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At the Beach
At the Beach Joel, Maggie, Ramon, Shelly, and Adam each have a favorite activity they like to do at the beach. Read the clues and fill in the chart to find each child’s favorite activity. Make an X in a square when it cannot be an answer. Draw a circle when it is a correct answer.
Write a sentence that is always true about the beach. What is your favorite thing to do at the beach?
Adam
Shelly
Ramon
Joel
Write a sentence that is never true about the beach.
Maggie
Write a sentence that is sometimes true about the beach. What would be a silly thing to do at the beach?
Building sand castles
What can you find at the beach that begins with each letter?
You are going to the beach. What are the 4 most important things to take with you?
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Pamela went to the beach. She swam in the water before she ate lunch. She ate lunch before she made a sand castle. She made a sand castle after she got ice cream. Write what Pamela did in the correct order.
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Playing volleyball Sunbathing
on your towel
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The answer is at the beach. What is the question?
Looking for shells
in your sandwich
swam Second:ate lunch Third: got ice cream Fourth:made a sand castle
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Swimming
There is a lot of sand at the beach! Number the places where you might find sand from 1 to 6. The worst place should be number 1.
under your swimsuit in your hair
1. Joel is afraid of the water.
on your ice cream
2. Ramon and Adam do not like to play volleyball.
in your eyes
The answer is a really big wave. What is the question?
3. Maggie does not like to build sand castles.
Add 2 more words to the list, and then tell how the words are all related. sea star, crab, clam,
any animals in the ocean ,
4. None of the boys likes to look for shells.
What do they say?
5. Shelly loves to sunbathe.
sea gull
TIDE
Lifeguard Duty
lifeguard on duty
any items, one might take to the beach
6. Adam does not like to swim.
towel, bucket, sunscreen,
high tide
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On a Field Trip
On a Field Trip
On a Field Trip Ryan has gotten separated from his class on the field trip. He needs to make it back to the bus before it leaves. To help Ryan get back to the bus, start at the square in the upper-left corner. Move the same number of squares as the number shown (2). Move in a straight line in any direction. When you get to the next square, move the same number of squares as the number shown. Can you make a path that will take Ryan to the bus? Color the path.
What are 3 things that you should never do on a field trip? If you could plan a field trip for your class, where would you go?
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Why?
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Answers will vary. One possible path is shown.
3. The names of some places a class might go on a field trip are listed below. Number them from 1 to 6 according to how much you would like going on each trip.
On the bus ride to the aquarium, James, Tim, Derek, Tonya, Jessica, and Dina sat in certain seats. Read the clues, and then write the children’s names on their seats. • Children with names that begin with the same letter sat together.
Pilar’s class went on a field trip to the aquarium. It took 42 minutes to get there on the bus. It took 9 minutes to get everyone organized once they got there. They looked at fish for 67 minutes, and then they had lunch for 38 minutes. After lunch, they watched the seals eat for 13 minutes, and then they went to a special presentation about tide pools for 45 minutes. It took 8 minutes to load the bus, and the ride back to school took 48 minutes. The class left the school at 9:00 a.m. At what time did they return?
• The boys sat on the left.
to see a play
• The children sat in alphabetical order, front to back.
an art museum
FIELD TRIP inside a peach sleepy to lose weight
the aquarium
Tim
group of lions
the zoo
fib
a tour of a candy factory
Tonya
scarlet dessert
James Jessica
heap
Everyone has to turn in a permission slip to go on the field trip. On Monday, half the class turned in their slips. On Tuesday, 9 more students turned in their slips. There are 28 students in the class. How many students have not yet turned in their slips?
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Find the answer to each clue by using the letters in these words:
a science museum
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6-Legged Crawlies
6-Legged Crawlies
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Are you afraid of bugs?
6-Legged Crawlies
Why or why not?
Look at each pattern of bugs in the box at the top of the page. Then find the same pattern in the grid below and color it. Use a different color for each pattern.
Would you rather be an ant, a cricket, or a ladybug? Why? Fill in the missing vowels.
A NT O TH CR I CK E T HO U S E F L Y L A DYBU G B E E TL E GRA SSHO PP E R MO SQU I TO PR A Y I NG MA NT I ST I NK BU G CO CKRO A CH
What kind of insect does this fact describe? Fact: The biggest kinds of these insects live in Costa Rica. Their wingspans can be as long as 7½ inches! To find the name of this insect, first circle the names of 12 different insects in the word search. Next, write the remaining letters on the lines. Then unscramble the letters to name the insect.
R F G Y DONA L Dragonfly . The hidden insect is a
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How many bugs did she catch on all 3 days?
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Tamara was catching ladybugs to put in her garden. She caught 17 ladybugs on Wednesday. She caught a total of 33 ladybugs on Thursday and Friday. She caught a total of 41 ladybugs on Wednesday and Thursday. How many ladybugs did Tamara catch on each day?
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