Winter's Tail
As part part od the School´s Bamboo Project and
Unit III “Living Creatures Around Us”
Anyela Alejandra da Cruz Massarino,
Escuela 13, Salto.
María Celia Da Rosa.
*To describe animals and their habitats, to know the common words to describe pets and other animals, also learning the word order of adjectives in relation to the nouns they know, and for them to be able to say and write one or more adjectives that describe animals .
We found a very interesting story,Winter's Tail: How One Little Dolphin Learned To Swim Again, by Julianna, Isabella and Craig Hatkoff.
A book and a very nice film about a dolphin called Winter.
She was rescued and taken to the Clearwater Marine Aquarium in Clearwater, FL. At 3 months old, her tail was trapped in a crab trap for about 36 hours.
Shortly after being freed, her tail flukes fell off. Many people thought a dolphin this badly damaged would not survive. It took a lot of caring volunteers and money to help her, but this heroic dolphin did not give up! With her prosthetic tail she could swim just like other dolphins.
Warm Up, Strange Sounds.
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Listen to these sounds and try to guess.
What animal is it?
Where does it live?
Can you guess?
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_Look at the dolphin´s picture, read and match:__
THINGLINK:https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1389368579094216706/editor taken from the following magazine for Teachers:
file:///C:/Users/59898/OneDrive/Documentos/DolphinTale-TG.pdf (for Teachers)
http://www.scholastic.com/winterstail/includes/DolphinTale-TG.pdf
-Dolphins come to the surface to breathe. They take in air through blowholes.
_ dolphin’s beak-like nose is very sensitive to touch.
_Dolphins use their flippers to steer as they travel underwater
_Back fins help dolphins stay steady as they swim. Each dolphin’s back fin is one of a kind— like a fingerprint!
_Dolphins’ smooth skin helps them glide through water
DOLPHINS
Educational Video for Kids
Warm up, ask students to guess what they are going to read and watch. Create a nice classroom atmosphere with dolphin´s sounds to help student´s guesses.
Assign a group of students to work with the video and another group to work with the text.
After watching the video and reading the text, start a class discussion about dolpins.and complete a flip chart with relevant information they could remember from the video / text.
Ask groups to share the information they could get from the video/ text.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2776_ah7qb0
For orientation, dolphins use a system called echolocation. The sounds the dolphins emit travels through water until it rebounds off an object found in its path, and sends it back to the dolphin. Now the dolphins can calculate how far away the object is, its size and also its shape.
Dolphins are carnivorous, their main source of food is based on crustaceans, fish, squid and octopus. Dolphins just like all mammals are viviparous and the gestation of a baby takes 12 months.
During the first month of a baby´s life, it feeds on the mother's milk and then the baby is taught how to hunt by other members of its family.
Dolphins are not scared of humans and when they encounter them, they are very friendly. They are really playful and curious animals. Dolphins tend to live in a group and are extremely intelligent. As they are together in a group they help each other by defending off sharks and orcas by butting them with their strong beak. But do you know what the dolphin´s biggest problem is? The humans.
It is because of humans hunting them and contaminating the waters which is causing many dolphins to die. Many dolphins have been trapped in fishermen's nets or suffocated with plastic bags and rubbish which has been thrown in the sea, but this is a problem happening not just for dolphins but for many other marine species, such as turtles and seals.
It is for this reason that it is just so important to look after our seas and oceans and that we should never, ever, ever, throw anything into the water.
If we maintain nature clean, dolphins as well as all other living creatures will be very happy.
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Who is Winter?
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Winter is a survivor. As a baby dolphin, she got tangled in a crab trap. Kind people found her just in time.
They took her to Clearwater Marine Aquarium in Florida.
They saved Winter’s life—but they could not save her tail. Without it, she had trouble swimming. Then scientists made a special artifi cial tail for Winter.
With practice, she learned to swim again. Now people come from all over the world to visit Winter in Florida. With every splash of her new tail, she amazes her fans!
WHAT HAPPENED TO WINTER?
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A very interesting video to watch is http://www.scholastic.com/teacher/videos/teacher-videos.htm#3183923085001/43985114001
We liked to use Winter's story to discuss the idea of never giving up with our students. Winter's story is very inspirational for students of all ages because she never gives up. When Winter's tail was stuck in the trap, she could have died. After having her tail fall off, she could have given up. I think it is important for our young students to see that there are difficult times in life where we might want to give up, but we can't. We have to keep on trying and adapting just like Winter. We know that all of our students have had difficulty with something so far in their lives — whether it is family difficulties, learning to ride a bike, or learning their letters. In our classes, we love to let our students know that even when things are difficult, they need to keep trying, and to know that we believe in them!
Virtual field trip
It is a virtual field trip to Clearwater, Florida and the objective is to meet Winter! After viewing the video, use it to spark conversation in your classroom about overcoming obstacles and commitment to a cause.
Then we uploaded a video clip about dolphins with beautiful pictures.
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/bottlenose-dolphin/
SAVING WINTER.....
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EPISODE 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLnnCXgxOqI
EPISODE 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sO8Mj7wdi0
EPISODE 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6um6KXnhe5Q
EPISODE 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90YIp1GDFBE
EPISODE 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBfLryuNsPA
EPISODE 6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEC0vmSe-rM
EPISODE 7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY4j6Dep0Yo
EPISODE 8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOkz1GffSMk
VISIT THE MOVIE WEBSITE
Throughout the next few classes students were able to learrn facts and dolphin vocabulary through books and research on the computer.
Students will be writing about dolphins and about Winter and they could also draw Winter together and watch her swim with the live webcam at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium.
Winter's Tail is a really amazing story.
Describing animals at the aquarium, describing Winter's friend.
https://youtu.be/eixA7mkLsoM trailer
The objective was
To make short description of characters using connectors
to compare and contrast animals
To compare living things and express similarities and differences.
To gather information related to animals and make complete descriptions of them.
Since it is Winter's birthday on October 10th, my students will create birthday cards to send to her. This will be a fun and purposful writing activity that the students will love! Here is the mailing address for your student cards.
Clearwater
Marine Aquarium
C/O Jeni Hatter
249 Windward
Passage
Clearwater Beach, FL 33767
Lastly, I would like to use Winter's story to discuss the idea of never giving up with my students. Winter's story is very inspirational for students of all ages because she never gives up. When Winter's tail was stuck in the trap, she could have died. After having her tail fall off, she could have given up. I think it is important for our young students to see that there are difficult times in life where we might want to give up, but we can't. We have to keep on trying and adapting just like Winter. I know that all of my students have had difficulty with something so far in their lives — whether it is family difficulties, learning to ride a bike, or learning their letters. In my class, I love to let them my students know that even when things are difficult, they need to keep trying, and to know that I believe in them!https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/dolphin-tale
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How One Little Dolphin Learned to Swim Again.
Told by Isabella Hatkoff, Juliana Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff, and Dr. Paula Kahumbu
Winter is a dolphin. Just over two years ago, when she was a baby, she was rescued from a crab trap, her tail seriously damaged. Winter was rushed to Clearwater Marine Aquarium, a marine animal hospital. It wasn't clear that she would survive. She did, but eventually the tail fell off and Winter compensated by swimming more like a fish than a dolphin which was seriously damaging her spine. But for the last year, Winter has been learning how to use a prosthetic tail. The idea came from a company that makes prosthetics for humans. It was very challenging but Winter is thriving and using her new tail with great command.
The word has gotten out about Winter. Visitors are traveling in droves to Clearwater to visit Winter who has become an inspiration to adults and children alike, especially to children who are amputees themselves. The tale doesn't end there. The special technology used for Winter's prosthetic tail is being used to develop prosthetics for Iraq war veterans who have especially sensitive injuries.
Winter's Tail: How One Little Dolphin Learned To Swim Again
Description
When Winter, an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, was three months old, she was rescued from a crab trap off the east coast of Florida, her tail seriously damaged. She was rushed to Clearwater Marine Aquarium, where she was cared for by a special team around the clock. Winter survived, though eventually her tail fell off, which made it difficult for her to swim like a normal dolphin and caused serious damage to her spine. Then something amazing happened. A team of experts from a renowned company that makes prosthetics for humans heard about Winter and decided to help. Now Winter is using a prosthetic tail with great command
Expositiory text, magazine
http://woodsschoolfifthgrade.weebly.com/uploads/8/2/2/7/82270468/winters_tail.pdf
http://woodsschoolfifthgrade.weebly.com/uploads/8/2/2/7/82270468/winters_tail.pdf
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film
Anyela Alejandra da Cruz Massarino.
María Celia Da Rosa Cattáneo.
Salto
Uruguay.
