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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2017
© 2017 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 33, No. 45
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Sea otters are mammals and need
to breathe air. They rest on their
backs riding the swells of the sea.
To keep from floating
away, they wrap
themselves in kelp
that is growing out of
the sea floor.
ea otters spend a lot of time swimming and hunting for
food, but still have plenty of time for play. And
watching a sea otter
at play brings a
smile to nearly
anyone’s face.
Standards Link: Life Science: Students
know that living organisms have distinct
structures and body systems that serve
specific functions in survival.
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Sea otters eat crabs, clams and red sea urchins. Cracking the hard
shells of these animals is a challenge, but the sea otter has found
a solution. It is one of the few animals to use a tool.
A hungry sea otter finds a rock on the sea floor, tucks it beneath
a flap of loose skin under a forelimb, grabs a few clams and
swims to the surface. Once there, the otter rolls over onto its back
and places the rock on its chest. It bangs a clam against the rock
until it breaks open then scoops out and eats the morsel of meat.
ea otters have very little
body fat and rely on their
fabulous fur to keep them warm in
the cold Pacific ________. Their
fur is thick—really thick—perhaps
the ___________ fur in the world.
If you were to put a penny on a sea
otter, it would ____________ about
250,000 hairs. That is more than
twice the _____________ of hair
on your entire head.
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Otter fur holds tiny air bubbles,
which serve as insulation against
the ____________.
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If a sea otter’s fur gets __________,
it won’t hold air as well. These
creatures clean themselves
often so that their fur can
do its job.
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Imagine a world
without the letter O.
Using an article
from today’s
newspaper, cross
out all the words
containing the letter
O. Give the article
to a friend. Can your
friend understand
the article?
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Understand word meanings
from context clues.
Each day, a sea otter eats one-fourth
of its own weight in food.
That would be like:
a 60-pound person eating
Do the math to
find out how many
pounds of food
each person would
eat if he or she
were a sea otter!
5 + 5 + 5 = ______
pounds of food in one day.
a 100-pound person eating
10 + 12 + 3 = ______
pounds of food in one day.
a 148-pound person eating
15 + 17 + 5 = ______
pounds of food in one day.
Standards Link: Number Sense: Solve problems
using addition.
OTTERS
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URCHINS
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TOOL
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WEIGHT
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Find the words by looking up,
down, backwards, forwards,
sideways and diagonally.
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Read the classified ads listing homes for sale.
Based on what you learned from today’s Kid
Scoop page about otters, write a classified ad
describing the perfect home for an otter.
Standards Link: Writing Applications: Write brief descriptions
about objects.
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