Name
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001
Use your Fact Files to help you do the whale
crossword puzzle.
OCEANS
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1
2
GRADE TWO
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3
4
5
Across:
2. Whales are not fish. They are ____ .
5. Which whale is black and white?
6. The sperm whale dives to 1000 feet
to catch these, its favorite food. (2 words)
Down:
1. The blue whale eats these little sea creatures.
3. The number of babies the sperm whale has.
4. Which whale is the largest mammal ever? (2 words)
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SKILL: LEARN WHALE FACTS
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SKILL: BEGINNING SOUNDS B, C, D, F, J, L, P, S, W
S s
GRADE TWO
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OCEANS
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LANGUAGE
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Look at the pictures. Write the letter that makes the
beginning sound for each word.
002
Name
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Shark
4. ___________________
Clam
5. ___________________
Seal
6. ___________________
Octopus
7. ___________________
Ray
8. ___________________
Turtle
9. ___________________
Polar Bear
10. ___________________
Whale
11. ___________________
Manatee
12. ___________________
Seahorse
13. ___________________
Salmon
14. ___________________
Lobster
15. ___________________
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3. ___________________
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Walrus
OCEANS
2. ___________________
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Dolphin
GRADE TWO
1. ___________________
SKILL: LEARN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
Penguin
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003
Put the following ocean animals in A-B-C order.
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OCEANS
dock
GRADE TWO
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dock
LANGUAGE
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004
Write these ocean words.
shore
sand
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SKILL: READ AND WRITE OCEAN WORDS
wave
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LANGUAGE
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dogfish
GRADE TWO
+ fish =
OCEANS
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Many fish are named after other animals. Write the
name of the animal in the picture and then write the
word fish to create a compound word.
005
Name
+ fish =
+ fish =
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SKILL: CREATE COMPOUND WORDS
+ fish =
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e al
shark
ark
star
ar
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LANGUAGE
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OCEANS
seal
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el l
GRADE TWO
shell
SKILL: MAKE WORDS THAT RHYME
Look at the ocean pictures below and say the word.
Then choose another letter of the alphabet to make
a new, rhyming word.
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
006
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poem
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LANGUAGE
OCEANS
SKILL: RECOGNIZE AND WRITE WORDS
frog
GRADE TWO
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Portuguese Man-of-War
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How many words of 3 letters or more can you find
in this sea creature’s name? Write them on the lines
below. (There are more than 50!)
007
Name
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PACIFIC
FLOUNDER
SCALLOP
INDIAN
SEASTAR
LOBSTER
SEAWEED
MOLLUSKS
SHARK
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ATLANTIC
LANGUAGE
OCTOPUS
R
O
A
M
S
U
S
G
H
N
K
K
I
A
E
Q S K
E A T
I T A
C S S
I I N
L S F
W Y F
J Q B
B W I
I F R
X CW
T O C
D V J
Y S N
E WA
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L
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B
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A
D
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G
O
B
C
Z
A
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Q
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P
D
K
P
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V
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C
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C C
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T O
N L
N D
R O
Q L
P X
A B
UW
O D
O P
MO
L F
R K
N B
SKILL: FIND AND WRITE OCEAN FACTS
S
P
P
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P
Z
H
G
X
M
J
E
C
D
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ARCTIC
008
Find the words below in the puzzle.
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Sea Lion
4. _______________
Lobster
5. _______________
Shark
6. _______________
Walrus
7. _______________
Turtle
8. _______________
Polar Bear
9. _______________
Dolphin
10. _______________
Clam
11. _______________
Seal
12. _______________
Penguin
13. _______________
Manta Ray
14. _______________
Manatee
15. _______________
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3. _______________
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Swordfish
OCEANS
2. _______________
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Whale
GRADE TWO
1. _______________
SKILL: ALPHABETICAL ORDER
Octopus
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009
Put the following sea animals in ABC order.
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OCEANS
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A word that means the same as another word is called a
synonym. Write the synonyms for the underlined words:
010
Name
calm
Sea lions are intelligent.
kind
smart
smart
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Polar bears swim in frigid water.
blue
cold
cold
Sharks are aggressive.
bold
playful
bold
SKILL: UNDERSTAND AND WRITE SYNONYMS
Manatees are gentle.
calm
mean
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short
up
cold
high
easy
heavy
fast
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loves
SKILL: WRITE ANTONYMS
tall
GRADE TWO
The penguin is a tall bird that grows up to
4 feet high and can be as heavy as 80
pounds. The penguin loves to eat fish and
squid. Penguins live in the very cold
Antarctic. Their wings and webbed feet
make it easy for them to be fast swimmers.
LANGUAGE
A word that is the opposite of another word is called
an antonym. Write an antonym for the underlined words:
011
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LANGUAGE
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012
A word that sounds the same as another word, but
has a different meaning, is called a homonym.
GRADE TWO
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The polar bear is a meat
eater that likes to eat
seals. The male weighs up to
1,595 pounds. The polar bear is
so well insulated that it can swim
in the icy Arctic Ocean.
bear
ways
meat
sew
male
bare
weighs
meet
to
mail
so
two
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SKILL: HOMONYMS
Each of the underlined words is listed in the left column below.
Connect each with its homonym on the right.
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dolphin _________
mammal _________
fish _________
squid _________
carnivore _________
ocean _________
huge _________
animal _________
octopus _________
manta _________
swordfish _________
tropical _________
water _________
invertebrate _________
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LANGUAGE
(clap) (clap) (clap)
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(clap) (clap)
OCEANS
car-ni-vore
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dol-phin
GRADE TWO
Examples:
SKILL: SYLLABLES
One way to learn long or strange words is to sound
them out by syllables. You can hear syllables by clapping to
each beat of a word. Read the words and count the syllables.
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Sea horse
Chelonia
Manatee
Sphenisciformes
Turtle
Swordfish
Penguin
Manta Ray
Octopus
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Salmoniformes
Gasterosteiformes
Hydrozoa
Perciformes
Cetacea
SKILL: PRACTICE SCIENTIFIC NAMES
Sperm Whale
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Rajiformes
OCEANS
Man-of-War
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Octopoda
GRADE TWO
Atlantic Salmon
LANGUAGE
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014
Connect the animal names on the left with their
orders on the right. Use your Fact Files.
Sirenia
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3.
Jellyfish
4.
Parrotfish
5.
Orca
6.
Seahorse
7.
Anemone
8.
Mussel
9.
Porpoise
10.
Barnacle
11.
Seagull
12.
Mackerel
13.
Stingray
14.
Sailfin
15.
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Halibut
OCEANS
2.
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Moray Eel
GRADE TWO
1.
SKILL: ALPHABETICAL ORDER
Viperfish
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015
Put the following sea animals in ABC order.
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anemone
current
sandbar
scales
coral
seahorse
kelp
GRADE TWO
coral
kelp
seahorse
current
sandbar
scales
anemone
SKILL: COMPREHEND AND WRITE
Trace the word, then draw a line to the matching
word in the right column.
016
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Circle the correct name of each animal.
4.
Flownder Flounder
Sharck
Shark
5.
Octopus Oktopuss
6.
Oter
Otter
Whale
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Krab
GRADE TWO
Crab
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017
3.
2.
1.
Whayle
7. Sharks have a great sense of
. well
8. Sea lions can be taught to do
. clicks
9. A large group of tuna is called a
. rule
10. Otters like to crack
oysters open with rocks.
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SKILL: SPELL AND WRITE
Say the word in the box. Read the sentence and think of a word
that rhymes with the word in the box to finish the sentence.
Write the word.
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LANGUAGE
OCEANS
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SKILL: RECOGNIZE AND WRITE WORDS
mad
GRADE TWO
hammerhead
shark
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How many words of 3 letters or more can you find
in the words hammerhead shark? Write them on
the lines below.
018
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Beluga
Penguin
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GRADE TWO
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Horseshoe crab
OCEANS
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Pufferfish
LANGUAGE
Angelfish
019
Put the following ocean animals in alphabetical order.
Clownfish
Sea cucumber
Cormorant
Polar bear
Salmon
Flounder
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SKILL: ALPHABETICAL ORDER
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wings
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LANGUAGE
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(p. 2)
GRADE TWO
icy
OCEANS
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These second-grade words are found in the Fact
Files. Look on the page indicated, read the phrase or sentence
where the word appears, then write your own sentence on the line
using the word.
020
Name
(p. 7) ______________________________
_________________________________________
paddles
(p. 12) ___________________________
family
(p. 13) _____________________________
_________________________________________
gentle
(p. 16) _____________________________
SKILL: USE WORDS IN A SENTENCE
_________________________________________
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