MANATEES BY PATRICIA A. FINK MARTIN United streaming videos: World of Nature: Saving the ManateeWorld of Nature: Saving the Manatee – 15 min Animal Profiles:

MANATEESMANATEESBY PATRICIA A. FINK MARTINBY PATRICIA A. FINK MARTIN

United streaming videos:World of Nature: Saving the Manatee – 15 minAnimal Profiles: Manatees – 13 min

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•Winds and earthquakes Winds and earthquakes are two things that are two things that controlcontrol the size of waves. the size of waves.

DAY ONEDAY ONE

TeamworkTeamwork

Read Pages 7-11 aloud Read Pages 7-11 aloud with partners.with partners.

Fill in ideas on your Fill in ideas on your main idea trees.main idea trees.

TEAM TALK TEAM TALK EXTENDEREXTENDER

Do you think manatees Do you think manatees look like mermaids? look like mermaids?

Why or why not?Why or why not?

ADVENTURES IN WRITTINGADVENTURES IN WRITTINGThe text says that sailors used to mistake The text says that sailors used to mistake

manatees for mermaids. Write a short story manatees for mermaids. Write a short story about a sailor who sees a manatee and thinks about a sailor who sees a manatee and thinks it is a mermaid. Your short story should have it is a mermaid. Your short story should have a beginning, a middle, and an end. In the a beginning, a middle, and an end. In the beginning introduce and describe the main beginning introduce and describe the main character, the sailor. In the middle, include character, the sailor. In the middle, include at least three things that happen when the at least three things that happen when the sailor sees what he believes is a mermaid. In sailor sees what he believes is a mermaid. In the end, describe how things work out. Does the end, describe how things work out. Does the sailor figure out his mistake? Include the sailor figure out his mistake? Include descriptive words to make your story more descriptive words to make your story more exciting and fun! exciting and fun!

DAY TWODAY TWO

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•sailors searches for sailors searches for mermaids on their long mermaids on their long ocean voyage. (3)ocean voyage. (3)

•The most common The most common sirenian is the manatee or sirenian is the manatee or see cow? (3)see cow? (3)

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•SSailors searchailors searcheded for for mermaids on their long ocean mermaids on their long ocean voyagevoyagess..

•The most common sirenian is The most common sirenian is the manateethe manatee,, or or seasea cow cow..

TEAMWORKTEAMWORK

Read pages 14-20 Read pages 14-20 aloud with partners. aloud with partners.

Fill in ideas on your Fill in ideas on your main idea trees.main idea trees.

TEAM TALK TEAM TALK EXTENDEREXTENDER

If you could learn more If you could learn more about manatees, about manatees,

what two questions what two questions would you ask?would you ask?

DAY THREEDAY THREE

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•manatees breeth air just manatees breeth air just like we dew. (3)like we dew. (3)

•Manatees sleep on the Manatees sleep on the bottom of an river (2)bottom of an river (2)

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•MManatees anatees breathebreathe air just air just like we like we dodo..

•Manatees sleep on the Manatees sleep on the bottom of bottom of aa river river..

TEAMWORKTEAMWORK

Read pages 26-29 Read pages 26-29 aloud with partners.aloud with partners.

Fill in ideas on your Fill in ideas on your main idea trees.main idea trees.

TEAM TALK TEAM TALK EXTENDEREXTENDER

What other animals What other animals migrate in the migrate in the winter?winter?

DAY FOURDAY FOUR

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Manatees also eats underwater, Manatees also eats underwater, munching on grasses and other munching on grasses and other water plant. (2)water plant. (2)

They can dug into the sand, and They can dug into the sand, and mud where they finds root and mud where they finds root and underground stems. (4)underground stems. (4)

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Manatees also eat Manatees also eat (s)(s) underwater, munching on underwater, munching on grasses and other water grasses and other water plantplantss..

They can They can digdig into the sand into the sand (,)(,) and mud where they find and mud where they find (s)(s) rootrootss and underground stems. and underground stems.

TEAMWORKTEAMWORK

Read pages 36-39 aloud Read pages 36-39 aloud with partners.with partners.

Fill in ideas on your main Fill in ideas on your main idea trees.idea trees.

TEAM TALK TEAM TALK EXTENDEREXTENDER

In what ways can In what ways can humans protect humans protect manatees? Support manatees? Support your answer.your answer.

DAY FIVEDAY FIVE

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•Cows and calfs even talk to Cows and calfs even talk to each other. (1)each other. (1)

•There talk sound like chirps There talk sound like chirps whistles and squeals to us. whistles and squeals to us. (4)(4)

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•Cows and Cows and calves calves even talk even talk to each other.to each other.

•TheirTheir talk sound talk soundss like like chirpschirps, , whistleswhistles, , and and squeals to us.squeals to us.

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