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Children will identify characteristics of jellyfish.

Vocabulary: invertebrados, tentáculos, bioluminiscente

Science Focus: ocean animals

Simple, spectacular ideas to boost your lessons.

Paired Texts: Abrazos de medusa by Bessy Schenk

  • A jellyfish with long tentacles shows us how hugging makes everything better. It's the perfect book to compare fiction and non-fiction.

Bonus Skill Sheet: Sílabas marinas

  • Children count out syllables in ocean words with this fun skill sheet.

Scavenger Hunt: Páginas 2-3

  • Use pages 2-3 of the issue to do this scavenger hunt as a group.
  1. Encuentra el titular. Subráyalo.
  2. Encuentra la foto en la que aparece el buzo. Márcala con un ✔.
  3. En el recuadro azul, encuentra la explanación sobre la parte del pez en la foto. Rodéala.
  4. Mira el último recuadro. ¿Qué dos animales NO son bioluminiscentes?

Hands-on Activity: Medusa de cuenco de papel

Skill: art

Materials: paper bowls, precut pieces of colored tissue, yarn, glue, tape, curly ribbon, googly eyes (optional)

  • Set out the bowls, colored tissue, and glue. Have kids turn their bowl upside down, cover it with glue, and then decorate it with pieces of tissue.
  • With scissors, punch a hole in the bottom of each bowl. Thread the yarn through, make a knot on the inside of the bowl, and tape it in place. This way, kids can hang their jellyfish!
  • Give kids curly ribbon. Have them tape the ribbons to the inside of the bowl so they will hang down. These are the tentacles.
  • If you like, kids can also glue googly eyes to their jellyfish as a finishing touch!