Summary
This video segment from Between the Lions is a non-fiction piece about what you would do "if you were a blue whale." The video states that blue whales are not fish, but are mammals -- mammals have mothers who feed their babies milk. Mammals can live on land and in the ocean. Baby blue whales drink 100 gallons of milk a day, and when they get bigger they eat five tons of krill.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
"If You Were: A Blue Whale" introduces a new word and what it means (focus: A Blue Whale).
- Which new word did this segment teach?
- What do you think it means, and which clue helped you?
- Can you use the word in a sentence of your own?
Quick work-a-long
Word to know: the new word from the clip.
Try it: Draw a quick picture of the word, then write one sentence that uses it.