Amazing Beaches

Today:

● Read the book Amazing Beaches

● Take a “just for fun” quiz.

You will need an ipad for today’s lesson.

​grab your book and your
ipad!

Do you enjoy going on beach vacations?

Top 10 activities to do at the beach

Open Ended

What do you think the top beach activities are? (You can write as many as you like)

Top 10 activities to do at the beach

Multiple Choice

There are so many different kinds of beaches in the world. There are beaches with white sand, pink sand, red sand, and even black sand! There are beaches crowded with people, and beaches with many unusual animals but almost no humans. Come visit some of the amazing beaches around the world.

After reading this description, and looking at the book's cover, you can predict:

• This book is a fictional book about beaches

• This book will be a fantasy story set at a beach.

• The author's purpose is to inform the reader about some different beaches.

• The author's purpose is to persuade the reader which beach is the best one to visit.

Multiple Choice

From reading this paragraph, I can infer that the word "isolated" probably means

• easy to get to, well-connected

• far away from other places or people

• crowded
• small

Multiple Choice

Another word for particles is...

• very small pieces

• large pieces

• beaches

Fill in the Blank

From the context, I can infer that the word "erode" means to ____ ____.

Multiple Choice

According to pages 4-5 of this book, what is the reason why beaches are different colors?

• All beaches were once the same color but have changed over time.

• it's because of pollution

• the color depends on the color of the water.

• the color depends on the kind of minerals in the sand

Multiple Select

What is true about the dead sea?

• It is twice as salty as normal sea water

• people believe the minerals are healthy

• fish cannot survive in the water

• it's easy to float in the dead sea

Multiple Choice

Who would enjoy Rio de Janeiro's beaches most?

• Someone who is interested in studying rare birds and turtles

• Someone who likes to party.

• Someone looking for an isolated beach.

• People who would like to rub minerals on their skin

Multiple Choice

People on Rio's beaches sell souvenirs. Which image below shows souvenirs from Rio de Janeiro?

Draw

Label the pictures with the correct sport "Scuba diving" and "snorkelling"

Multiple Select

The Galapagos Islands were extremely isolated for thousands of years. What are the effects?

• animals never learned to be afraid of people

• there are species of animals there not found anywhere else in the world

• huge numbers of tourists arrive there every year to see the unusual wildlife

• They are a long way from South America.

Poll

Choose the beach you would most like to visit.

• Tahiti, Polynesia (surfing)

• Bonaire, in the Netherlands Antilles (scuba diving)

• the Dead Sea

• Rio de Janeiro

• The Galapagos Islands