We have been busy learning about the life cycle of sockeye salmon. Sally the Salmon has been teaching us all about her life as she went through her different stages of development. During her travel back, she begins to change and she notices lots of her other friends are beginning to change too. They are all changing to a bright red colour with green heads and green tail. Wow! And the male salmon are all getting big humps on their backs and their mouths are becoming more hooked with sharp teeth. What a transformation! Finally back at her home, Sally the Salmon finds a mate, digs a redd and lays her eggs. Her male partner fertilizes the eggs with milt and then Sally carefully covers her eggs with small rocks by swishing her tail around. She doesn't want any predators - like birds or bigger fish - to eat her eggs. She wants the life cycle to continue!
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AuthorI'm Mrs. MacDonald. Welcome to a window into our kindergarten classroom. My goal of this blog is to give you an opportunity to see some of the things that we are doing at school. Enjoy! Archives
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