On Sea Turtle Patrol

Think about the story. Why are Gram and Callie on the beach?

• to feed pelicans

• to record crawls

• to watch joggers

• to listen to the waves

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Why do Gram and Callie work to keep people away from the incoming tracks?

• Sometimes the incoming tracks can disorient a turtle.

• Turtles use the incoming tracks to find their way back to the ocean.

• Volunteers use the incoming tracks to tell how many eggs a turtle has laid.

• The incoming tracks show whether marauding raccoons or stray dogs are close.

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What was the turtle doing when Callie found it?

• healing from an injury

• digging a nest and laying eggs

• trying to escape shorebirds

• heading toward a hotel’s bright lights

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Think about the video. What is the main purpose of the Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle Recovery Project?

• to study sea turtles in a science lab

• to count sea turtles

• to teach people to care for sea turtles

• to give sea turtles a safe place to nest

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CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.3.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

Why were the turtles given “living tags” in the video?

• to make it easy to see which turtles were part of the recovery project

• to count the number of turtles in the recovery project

• to help tell Kemp’s ridley sea turtles apart from other turtles

• to help find turtles that got lost on their way to Padre Island

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CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.3.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7