The Great White Shark
Words and pictures by:
Mrs. Gunnell’s Kindergarten class
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The Great White Shark
Words and pictures by: Mrs. Gunnell’s kIndergarten class
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Contents
What is a Great White Shark?..............................4
What does a Great White Shark look like?..........6
Where does a Great White Shark live?................8
How does a Great White Shark move?..............10
How does a Great White Shark grow?...............12
What does a Great White Shark eat?.................14
Shark acrostic……………………………………………………16
Glossary………………………………………………………… 17
Read More………………………………………………………18
Internet Sites………………………………………………… 20
Index/Word List………………………………………………21
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What is a Great White Shark?
Did you know that the Great White Shark is a
fish? The Great White Shark has a good sense of
smell, good eyesight, and good hearing. This
shark is a good hunter. It hides in camouflage to
hunt. It sneaks up and eats its prey like seals.
FACT
The Great White
Shark is the best
predator in the
entire ocean
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Fact
If a tooth falls out,
the shark will
grow another one.
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What Does a Great White Shark look
like?
A Great White Shark is white and gray. It has
two eyes and sharp pointed teeth. It has a nose
called a snout. The shark has gills to breathe.
The gills look like lines. The Great White Shark
has fins that help it move.
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FACT
A Great
White Shark
can be 20
feet long.
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Where does a Great White Shark live?
A Great White Shark lives in all the oceans. It
lives near the top of the water. It really likes
warm water.
FACT
A Great White
Shark can weigh
5,000 pounds.
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How does a Great White Shark move?
FACT
A shark can’t
breathe unless it is
moving.
A Great White Shark moves its tail and fins to
swim. A Great White Shark swims as fast as a
car! It can breach or jump out of the water to
catch its food.
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FACT
Great White
Sharks can swim
43 miles per hour.
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How does a Great White Shark grow?
A Great White Shark grows from an egg into a
baby shark called a pup. It also grows into a big
or adult shark.
FACT
A pup can be
5 feet long .
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Fact
There can be 114 pups born at
one time.
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What does a Great White Shark eat?
A Great White Shark eats fish, sea lions, and
seals. It will taste almost anything. It is a
dangerous shark.
FACT
The Great White
Shark has about
3,000 teeth.
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The Great White Shark
Splash! Sharks eat seals and fish.
Hide in camouflage: dun, dun, dun, dun…
Always hunting their food,
Racing and breaching out of the water,
Kings of the sea.
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Glossary
A
adult- fully grown
B
breach- jump completely out of the sea
F
fins- help the shark to swim or find food
G
gills- little lines or slits that give the shark air to breathe.
P
Pointed- sharp end of something
prey- animals that are hunted by other animals as food.
pup- a baby shark
S
snout- the shark’s nose
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Read More
Camilla de la Bedoyere (2009). Pup to Shark. California:
QEB Publishing.
Creese, Sarah (2010). Sharks Tennessee: make believe
ideas ltd.
Lindeen, Carol K (1976). Sharks Minnesota: Capstone
press.
Markle, Sandra (2008). Sharks Biggest! Littlest!
Pennsylvania: Boyds Mills Press.
Martin, Justin McCory (2008). Sharks. New York:
Scholastic Inc.
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Parham, Jerrill (2006). Shark! Massachusettes:
Houghton Mifflin Company.
Parrish, Margaret (2012). Pocket Genius. New York: DK
Publishing.
Renne (2000). Animals That Live in Water. Wisconsin:
Gareth Stevens Publishing
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Internet Sites
http://www.animalstown.com/animals/s/shark/
shark.html
Flicker.com
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animal
s/creaturefeature/great-white-shark/
www.kidZone.ws
www.thinkquest.org
Pixabay.com
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Index/Word List
A
adult- fully grown……………………………………………………………………………..12
B
Breach………………………………....................……………………………………………10
F
fins……………………………………….…………….…………………………………………6,,10
G
gills- little lines or slits that give the shark air to breathe……………………6
P
pointed- sharp end of something………………………………………………………….6
prey- animals that are hunted by other animals as food.
pup- a baby shark…………………………………………………………………………….....12
S
snout- the shark’s nose...........................................6
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