The Coral Reef Activity book can be used alone or with the You're Blushing Little Octopus picture book. Printable activities in science, reading, math, and art are included. Students can read and learn more about coral reef animals, including the octopus, the parrotfish, and the moray eel. They can make a small model of coral. They can match animal shapes and compare the size of sea creatures. They can make a mini book of animal colors. Animal patterns are included for use in art and camouflage activities. Comprehension questions for You're Blushing Little Octopus are also included.

Use as:

• a resource for your ocean unit
• a follow-up for the Little Octopus book without CD
• a supplement to the Little Octopus CD-ROM activities (has several new activities not included on the CD)

• 32-page blackline reproducible activity book
• Activities in science, math, and reading
• Grades K-3
• Price: $6.95

Topics in the Activity Book Include:

• Is It Alive?
• Colorful Coral Reef Creatures: Meet the Octopus
• O Is for Octopus - Identify short o words.
• Colorful Coral Reef Creatures: Meet the Angelfi sh and the Butterfly fish
• Colorful Coral Reef Creatures: Meet the Parrotfi sh and the Moray Eel
• Writing Animal Facts - Write a fact about each animal.
• Critter Match - Match animals of the same kind.
• What Is Coral?
• Make Your Own Coral Reef - art project
• What Is It? - Match an animal to its description.
• Who Eats What? - Fill in a food chain.
• Make a Food Chain
• A Coral Reef Food Web - Fill in a food web.
• Animal Defenses
• Camouflage - Lesson on camouflage
• Where Can I Hide? - Color an animal to help it camoufl age.
• Animal Hide and Seek - Find the hidden animals.
• Which One Is Different?
• Finding Shapes - Find shapes in animals.
• Pattern Block Animals
• Counting - Count animal parts.
• Reef Riddles and Rhymes
• Who Lives on the Reef? - Make a mini-book of animal colors.
• Story Questions - Comprehension questions for the picture book.
• Animal Patterns - Animal patterns for bulletin boards, art, etc.
• Science Words to Know - Glossary