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How long would it take you to learn to spell your name if it had 21 letters? Fortunately for the humuhumunukunukuapua’a spelling is not required when they join their “school” of fish. This colorful animal with an extra long name brightens the warm tropical waters surrounding Hawaii. Its ability to change colors helps the humuhumunukunukuapua’a survive in the wild—along with large teeth and a strong jaw that can easily slice through shellfish and coral to sustain its diet. The ancient Hawaiians thought its powerful mouth looked like a snout—and created a fitting, descriptive, and really long name. Join Kid Scoop underwater to uncover more features, facts, and fun while fishing through this edition. By dive’s end, you’ll be able to pronounce its name like a native!
In this issue students will:
- read informational text about the humuhumunukunukuapua’a
- understand structures and features that aid in survival
- calculate sums
- differentiate between crustaceans, mollusks, and coral
- divide words into syllables
- learn to pronounce a Hawaiian word through syllabication
- write an opinion piece about why the ocean is salty
7 page PDF
