Year 1/2 PowerPoint Stories

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By Stan – Room 2

By Mira – Room 5

By Finley – Room 1

By Ed – Room 2

By Matilda – Room 2

By Gia-Lac Room 2

By Matthew – Room 2

By Alisha – Room 1

By Hibah – Room 1

By Joshua – Room 1

By Sucre – Room 6

By Shea – Room 6

By Katelyn – Room 6

By Emily – Room 6

By Belce -Room 6

By Erin – Room 2

By Maya – Room 2

By James – Room 2

By Lee Anne – Room 2

By Lilyana – Room 2

Emus

http://australianmuseum.net.au/emu
Dromaius novaehollandiae map distribution 2
English: Emu’s recorded observations map (Dromaius Novaehollandiae). The red area shows: Areas where emu has been recorded.
© Sémhur / Wikimedia Commons, via Wikimedia Commons

http://australianmuseum.net.au/image/emu-on-nest-with-chicks
What is happening here? (Identify the verbs. Lead students to use ‘to…’ form of verb)

http://australianmuseum.net.au/image/emu-in-arid-landscape

http://australianmuseum.net.au/image/emu-sitting

and but

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Red-bellied piranha: a descriptive report

 

Title Red-bellied piranha

General statement

Entity classification

The red-bellied piranha is a type of fish that lives in the Amazon River.

Description

Features

It has an orange belly, grey back, and very sharp teeth set in strong jaws. It grows up to 33 centimetres in length.

Diet

Behaviour

The red-bellied piranha hunts in shoals of 20-30 fish. They feed on a diet of fish, insects, snails, plants, and river animals. They hide in vegetation in order to ambush prey, and they also chase prey and scavenge for food. The younger, smaller fish hunt by day, and the older, bigger fish hunt at dawn and dusk.
Reproduction The female lays a clutch of up to 1 000 eggs.
Life expectancy Piranhas can live for about 100 years.

 

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