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🐟 Fish Vocabulary Activity

Learn English through Science: Minnow Observation

📚 ML (Multilingual Learners) Class
40:00

Suggested completion time: 40 minutes

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📸 Section 1: Take a Photo of Your Minnow ⏱ ~5 min

Get a minnow from Mr. Broussard's fish tank. Take a close-up photo showing the minnow's body parts clearly. Upload your photo here.

Photography Tips: Hold your phone close to the fish tank. Make sure you can see the fish's fins, scales, and eyes. Take the photo when the fish is not moving too fast!
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Click to Upload Your Minnow Photo

Accepted formats: JPG, PNG • Max size: 5MB

Your minnow photo

📖 Section 2: Vocabulary - SCALES ⏱ ~8 min

Use the Frayer Model to deeply understand the word "scales." Look at your minnow photo to help you!

SCALES

/skeɪlz/ (noun)

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English Tip: "Scales" is a plural noun. Each fish has many scales covering its body. Scales protect the fish like armor protects a knight!

✍️ Practice: Write 2 sentences using "scales"

Example: "The minnow's scales are shiny and overlap like roof tiles."

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📖 Section 3: Vocabulary - FINS ⏱ ~8 min

Now learn about fins - another important fish body part!

FINS

/fɪnz/ (noun)

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English Tip: The word "fin" can be used as a verb too! "The shark was finning at the surface" means the shark's fin was visible above water.

✍️ Practice: Write 2 sentences using "fins"

Example: "The minnow uses its fins to swim quickly through the water."

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📖 Section 4: Vocabulary - GILLS ⏱ ~8 min

Learn about gills - how fish breathe underwater!

GILLS

/ɡɪlz/ (noun)

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English Tip: "Gills" always uses the plural form. We never say "a gill" alone. Gills come in pairs on both sides of the fish's head!

✍️ Practice: Write 2 sentences using "gills"

Example: "Water flows over the gills and the fish absorbs oxygen from it."

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✍️ Section 5: Describe Your Minnow ⏱ ~11 min

Look at your minnow photo. Write a detailed description using the vocabulary words you learned: scales, fins, and gills.

Writing Checklist:
  • ✓ Use the word "scales" at least once
  • ✓ Use the word "fins" at least once
  • ✓ Use the word "gills" at least once
  • ✓ Include adjectives (shiny, smooth, long, etc.)
  • ✓ Write at least 60 words
  • ✓ Use complete sentences

My Minnow Description

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