HomeMy WebLinkAboutRead Aloud Book Gr. K-Lesson 18A Scavenger Hunt
at the Seashore
The next time you and your friends say, “There’s nothing to do,” try having
a scavenger hunt! To start the game, one player looks around and chooses
a neat object or animal. This player doesn’t tell the others what he or she
picked. Then the player gives clues to the others about what the object or
animal is. The other players try to guess what it is. As they guess, they search
around and try to fi nd it.
A great place to have a scavenger hunt is at the ocean during low tide.
When the water level by the shore is low, there are many places where you can
fi nd sea animals. Some sea animals walk along the ocean fl oor or swim in the
shallow water. Other animals hold on to rocks in tidal pools. Tidal pools are
ankle-deep areas of water that are left behind when the tide goes out. Other
animals walk on the sand where the land is drier.
One animal you can fi nd at the beach is a starfi sh. A starfi sh is sometimes
called a sea star. Many starfi sh have fi ve arms. Each arm is covered with tiny
tubes that help the starfi sh eat and move. Did you know that a starfi sh is
able to move in any direction without turning? A starfi sh can move across the
ocean fl oor, or it can cling to rocks. If you picked a starfi sh to be part of your
scavenger hunt, one clue you could give about it is This animal has fi ve arms.
What other clues could you give for fi nding a starfi sh?
Another animal you can fi nd at the beach is a hermit crab. Most hermit
crabs have soft bellies. This is why a hermit crab fi nds a hard, empty seashell
to live in. The hard seashell protects the hermit crab. As a hermit crab grows,
it fi nds a bigger shell to live in. In their shells, hermit crabs can crawl along the
ocean fl oor and at the bottom of tidal pools. What clues could you give to help
other players fi nd a hermit crab?
Next time you’re at the seashore, try having a scavenger hunt of your own.
Give clues to have your friends look high, low, here, and there.
COMPREHENSION In what ways is a scavenger hunt like exploring?
Which words in this selection describe places where you can fi nd things
on a scavenger hunt?
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Last weekend, my parents took my brother and me to a lake. We saw some
little fi sh swimming near the edge of the water. My brother used a net to
catch one. We put it in our big red bucket with some water. Then we had one
fi sh swimming in our big red bucket.
Soon we found some crayfi sh crawling in the water. A crayfi sh looks a little
bit like a small lobster. It has a shell, eight legs, and two pinching claws. I
carefully put one crayfi sh into the bucket. My brother put one in the bucket,
too, but he wasn’t as careful. That crayfi sh gave him a little pinch! Then we had
two crayfi sh crawling and one fi sh swimming in our big red bucket.
Next we looked in the lake grass. There were three snails sleeping there! We
put those snails into our bucket. Then we had three snails sleeping, two crayfi sh
crawling, and one fi sh swimming in our big red bucket.
Then I saw some water bugs. They can skate on top of the water just like a
person can skate on ice. I put four of them into our bucket. Then we had four
water bugs skating, three snails sleeping, two crayfi sh crawling, and one fi sh
swimming in our big red bucket.
Last, we saw some frog eggs. My brother put fi ve eggs into the bucket.
They started to hatch into tadpoles! Then we had fi ve tadpoles hatching, four
water bugs skating, three snails sleeping, two crayfi sh crawling, and one fi sh
swimming in our big red bucket. The bucket was very full!
Soon our dad told us it was time to go home. We knew we couldn’t take all
those lake animals home with us, so we put one fi sh, two crayfi sh, three snails,
four water bugs, and fi ve tadpoles back into the lake. Then we said goodbye.
COMPREHENSION What kinds of animals do the children in this story
fi nd at the lake? How many of each kind of animal do the children fi nd?
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