ShaRk Material for Vocalic R

We all know doing drill for the pesky vocalic "R" can be a bit boring for kids sometimes. The material below was tailor-made for generalizing vocalic "R". Below you will find a poem with audio, a brief video about shark facts, some images and information about sharks and finally some questions designed to elicit answers with "R", and some images to discuss. Have fun and let me know how things turned out.

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A "scary" shark video.

Nurse Shark

Nurse sharks are an important species for shark research.They are robust and able to tolerate capture, handling, and tagging extremely well. As inoffensive as nurse sharks may appear, they are ranked fourth in documented shark bites on humans, likely due to incautious behavior by divers in light of the nurse shark's slow, sedentary nature. Source

Tiger Shark

The tiger shark is a solitary, mostly nocturnal hunter. It is notable for having the widest food spectrum of all sharks, with a range of prey that includes crustaceans, fish, seals, birds, squid, turtles, sea snakes, dolphins, and even other smaller sharks. It also has a reputation as a "garbage eater", consuming a variety of inedible, man-made objects that linger in its stomach. Source.

Hammerhead Shark

Hammerheads are found worldwide in warmer waters along coastlines and continental shelves. Unlike most sharks, hammerheads usually swim in schools during the day, becoming solitary hunters at night. Source

Questions

1. Would you rather have a shark chomp at your toes or nibble at the holes in your nose? Why?Answer starting with "I would rather have a shark ______.

2. If you saw a shark singing in your shower would you run far away or start singing with the shark? Why? Answer starting with "If I saw shark singing in my shower, I would _____.

3. Are sharks more awesome or scarier? Why? Answer starting with "I think sharks are more _____.

4. Which do you think is the coolest shark? The Nurse Shark, Hammerhead Shark, or the Tiger Shark? Why?

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