RIC-6277 I can dance the Barramundi

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CROCODILE Preparation • Collect pictures of saltwater crocodiles. Presentation • Share and discuss the pictures with the class. • Say the rhyme with the actions for the class. Additional activities/information • Share the following information with the class. THE SALTWATER CROCODILE • A reptile is a crawling animal. Snakes, lizards, crocodiles, turtles and tortoises are reptiles. An amphibian reptile is a reptile that lives on land and in water. Saltwater crocodiles are the largest amphibian reptiles on our planet. • A large saltwater crocodile can weigh about 600 kilograms and grow to about 5 metres long. • Reptiles need to warm their blood to live and hunt. In the north of Australia, saltwater crocodiles are often seen basking in the sun on the banks of rivers and billabongs. • At nesting time a female crocodile collects grasses and water reeds, leaves and sticks and prepares a nest shaped like a mound. She chooses a quiet sandy place on the bank of a river. The nest must be high enough to be safe from fl ooding waters. She makes a hole in the nest and lays her eggs. She will lay about forty or so eggs. She then covers the eggs carefully with the grasses and reeds and guards them from such predators as goannas and snakes. • Inside the nest, the reeds and grasses and leaves begin to decay and the nest grows warmer. The warmth incubates the eggs. About 12 weeks later, the mother crocodile hears faint grunts and yelps from inside the nest. The eggs are beginning to hatch. • The class claps the beat while saying the rhyme. • The class says the rhyme with the actions. • The mother crocodile opens the nest and very gently lifts the hatchlings in her huge jaws and carries them to a quiet pool. There she can protect them from predators. In this haven, the hatchlings hunt for tadpoles, insects and shrimps. • For some weeks the baby crocodiles keep together by calling to their mother and to each other. When their mother leaves them they become vulnerable and most perish. • As a young crocodile grows, it hunts turtles and waterbirds. Later it hunts feral animals, cattle, kangaroos and horses as they drink at the water’s edge. Silent unseen hunters, crocodiles patrol the waterways, watching and waiting, only their eyes and nostrils above the water. • When a crocodile has selected its prey, it swims closer and closer then lunges, vaulting from the water, its powerful back legs and feet levering the huge body upwards. It seizes its prey in its strong jaws, rolls it in the water until it drowns and then devours it. ©R.I.C. Publications Low Resolution Images Display Copy • Have students who have seen crocodiles in zoos, wildlife parks and crocodile farms talk about their experiences. I can dance the barramundi 70 R.I.C. Publications ® www.ricgroup.com.au ISBN 978-1-74126-424-1
Crocodile Deep down on the riverbed Lurking in the ooze A prehistoric monster takes His after-dinner snooze. ©R.I.C. Publications Low Resolution Images Display Copy Lines 1, 2, 3 & 4. Lie on tummy. Extend arms, one on top of the other, as jaws. Clench fingers as teeth. Close eyes and feel the ooze. between the ‘tooze’. R.I.C. Publications ® www.ricgroup.com.au 71 I can dance the barramundi ISBN 978-1-74126-424-1
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RIC-6277 4.3/88 ©R.I.C. Publicatio
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Foreword I can dance the barramundi
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Teachers notes Action rhymes serve
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Bush dance I can dance The barramun
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Echidna Rustle Rustle Hustle Hustle
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Emu feather As I was fl oating In t
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Pet cat My lady cat strolls In and
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Getting up Woke up Out of bed Queas
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Dugite Br-ea-th-ing in Th-ink-ing t
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Gum tree Diddledy diddledy Dumpty A
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Bush damper Flour and water Pinch o
Page 23 and 24: Wombat It was a wild and Windy nigh
Page 25 and 26: Crossing a creek Stepp-ing o-ver st
Page 27 and 28: Trolley Shopping trolley trundling
Page 29 and 30: Where am I? Feeling funny Squirm in
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Page 33 and 34: Jackaroo I crack my whip I gallop m
Page 35 and 36: Cane toad It chomps up the middle I
Page 37 and 38: Magpie I love My dappled magpie tre
Page 39 and 40: Koala Crunch Crunch Munch Munch Yum
Page 41 and 42: Spring things Butterfl ies Buzzy be
Page 43 and 44: Ducksailing On the water Crumpled,
Page 45 and 46: Veranda When I stay with Grandpa An
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Page 49 and 50: Joey In his mother’s pouch When h
Page 51 and 52: Hills ® hoist Washing on the Hills
Page 53 and 54: Walking bus Off we go On the walkin
Page 55 and 56: Kakadu Skip with me Mum and Dad And
Page 57 and 58: Bunyip Rompa Stompa Rompa Stompa Be
Page 59 and 60: Sandcastle I built a castle On the
Page 61 and 62: Matilda waltzing I saw Matilda walt
Page 63 and 64: Karri We love The giant karri trees
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Page 67 and 68: A bird’s-eye view I spread my win
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Page 71 and 72: Dingo Lost dog dingo Running down t
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Page 77 and 78: Daintree Come with me Take my hand
Page 79 and 80: Rottnest Cuddly little quokkas Snoo
Page 81 and 82: Bush tales Tiptoe out Tuck yourselv
Page 83 and 84: Possum Brush-tailed possum Ran away
Page 85: Phillip Island seal Flap Flip Flip
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