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The Ocean
Our class selected the
ocean as our special place this year. The ocean is a great topic for
young children and especially for us. Our school is just a few blocks away from the
Atlantic. This is a picture of our boardwalk.
We wrote one poem with the whole
class showing important things we learned about the ocean. Our poem uses Margaret
Wise Brown's pattern from her Important Book. Then our class made
individual illustrations of an ocean animal or use. Finally, we wrote an acrostic
poem about the ocean (this whole class experience prepared the students to write acrostic poems
about themselves for another project).
The Ocean
The important thing
about the ocean is that it is home to many living things.
* There are plants and animals in the ocean.
* There are mountains and volcanoes under the ocean.
* There is more ocean than land.
* The ocean has four names: the Pacific, the Atlantic, the Indian, and the Arctic Ocean.
The Pacific is the largest.
* The ocean is part of the water cycle.
Water evaporates and makes clouds.
Rain and snow fall from the clouds.
Water runs into rivers that flow to the ocean.
* People use the ocean for travel and to move things.
* People dump garbage there. We need to keep the ocean clean.
* We eat fish and shellfish from the ocean.
* People use the ocean for swimming, fishing, boating,
tubing, surfing, and riding the waves.
But the most important thing is that the ocean is the home of living things.
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THE OCEAN
T ake care of the ocean.
H ave
fun playing in the ocean.
E asy
for us to get there!
O
utstanding waves
C overs
volcanoes, shells, and sand
E normous!
A nimals
and plants live there
N ever
dump garbage in the ocean.
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Along with this, we read several quilt books and saw
several real quilts too. Some favorite quilt books were:
Reuben and the Quilt by P. Buckley Moss
Sam Johnson and the Blue Ribbon Quilt by Lisa Campbell
Ernst
Selina and the Bear Paw Quilt by Barbara Smucker
Quilting Now & Then by Karen B. Willing
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