What are Sea Turtles?
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Objective
I can describe what sea turtles are using relating verbs: have, be, belong to
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The Good and the Beautiful Homeschool Science · 4:01
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Key concepts
3 concepts
- 1
Hawksbill sea turtles have a cute, pointed beak and long, flat front flippers with dark, checkered spots.
- 2
A hawksbill sea turtle's favorite food is sea sponges, but they also eat jellyfish and anemones.
- 3
The hawksbill sea turtle's eggs are about the size and shape of ping pong balls and stay covered in the nest for almost 60 days.
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Practice
3 questions
A hawksbill sea turtle ____ a pointed beak.
Sea turtle flippers ____ them to swim well, but make crawling on land difficult.
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Exit ticket
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“Describe a hawksbill sea turtle using the following sentence stems: A hawksbill sea turtle has... A hawksbill sea turtle is... A hawksbill sea turtle belongs to...”
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