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Science Launch G2 / Week 08 / Thursday
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Week 08 · Life in Every Habitat

Thursday

Wet and wild
// Compare plants and animals in different places
⏱ about 15 min

Thursday: Wet and wild

Nova shows a forest dripping with green.

Moss covers every tree trunk.

"It looks like the trees wear sweaters!" Rocket laughs.

Raven points. "What do you notice on the ground?"

Nova sparkles. "Hint: lots of rain helps moss and ferns grow."

A rain forest

Olympic National Park has a rain forest.

Its valleys get over 12 feet of rain a year.

Ferns and moss cover the trees and the forest floor.

An ocean reef

Corals look a bit like plants, but they are animals.

Plants make their own food. Corals do not.

Coral reefs are an ocean habitat.

WET HABITAT CHECK
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
What covers the trees in the rain forest?
Are corals plants or animals?
SentenceTrue or false?
The rain forest valleys get over 12 feet of rain a year.?
Corals make their own food, like plants.?
A reef is an ocean habitat.?
WHY THIS EXERCISECorals are animals. They do not make food like plants.
RAIN FOREST AND REEF
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Which park has a rain forest?
What helps moss and ferns grow?
What did Rocket say the trees wear?
Corals look a bit like what?
SentenceTrue or false?
Moss covers the forest floor.?
A rain forest is very dry.?
Corals are animals.?
Ferns grow in the rain forest.?
WHY THIS EXERCISELots of rain makes the rain forest green and mossy.
Draw a mossy rain forest tree with ferns below.

Word Spot: sea, began, grow

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Sea: S-E-A.

Began: B-E-G-A-N.

Grow: G-R-O-W.

FIND THE WORD
  • Listen to the word.
  • Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
FILL THE GAP
  • Listen to the sentence.
  • Tap the missing word.
The ___ water is salty.
The show ___ at noon.
Puppies ___ fast.

Splashy learning! Tomorrow we compare all the habitats.

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