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Focus Question
How are ocean animals the same? How are they different?
community mammals
endangered pollution
lobes reptiles
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Ocean Animals
Level J Leveled Book
© Learning A-Z Correlation
Written by Kira Freed LEVEL J
Illustrated by Paula Schricker
Fountas & Pinnell J
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Many kinds of animals live in the ocean.
They are part of the ocean community.
Ocean Animals @ Level J 3
Lets meet some of these ocean animals.
Most of the ones in this book are mammals, fish, or reptiles.
I am a dolphin.
I have a sleek body and a strong tail to swim fast.
I live in a group called a pod, and I like to eat fish.
I whistle to talk to other dolphins.
Ocean Animals @ Level J 5
I am a walrus, and I have ivory tusks.
I use them to dig for clams and to protect myself.
I live on ice and in cold water.
My thick layer of fat keeps me warm.
Iam a hammerhead shark, and
my head has a very funny shape.
My eyes and nostrils are at the ends of lobes.
I like to eat fish.
Ocean Animals @ Level J Fi
Iam a California sea lion.
I am smart, noisy, and playful.
I bark like a dog, and I am covered by short fur.
I eat squid, octopus, and fish.
Iam an octopus.
I have a soft body and no skeleton.
I have eight arms with suckers.
I shoot black ink trom my body
to hide and escape from danger.
I can also change the color of my skin.
Ocean Animals @ Level J 9
10
Iam a great white shark.
I am a large and fierce shark.
I have very sharp teeth
that are shaped like triangles.
I eat seals, dolphins, and fish.
Iam a manta ray.
I have fins that look like wings.
I am related to stingrays, but I do not sting.
Ocean Animals @ Level J 11
12
Iam a sea horse,
but I am not
a horse.
Iam a fish.
I change color
to hide.
Shrimp are my
favorite Ttood.
Male sea horses,
not females,
carry eggs until they hatch.
Iam a leatherback turtle,
the biggest turtle in the world.
I lay eggs on land.
Jellyfish are my favorite food.
I am covered with leathery skin instead of a shell.
Ocean Animals @ Level J
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Iam a blue whale.
I am the largest mammal ever to live.
I make deep sounds that move through water.
I eat tiny animals called krill.
The ocean is home to all these animals.
Many of them are endangered.
They all suffer because of pollution and hunting.
Keeping our oceans clean will helo keep these animals alive.
Ocean Animals @ Level J 19
community (n.)
endangered (adj.)
lobes (n.)
mammals (n.)
pollution (n.)
reptiles (n.)
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Glossary
a group of plants and animals
that live together in an area (p. 3)
in danger of dying out completely (p. 15)
rounded or curved parts of bodies (p. 7)
warm-blooded animals with hair or fur (p. 4)
harmful materials in the air, water, or soil (p. 15)
cold-blooded animals that are covered
with scales (p. 4)
Ocean Animals
A Reading A-Z Level J Leveled Book ¢© Word Count: 380
Connections
Writing and Art
Create a poster about one animal from the book. Include a
picture and interesting facts. Share the poster with your class.
Science
Use the information from the book to write clues describing
an animal. Read your clues to a partner and have them guess
the animal.
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