Support for long-term classroom planning and professional development. Information covering important topics for today's educators and parents. The poems discuss the creatures' names, appearance, and behaviors. The poem about the sea horse identifies the horse characteristics that the organism lacks and the fish characteristics that it possesses. The author has chosen to write a poem about salmon spawning migration from the bottom of the page to the top in order to capture their uphill path.
Readers can learn about the fleshy lure that the anglerfish uses to attract prey.
Oceanic organisms other than fish, such as manatees and clams, are also subjects of the poems. ENC does NOT distribute this resource.