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Quizzes
Ocean
     Customize Printables (Grades 3-4)
     Oceans Review Quiz - vocabulary, true/false, and multiple choice (Grades 3-4)
     Customize Printables (Grades 5-7)
     Oceans Review Quiz - vocabulary, true/false, and multiple choice (Grades 5-7)

Ocean and Oceanic Animals
     Customize Printables (Grades 3-6)
     Ocean and Ocenic Animals Review Quiz - vocabulary, true/false, and multiple choice (Grades 3-6)

Find the Objects

Oceans - Hidden Pictures (PDF file)

Short Reading Comprehensions
Very Quick Readers
     A Bubble Net and a Buffet (Very Quick Reader; Grades 2-4 Readability)
     Slap Me Some Fin! (Very Quick Reader; Grades 2-4 Readability)
     Pacific Ocean (Very Quick Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Swordfish (Very Quick Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Beluga Whales (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)

Short Readers
     How Are Ocean Waves Made? (Short Reader; Grades 2-4 Readability)
     Starfish (Short Reader; Grades 2-4 Readability)
     Deep Sea Diners: The Eating Habits of an Octopus (Short Reader; Grades 2-4 Readability)
     Walrus (Short Reader; Grades 2-5 Readability)
     Blue Whales (Short Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Tuna (Short Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     It's Super Sockeye! (Short Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Great White Sharks (Short Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Tooth-Walkers (Short Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     What's Under the Ocean Waves? (Short Reader; Grades 3-6 Readability)
     Don't Worry About That Dorsal Fin! (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Stingrays (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Hammerhead Sharks (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Wobbegongs (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Clown Fish and Sea Anemones: Talk About Teamwork! (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Giant Squid (Short Reader; Grades 5-7 Readability)
     SCUBA (Short Reader; Grades 5-8 Readability)

Spanish
     Estrella de mar (grades 2-4)
     La morsa (grades 2-5)

Reading Comprehensions
Fiction
     The Aquarium (Grades 2-3)
     Megan Learns the Tides (Grades 2-3)
     The Stormy Shore (Grades 2-3)
     Tidal Pool (Grades 2-3)
     Life Is a Beach (Grades 4-6)

Oceans
     Oceans of the World
     Ocean Water on the Move (Grades 4-6)
     The New Ocean (Grades 5-7)
     Ocean Waves (Grades 6-8)
     The Ocean Floor (Grades 8-9)

Ocean Animals
     Come to the Reef (Grade 1)
     A Coral Reef (Grades 2-3)
     Fish of the Reef (Grades 2-3)
     Flippers and Whiskers (Grades 2-3)
     Sea Otters and Manatees (Grades 2-3)
     Whales and Dolphins (Grades 2-3)
     Introduction to Animal Life in Oceans (Grades 3-6)
     Animal Life in Oceans (Grades 4-8)
     Basics of Fish (Grades 4-6)
     Types of Fish (Grades 3-6)
     Basking Sharks (Grades 4-6)
     Bristle Worms (Grades 3-6)
     Chitons (Grades 4-8)
     Cnidarians (Grades 6-8)
     Cookie-Cutter Sharks (Grades 3-5)
     Coral Reefs (Grades 3-6)
     Corals (Grades 4-8)
     Crabs (Grades 3-6)
     Crustaceans (Grades 3-5)
     Crustaceans
     Dolphins (Grades 4-8)
     Eels (Grades 4-6)
     Giant Squids (Grades 4-6)
     Gray Whales (Grades 4-6)
     Great Barracudas (Grades 6-8)
     Greenland Sharks (Grades 3-5)
     Gulls (Grades 4-7)
     Hagfish (Grades 3-6)
     Hammerhead Sharks (Grades 6-8)
     Horseshoe Crabs (Grades 3-6)
     Humpback Whales (Grades 5-7)
     Jellyfish (Grades 4-7)
     Jellies (Grades 4-7)
     Killer Whales (Grades 6-7)
     Loons (Grades 3-6)
     Mantis Shrimps (Grades 4-7)
     Nautiluses (Grades 6-8)
     Ocean Sunfish (Grades 4-7)
     Octopuses (Grades 3-6)
     Remoras (Grades 4-7)
     Salmon (Grades 6-8)
     Sea Fireflies (Grades 5-6)
     Sea Otters (Grades 4-7)
     Sea Urchins (Grades 4-7)
     Seahorses (Grades 4-7)
     Seals (Grades 3-6)
     Sharks (Grades 4-6)
     Sponges (Grades 6-8)
     Walruses (Grades 4-7)
     Whale Sharks (Grades 3-5)
     Whales (Grades 3-6)

Spanish
     Informaci�n B�sica de los Peces (grades 4-6)
     Tipos de Peces (grades 3-6)
     Las Grandes Barracudas (grades 6-8)
     El Pez Luna (grades 4-7)
     El Salm�n (grades 6-8)
     Las Nutrias Marinas (grades 4-7)
     Los Caballitos de Mar (grades 4-7)
     Los Tiburones (grades 4-6)
     Los Tiburones Ballena (grades 3-5)

Plays: Reader's Theater Scripts
The Wonderful World of Whales (Grades 2-3)

Read and Color

The Ocean

The Ocean Biome

Bad Billy

What's Up, Wally? (PDF file)

Pretty Is As Pretty Does (PDF file)

Go Away! (PDF file)

Come See the Coral Reef

A Sneaky, Snaky Thing

You're in the Army Now

Not Quite a Hero

If I Had an Octopus

Activity Pages

Sea Creatures Activity Book

Book Units
    Lightship (Grades 1-3)
    The Magic School Bus - On the Ocean Floor (Grades 1-3)
    Magic School Bus #3: The Wild Whale Watch (Grades 2-5)
    Dolphins at Daybreak (Magic Tree House #9) (Grades 3-4)
    Island: Book One: Shipwreck (Grades 3-5)
    Island of the Blue Dolphins (Grades 4-6)
    Kensuke's Kingdom (Grades 4-6)
    Stranded (Grades 4-6)
    Call It Courage (Grades 4-7)
    The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (Grades 5-8)
    Zia (Grades 5-8)
    The Music of Dolphins (Grades 6-8)
    The Wanderer (Grades 6-9)
    Treasure Island (Grades 7-12)

Ocean Coloring Book
Oceans coloring book (PDF file)

Oceans Analogies

Oceans Analogies

Art Project
Ocean art project (PDF file)

Helpful link for the Ocean Art project
Ocean shapes (from classroom helpers)

Finish the Story
Under the Sea (Grades 3-5)
Sailing the High Seas (Grades 6-8)

Writing
Draw and Write

Oceans Draw and Write

Crossword Puzzle
Oceans Crossword Puzzle

Picture Puzzles
     Ocean Animals (Pictures)
     Ocean Animals (Pictures and Names)
     Ocean Animals (Pictures, Names, and Misspellings)

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