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The scientific name
T
for killer whales is
O
Or
rc cinus or
r ca.
c They
Orcinus
orca.
ar
re often called or
cas .
are
orcas.
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O babies are called calves.
Orca
Th hey are born undurwater
They
undurwater. . As
so oon as the calf is born, the
soon
mother
orca helps it swim to
m
th he surface for its first breathe
the
of f air
air. .
iller whales are powerful
power rful predators that eat fish, seals,
se als, sharks and
even other whales. H
However, , they are not interest
interested
However
ted in eating
only
people There has been on
people.
nly one attack on a person in the wild.
wild
whale
seal. l. Interestingly
Interestingly, ,
Scientists believe the wha
ale mistook a surfer for a seal
mistake
the whale realized the mis
stake and spat the person out. .
Th he calf will drink its mother
’ s
The
mother’s
cr ream-like milk for too years.
cream-like
Th he milk is about 48% fat and
The
he elps the calf develop a thin,
helps
w
blubber .
warm
layer of blubber.
From the land, the orca’
orca’s
’ s black
and white pattern may not
n look
like good camouflage. But
B it
is, and it helps the orca
prey. .
sneak up on its prey
Th he calf will start eating solid
The
fo ood such as herring
herring, young
food
sa almon and squid at about tree
salmon
m
months
old.
Orcas ha
have
ave a patch of gray
the
behind th
he dorsal fin. This
patch is called
c
a saddle patch.
Each orca
orc ca has its own
distinctively
distinctiv
vely shaped
patch.
saddle pa
atch.
swimming
When an orca is swimm
ming
swimming
in the deep, fish swimm
ming above
only
it look down and see on
nly inky darkness.
Fish swimming below a an orca
orca’s s
look up p to the white of the
t orca’
underbody, , which blends
underbody
blend ds with the bright
light of the sun shining down.
Standards Link: Life Science: Students
Stud
dents know that living organisms have d
distinct structures
and body systems that serve specific
specif fic functions in growth, survival and reproduction.
rep roduction.
Follow these easy steps to create
a whale of a drawing!
A orca never leaves it’s
it’ s
An
fa amily . Even a fully grown
family.
ad dult male spends its life with
adult
th he family group called a pod.
the
M pods have between 5 and
Most
50 0 orcas. Occasionally
Occasionally, , two or
m pods meat and briefly
more
f orm a “superpod”
fo
“
d” with
ith up to
t
form
15 50 orcas.
150
Orcas ha
have
ave 40 to 52 sharp teeth,
each of which
w
is about three
inches long.
lo ong. As an orca gets
older
g
older, , it grows
layers on
the outsid
de of its teeth,
outside
forming rings.
r
If you
slice an o orca tooth and
count the e layers, you
can disco
over the age
discover
orca.
of the orc
ca.
Draw over the
pencil lines in
Erase
ink. Er
rase the
pencil lines. Fill in the
black patches
p
of the body
body. .
Orcas look a bit like fish h and live in the
sea, but they are mamm
mals. They are
mammals.
warm-blooded
warm
blooded, feed the
eir young with milk
warm-blooded,
their
and breathe air through nostrils called
blowholes
blowholes. . Orcas must hold their breath
underwater.
when they are underwat
ter .
Look at the two pictures,
p
then read
how
difference
a male
ho
ow to tell the dif
ference between
b
and
each
an
nd female orca. Label ea
ach one.
The
Th
h male
he
l dorsal
d
l fi
fin i is upright
uprigh
i ht
h and d t triangular
triangular.
i
l .
Black and
It can
c be about six feet high and
a is the tallest
White and
the
dorsal fin in th
he animal
The
female’s s is
kingdom. T
he female’
Red
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and
shorter an
nd curves
p
today’ s
page
of today’s
backwar
rd.
backward.
newspaper and
ne
cir in re
ci
circle
d all
red
the words you
know!
Stand
Standards
dards Link: Life Science: Students
know that organisms can be compared to
observ
ve their similarities and dif
f ferences.
f
observe
differences.
Each underwater creat
creature
ture is worth points. Which h bubble has
the highest score?
Standards Link: Number Sense: Calculate sums and dif
differences.
ff ferences.
BLOW
BLOWHOLES
WHOLES
DORSAL
DORSA
AL
KILLE
ER
KILLER
WHALES
WHAL
LES
ORCINUS
ORCIN
NUS
FIN
SURFER
SURFE
ER
SEAL
NOSTRILS
NOSTR
RILS
RINGS
S
PATCH
P
A T
TCH
H
GRAY
GRA
A Y
WILD
LIGHT
T
Standards Link: Vocabulary:
V ocabulary:
Understand level-appropriate
y .
reading vocabulary
vocabulary.
Find the word
words
ds in the puzzle,
then in this week’s
week’
w
s Kid Scoop
stories and
an nd activities.
W S E L O H W O L B
T O H K R A H S K A
H L R E H R A I O R
G F A C E W L Y T I
This week’
week’s s word:
I A T F I L E A L N
DORSAL
L A R L E N S R E G
P U D R I E U G O S
The adjective dorsal
means the top side or
back of an animal.
S R C F D O R S A L
Orcas have tall, pointy
dorsal fins.
A T S L I R T S O N
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sequencing.
quencing. Recognized identical
words. Skim and scan read
reading.
ding. Recall spelling patterns.
Synonym Search
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Try
T
ry
r to use the word dorsal
in a sentence today when
talking with your friends
and family members.
A Whale of a Pet
Or ca and killer whale are
Orca
a synonyms.
Synonyms have the same e or nearly the same
today’
t
s newspaper
meaning. Look through today’s
W r rite a
for five or more pairs of synonyms. Write
w
paragraph using all ten words.
ANSWER: In the “Kelp
“
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Wanted”
anted” ads!
Standards Link: Grammar: Identify synonyms.
Sta
Standards
andards Link: Life Science: Students know
tha
at living organisms have distinct structures
that
an
d body systems that serve specific functions
and
in growth,
g
survival and reproduction.
What would
your life
be like with
a whale for
a pet?