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Shelly’s Beach Needs You
Saving Sea Turtles Unit | Lesson 1 of 6
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Shelly’s Beach Needs You

Saving Sea Turtles Unit | Lesson 1 of 6
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DISCUSS:
What do you think happens when the baby sea turtles get to the ocean?
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DISCUSS:
Can you think of some ways that we could share this information with others?
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Get your supplies.
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In today’s lesson, you’ll need someone to share ideas with. This could
be a partner, or someone you sit near. When everyone knows who
their talk partner is, move on to the next step.
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To get some ideas, let’s listen to Oscar, a scientist who studies the
ocean—and everything in it. Listen to what he told me.
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After hearing what Oscar said, I looked at my picture of the beach to
see if there was anything not safe for sea turtles. Look at your
picture of the beach. Find the plastic bag and circle it.
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Discuss with your talk partner: What is something that people can do
to help keep sea turtles safe from plastic bags that look like jellyfish?
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Under your beach picture, write down some ways people can help.
You can use my ideas if you want, or write your own.
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Here’s our second expert, Lucy the Lifeguard. Listen to Lucy.
Then circle any new problems you see.
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Think about how someone could help fix this problem. Discuss with
your partner, then write down your ideas.
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Here’s our last expert, Vicki the Volunteer. Listen to Vicki. Then circle
any new problems you see and write ways people can help.
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Think about how someone could help fix this problem. Discuss with
your partner, then write down your ideas.
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Choose two ideas you would like to write about in your guidebook.
Draw a smiley face next to the ideas you chose.
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The papers shown on the screen are VIPs: Very Important Papers!
Your teacher will tell you where to put them so you will have them
for the next lesson.
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Shelly is thrilled that you are going to help make her beach safe for
her and her babies. We’ll check in with her in the next lesson, as we
begin our first draft of our guidebooks!
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Lesson details

Grade 3

Informative

Gathering Information

W.3.2, W.3.7, W.3.8

92 reviews

Students will...

Print Prep
  • gather information about sea turtles by listening to experts and identifying problems seen in an image.

  • take notes on ways people can help fix problems sea turtles face.

  • select two ideas to write about for the remainder of the unit.

Before this lesson...

  • If you'd like to assess learning during this unit, you might like to try the Optional Pre-Assessment first.

  • If students need an intro to or additional support with using connecting words, we recommend teaching this Connecting Words lesson first.
Beach Picture worksheet 30 copies
Word Bank (Beach Words) worksheet 30 copies
Prep Instructions
  • We suggest teachers make sure each student has a designated location (such as a folder) to store papers between lessons. Each worksheet in this unit will be used across multiple lessons. These worksheets are labeled as VIPs (Very Important Papers).

  • Word Banks can be printed in another color to help students keep track of all their pages.

  • Differentiation: You might prompt struggling writers to choose only one strategy for their guidebook to lower the volume of writing required.

  • Students will work in pairs to share ideas.

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10 mins

Writing Activity

30 mins

Lesson details

Grade 3

Informative

Gathering Information

W.3.2, W.3.7, W.3.8

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