A seal is a mammal that can live both in and out of the water. Seals are gray in color and have thin layers of flat flippers and hairy coats for protection from sand and rocks. Seals are six meters long and weigh about 150 pounds. Most seals eat a variety of fish and shellfish. Seals live in the northern hemisphere and they do not migrate.

2. Description:

Pregnant female seals go up on land every spring to have their pups. It takes almost a full year for a pregnant female seal to have a pup. They have one pup each year. Seals travel in small groups or large herds and often rest together on land.

1. General Classification:

A seal is a mammal that can live both in and out of the water. Seals are gray in color and have thin layers of flat flippers and hairy coats for protection from sand and rocks. Seals are six meters long and weigh about 150 pounds. Most seals eat a variety of fish and shellfish. Seals live in the northern hemisphere and they do not migrate.

2. Description:

Pregnant female seals go up on land every spring to have their pups. It takes almost a full year for a pregnant female seal to have a pup. They have one pup each year. Seals travel in small groups or large herds and often rest together on land.

Language Features:

1. Simple Present Tense: (A seal is… Seals are… Seals live… Seals eat…)

2. Nouns: (seal, mammal, flippers, coats, fish, shellfish, etc.).

3. Verbs: (live, eat, migrate, have, travel, rest, etc.).

4. Technical terms:(flippers, hairy coats, pregnant, pup, migrate, herd)