Eyes
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Animal Eyes
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2 Read & Listen
What do animals do with their eyes? They look for food. The duck looks for food in water.
The gecko has big eyes. It can see well at night. It looks for insects to eat.
Eyes help to protect animals from other animals. The crab has two eyes on top of its body. It can see big animals, and then it can run away.
Vocabulary
3 Look at the activity page
4 Interactive Activities
1. Unscramble: brca
2. Unscramble: kcego
3. Unscramble: ctisne
4. Unscramble: Cdku
5. The gecko has ____ eyes.
6. The gecko can ____ well at night.
7. The crab has eyes on ____ of its body.
Parts of an Eye
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2 Read & Listen
Let's look at an eye. It has many parts. This is an elephant's eye. The eyelid and the eyelashes protect the eyeball. There are tears in the eye, too. The eyelid opens and closes, and the tears clean the eye.
The pupil lets light into the eye. This helps people and animals to see.
When there's lots of light, the pupil is little. When there's no light, the pupil is big.
People have tears to clean their eyes. People cry tears when they are sad, too!
Vocabulary
3 Look at the activity page
4 Interactive Activities
1. Write the words for the parts of the eye using the book picture.
Personal/open response – not included in the score.2. Tears clean the eye.
3. The pupil doesn't let light into the eye.
4. When there's lots of light, the pupil is big.
5. People cry when they are sad.
Eyes at the Front
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2 Read & Listen
People and many animals have two eyes at the front of their head. This helps them to see things far away.
The hawk can fly fast and it can see very well, too. This helps it to hunt little animals to eat.
The monkey has eyes at the front of its head. It can jump from tree to tree and it doesn't fall.
Owls have eyes at the front of their head. Some owls can move their head around and see behind!
Vocabulary
3 Look at the activity page
4 Interactive Activities
1. Find and write picture 1
2. Find and write picture 2
3. Find and write picture 3
4. Find and write picture 4
5. Find and write picture 5
6. The hawk can …
7. People have eyes …
8. The monkey can …
9. Some owls can …
Eyes at the Sides
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2 Read & Listen
Many animals have eyes at the sides of their head. They can see in front and behind.
The frog has eyes at the sides of its head. It can look for insects to eat.
The hammerhead shark has a long, flat head. It has eyes at the sides of its head. When it swims, it can see all around.
The stalk-eyed fly can see all around, too. It has eyes on two long stalks.
The chameleon sees all around very well. One eye moves up, and the other eye moves down!
Vocabulary
3 Look at the activity page
4 Interactive Activities
1. Write the words for the four animal pictures using the word bank.
Personal/open response – not included in the score.2. The hammerhead shark has a long, ____ head.
3. The frog has eyes at the sides of its …
4. The stalk-eyed fly has eyes on ____ long stalks.
5. The chameleon ____ see all around.
In Water
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2 Read & Listen
The seal lives on land and in water. It has big, round eyes. It can see very well in water. It hunts fish to eat.
The flatfish has two eyes on one side of its body. It can lie at the bottom of the ocean and look up.
Fish live in water, and they don't have eyelids. They don't close their eyes!
Vocabulary
3 Look at the activity page
4 Interactive Activities
1. The seal lives on land and in water.
2. The seal hunts insects to eat.
3. The flatfish can lie at the bottom of the ocean.
4. Fish have eyelids.
5. Find and write the words from the picture activity.
Personal/open response – not included in the score.In the Dark
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2 Read & Listen
At night, some animals sleep. Many other animals look for food.
The lemur looks for fruit and little animals to eat. It has big eyes with big pupils. It can see very well in the dark.
It's very dark at the bottom of the ocean. The flashlight fish has lights under its eyes. This helps it to look for little fish to eat.
In the dark, cats and dogs have bright eyes. They can see very well. Look at this cat. What color are its eyes?
Vocabulary
3 Look at the activity page
4 Interactive Activities
1. The lemur has big eyes with big ____.
2. At the bottom of the ocean it's very ____.
3. The flashlight fish has ____ under its eyes.
4. Cats and ____ have bright eyes in the dark.
5. Read and complete the pictures on the book activity page.
Personal/open response – not included in the score.Many Eyes
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2 Read & Listen
Some animals have many eyes. Many spiders have six or eight eyes.
The scallop can have more than 50 little eyes! How many of the eyes can you see here?
Some insects have very many eyes. Look at this dragonfly. Each eye is thousands of little eyes together.
Vocabulary
3 Look at the activity page
4 Interactive Activities
1. Picture 1
2. Picture 2
3. Picture 3
4. Many spiders have ____ eyes.
5. The scallop has ____ eyes.
6. The dragonfly has ____ of eyes.
7. Find and write the six words hidden in the activity line.
Personal/open response – not included in the score.Protect Your Eyes
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2 Read & Listen
It's important for animals to protect their eyes. In the desert there's a lot of sand. The camel has long eyelashes so the sand doesn't go in its eyes.
The meerkat lives in the desert, too. It's sunny and windy there. Its eyelids clean the sand from its eyes.
The meerkat has black fur around its eyes. This protects its eyes when it's sunny.
People wear sunglasses when it's very sunny. This protects their eyes. Eyes are important. Remember to protect them!
Vocabulary
3 Look at the activity page
4 Interactive Activities
1. Unscramble picture 1
2. Unscramble picture 2
3. Unscramble picture 3
4. Unscramble picture 4
5. Unscramble picture 5
6. Unscramble picture 6
7. People protect their eyes with …
8. Meerkats protect their eyes with …
9. Camels protect their eyes with …
My Eyes
Project page
Look in a mirror, draw your eyes, label the parts and write about your eyes using the project page.
Picture Dictionary
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