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I am a tough bottlenose dolphin.
I am as warm-blooded as a human.
I work in a group to catch prey.
Tough Tursiops Truncatus.
Ariana
3rd grade
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I am a blue jay
I live in forests
In America
I sample bird eggs
My parents will
Work together
To defend
The nest
Andrew D.
3rd grade
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I am a colorful toucan.
I am as thin as a rabbit.
I fly in the sky.
I travel in groups called flocks
I am mostly hollow.
Alexis
3rd grade
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These are wonderful! Working in facts, but sharing them in this poetic, semi-structured form brings focus to them. Love where they used comparisons and great, strong word choices, too!
I so love connecting their social studies to poetry.