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Weekly Reader, Edition 1 (including Science Spin)
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May 1, 2008
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Ask children to listen carefully as you read the story. Then invite them to circle the word or words that correctly answer each question below.
We Like Ocean Animals!
Buddy's friends were looking at a book about ocean animals. They counted eight long arms on an octopus. Buddy thought the sea star was most interesting. Jenna loved the orange-striped clown fish. Ann wanted to swim like a shark. Then the teacher surprised the children. She told them the class was going to visit an aquarium!
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sea star
The Oxford American College Dictionary;
5 words
...sea star • n. a starfish.
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Sea Star
Click;
January 1, 2005 ;
Silverman, Buffy;
492 words
...Sea Star grips the rocky ocean bottom near shore...the tips of hundreds of little tubes that Sea Star uses as feet to crawl along the ocean floor...waves carry the smell of clams to her. Sea Star is always ready for a meal. Her muscles...
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STARS OF THE SEA.(facts about starfish)
Ranger Rick;
December 1, 1999 ;
Schleichert, Elizabeth;
646 words
......you can't hang this sparkling candy-cane sea star on your tree. But it and other underwater...can have as many as 16 arms. This smooth sea star nearly glows in the dark. A pincushion...But do you know how cool they are? A sea star has a mouth, but no head. It can squeeze...
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What lives in our Oceans?
Weekly Reader, Edition 1 (including Science Spin);
April 1, 2004 ;
157 words
......not harm clown fish. This clown fish blows on its eggs to keep them clean. Meet Other Ocean Animals Sea Star The sea star lives in the ocean. When a sea star loses an arm, a new arm grows in its place. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Eel The eel lives...
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COCK ISLAND RACE GONE WITH THE WIND.(LOCAL)
The Virginian Pilot;
July 21, 1996 ;
Joyce, Marie;
778 words
......arranges the races. Their crew on the Sea Star - including David's wife, Sherl, and his...as a toddler, it swats haphazardly at Sea Star. ``Let's tack, guys! Let's tack!'' yells...they don't get conked by the boom. As Sea Star tips sharply to the right, or starboard...
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Kroger Names Sea Star Seafood, Seafood Supplier of the Year.
PR Newswire;
June 23, 2008 ;
255 words
......organizations in the country, awarded Sea Star Seafood Corporation its coveted Seafood...very special is that it was presented to Sea Star on May 19, 2008 in Kroger's 125th year in business and Sea Star's 25th year. Over the last century and...
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Betting Bureau: Sea to star for Cecil despite stable's poor spell.(Sports)
The Racing Post (London, England);
May 15, 2002 ;
533 words
......prohibitive-looking odds of 9-4 against Sea Star should not be shunned when the Henry Cecil-train...nowhere to go for a quarter of a mile, Sea Star finally found some daylight in the last...of the Cecil yard at present, because Sea Star has been running through it. With the...
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Bureau: Take Sea Star to confirm his improvement; Bold King worth a saver...
The Racing Post (London, England);
May 1, 2002 ;
486 words
......Fox IT was a competitive handicap that Sea Star won in style at the Newmarket Craven meeting...look as though the handicapper had done Sea Star any favours with a mark of 89 before the...pass over what looks a very good bet. Sea Star looks as though he is a much-improved...
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Sea Star expands shipping fleet; jobs to follow.
Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville, FL);
October 27, 2005 ;
347 words
...Byline: Timothy J. Gibbons Oct. 27--Sea Star Line is adding another vessel to its Puerto...the company president said would allow Sea Star to provide better customer service as...go down to one ship, said Frank Peake, Sea Star Line's president and chief operating officer...
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ZOO UPDATE: CHOCOLATE CHIP SEA STAR.(Weekend)
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);
January 6, 2005 ;
325 words
...A chocolate chip sea star has recently been added to the clown...or orange cookie. Each chocolate chip sea star is unique in appearance and can grow...starfish, it is actually an invertebrate. A sea star does not have a backbone, but it does...
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Lighthouse, BLA steer joint course.
New Zealand Herald (Auckland, New Zealand);
March 29, 2008 ;
171 words
......are now marketing and selling Teleflex's Sea Star hydraulic steering systems after an agreement...of sales and technical experience with Sea Star products and can offer strong aftermarket support. Sea Star is the world leader in marine hydraulic...
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Arms control
Natural History;
April 1, 2002 ;
Rice, Judy;
179 words
......coast of British CoLumbia, a sunflower sea star prepares to spawn, using a dozen or so...Fleet, large, and voracious, the sunflower sea star roams cool, shallow Pacific waters hunting...one biologist, ominously. The sunflower sea star can be a full thirty inches in diameter...
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The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Transportation Report.
The Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);
February 11, 2002 ;
508 words
......Christopher Calnan Feb. 11--Jacksonville's Sea Star Line made two announcements last week relating to its service to Puerto Rico. Sea Star said it reached an agreement with Carrier...and collect equipment rental fees from Sea Star customers in Puerto Rico. Carrier started...
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CHARACTERIZATION OF NOVEL GENES EXPRESSED DURING LARVAL SEA STAR...
Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science;
January 1, 2000 ;
260 words
......OF NOVEL GENES EXPRESSED DURING LARVAL SEA STAR REGENERATION. Michael C. L. Vickery, Minako...present study, bipinnaria larvae of the sea star Luidia foliolata were surgically bisected...systems of vertebrates. We propose that the sea star regeneration-associat ed protease gene...
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SGI SERVES EDUCATION AND SCIENCE IN CHINA
AsiaInfo Services;
February 9, 1998 ;
128 words
......February 9, AsiaInfo Services, Inc -- SGI and Sea Star Company, its Chinese sales agent, recently...inthe field of computer according to which Sea Star Company should provide Qinghua, SGI's...established. Within the recent time, SGI and Sea Star Company have won many other programs ...
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