This Ocean Unit w/Real Photos is packed full of hands-on activities for your ocean theme.

Activities Included With This Ocean Unit:

1. Adapted Book (Interactive Book) w/ interactive matching pieces

2. 1 Set of Interactive Bulletin Board Ocean Animals Posters (9 total)

3.  Who Goes With What Community Helpers Matching Mat

4   3 Sets of "Big Flips" Matching Activities 

5.  1 Set of Ocean Animals WH-Questions 

Suggestions for how to use this unit:

Adapted Book:

The teacher or therapist will read the adapted book with students, as students follow along, match the correct pictures to each page, and learn to identify who each community helper is, and how they help us.

Sample Text:

Who lives in the ocean?

Sharks do.

And stingrays too!

Who lives in the ocean?

Sea turtles do.

And fish too!

Who Goes With What Matching Mat:

In a small group, center or independent work station, students will match each non-identical sea animals.

Ocean Animals Helpers Big Flips Matching Activities:

There are three sets included for students working at three different levels.  Level 1--Matching ocean animals , picture to picture.  Level 2--Matching each ocean animal to the word. Level 3--Matching each ocean animal to the sentence that describes them.

Community Helpers Wh-Questions:

This set of WH Questions includes different questions about ocean animals. Students can indicate their answers by pointing, clipping, or using a dry erase marker.  Sample questions include:

Which one has a shell?

Which one lives in the ocean?

Which one can swim?

Which one has a barb?

Interactive Bulletin Board Posters:

The interactive bulletin board posters can be displayed on your interactive bulletin board. Students can interact with the poster by matching the correct community helper to each poster.  You can also print and laminate a second set for your workstations or centers and put them on a metal ring to create another work task.

If your students enjoy using real photos, please see the following activities:

For more hands-on ocean or summer themed activities, please see the link below: