape.
- Allow the students to "squish"
the food coloring around to mix the food coloring.
*Blue shampoo
can be substituted for the food coloring and shaving cream if
available* |
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