Sunshine Online Reading and Writing - Read Monsters of the Deep . Children use this book to write a list of creatures that people fear, noting what features create fear in humans. Children investigate other creatures to add to this list. Encourage children to read myths and legends about whales such as Moby Dick. Read the story to the children and then ask them to write their own fictional story about a pod of whales.
Children prepare a talk on an interesting aspect of whales.
Go to this site to look up the meanings of the words and listen to the pronunciation. Children make their own dictionary of whale words using this information as a base. Choose the main points in the diary to record as a mind map. Social Studies -Find out about a group of whales that are endangered or vulnerable. Look at this site for information.