It’s the first Friday in June and it’s June 1. I think it’s a sign that June is going to be a GREAT month! (This particular pairing of a first Friday on the very first day of the month won’t happen again until February 2019.)
This month’s giveaway includes an adorable plush great white shark named Gilbert and his very own picture book titled “Gilbert the Great.” The book explores a close friendship that suddenly changes when one friend moves far away with his family. This month’s prize also includes a new pack of colorful fine-tip markers, which are guaranteed to make paper grading more fun in the fall!
To enter for a chance to win this “shark-tacular” prize, leave your answer to the question below in the comment section. Be sure to do this before midnight, June 10.
What is your favorite ocean animal?
Check out these six shark facts!
• Sharks have eyelids. (I can’t say I’ll be checking this out anytime soon!)
• Sharks can only swim forward. (Interesting!)
• Sharks’ eyes are located on the sides of their head so they can have a better view of their surroundings. (Insert the theme music from the movie Jaws….)
• Sharks have the thickest skin of any animal species. Some sharks have skin up to six inches thick! (No wonder they don’t get wrinkles!)
• Sharks do not have vocal chords. They make no sound. (It’s new classroom management strategy: Be silent like a shark!)
• There are almost 50 different shark species that glow in the dark. These sharks use light-emitting organs called photospheres. (Who knew?)
Dolphins for me!
Diane
PS: Get your students outdoors for some fresh-air fun. Click here for super-cute activities.
My favorite ocean animals are dolphins.
Killer whales…love these
Absolutely beautiful
Dolphins! ????????
Dolphins
Dolphins!
Whales
As a child, my brother was obsessed with sharks. He carried around a kleenex box full of sharks that he drew and I would be forced to pull a shark out of the box and listen to my brother ramble facts about that shark. Now, many decades later, I have a vast knowledge of sharks from him and him forcing me to watch PBS specials about sharks. My students love when I share all this knowledge with them!
My class has really taken a shine to sea turtles. I love teaching about any ocean creature but sea turtles are fascinating. I like to introduce them right after Earth Day because there are lots of conservation issues that can be covered regarding the health and safety of sea turtles. This is always a class favorite!
sea turtles!
My favorite ocean mammals would be the whales,
specially the Beluga whales.
I love seahorses
The Dolphins. I remember watching a TV series back a few years ago with a Dolphin called “Flipper”. I got to see see them up close on a Caribbean Cruise with my daughter and the Girl Scouts. Also saw them at the Dolphin Show at Brookfield,Zoo in Chicago, Illinois.
I love manatees
My favorite fish is dolphins. Every summer when we go to Wildwood Crest, NJ we see dolphins swimming up and down the coast.
Dolphins, ever since I got to see LOTS swimming alongside our cruise ship last summer!
Dolphins love listening to them talk.
Dolphins are my favorite!!!
All ocean life is facinating to me! I live in the middle of the US, so I rarely get to see these creatures. I really like the personality of dolphins.
Octopus!
Jellyfish
Seals
Sea turtles????
Sea turtles
The Grey whales as they migrate south past our Oregon coastline. They are majestical..
Sea Turtle
Sea Turtles!! Love them and so do my kids
Dolphins and star fish
Baby sharks..(doo doo doo doo doo) ????????
See what I did there? Ha! ????????
My friends and I like to randomly sing this to cause an earworm. It’s been months now! Life with the Littles makes you a little mad I think. But on a good way.
I love sea turtles!
Dolphins always seem to be having so much fun…so I guess dolphins.
Orca
I like the sea turtles best.
Too many to choose from….today my favorite is whales.
Our favorite (my son and I) love dolphins! I teach kinder at the school he just graduated Kindergarten at and our school mascot is “Finley the dolphin!” Our motto for our school is “We can’t hide our dolphin pride!” He would love to win the shark and story as he has also become a strong reader while in kinder and we are so proud!
Octopus ????
They are great for nursery school math activities and there are tons of cute crafts you can do revolving around them!
My favorite ocean animal are whales! ????????????????????????????????
My favorite would be a dolphin. Someday I would love to swim with them
Sea turtles are my favorite!
I like manatees the best.
I have always loved sea horses
Dolphins
whale shark
Beluga whales. Those sweet marshmallow heads get me every time!
I love manatees and sea turtles! Octopuses are pretty cool too!
Octopus!
Sea turtles
My favorite ocean animal is a humpback whale. Love, love to see them breech!
Sharks
Jellyfish!!
Sharks
Sea turtles are definitely my favorite. They seem so gentle and are amazing creatures.
Starfish
The ocean is full of so many wonderful creatures. I sure love the white shark and sea stars and my little guys LOVES all sharks! He made up a shark, ‘The Rainbow Pickle Ahark’ who Lives in the waters off of Africa.
I adore sea turtles.
There are so many fabulous sea creatures but I have always loved star fish or sea star. I fortunate enough to grow up by the water and have loved them since I was a child.
Without a doubt, sea horses!
For our 25th Anniversary, 6 years ago I was able to swim with the dolphins ????, that is my favorite ocean animal!
Dolphins!
Dolphins
Dolphins for me!
Dolphins
Sea Otter!
Under the sea is our topic at the minute and the children have engaged so much! I would have to say the octopus is my favourite ocean animal, as we have learned so many interesting facts about them.
Manatee
Seahorse
Dolphins… Definitely dolphins
Definitely sea turtles!!
My favorite ocean animal would have to be dolphins. They are adorable.
Sea turtle!
Seahorses for me! What wouythe mermaids ride without them?
Starfish
Dolphins!
My favorite ocean animal is the star fish. I love echinoderms! The kid in me still thinks that it is amazingly cool that they shoot out their stomachs to eat. How impressive would that be on a dinner date?!
I love dolphins!
Do I have to name just one? Dolphins, Sea Turtles, Belugas and Manatees, I love them all. I guess dolphins the most but not by much.
My favorite ocean animal is a seahorse.
Seahorses and penguins
Starfish ⭐️
Sea turtles
Seahorse
Loved reading Mister Seahorse by Eric Carle.
Sharks of course!!
Dolphins are definitely my favorite!
Sharks are my favorite ocean animal!!
My favorite ocean animal is the octopus! ????
Love, love, love dolphins!
I love whales!!!
The octopus is one of my favorites.
Sea dragons are really different and fun to see. I love sharing fiction and nonfiction stories about animals with my kindergarten class. They seem to like dolphins and sharks.
Narwhals!
Whale sharks are my favorite ocean animals.
I love connecting stories with a stuffed animal from the book! It brings the story to life!
I love dolphins!
Horseshoe crab
Tropical fish are my favorite ocean animal❤️
I absolutely love dolphins!
Seahorse
I love whales! So majestic!
Starfish ⭐️
It is so hard to have just one favorite ocean animal- seahorses, whales, and turtles, but if I have to ……..whales as they are so interesting, having once been a land animal and twice a water animal.
Sea otters! ????
My favorite ocean animal is a dolphin.
Dolphin
I love sea turtles!!! They are beautiful and peaceful creatures.
Humpback Whale
Sharks. They make the best movies!
I love all sea creatures! Our family went on vacation to the beach a few years ago & a school of manta rays swam by my daughter & me. It was amazing! I believe the manta rays are my favorite!
I don’t know that I could pick a favorite. I love seals and sea turtles, dolphins are very cool too. I love sea otters too!
Dolphins
Humpback whales!
I really like dolphins because they are very intelligent. I do happen to have a fondness for sharks as well because they are the mascot at my school that I teach at so that is why I would love to have this book to enjoy with my students!
Jellyfish but only to look at.
Whales have always intrigued me.
Sea turtles
Whales are fascinating! ????
Definitely love sharks!
dolphins, colorful tropical fish, star fish…
Dolphins are fun to watch surface but squid and their “cousins” cuttlefish are fascinating to me!
Jellyfish!
I love otters! ????
I love dolphins ????
I love dolphins
My favorite ocean animal is a dolphin, because dolphins are very intelligent, empathetic animals. They can communicate with and understand each other. And, they can also communicate with people. They seem very curious as well. Here is a video telling how intelligent dolphins are: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05PpTqtGhGU .
Sea lions
Sea turtles!
Octopus
Dolphins
Sharks are my favorite!
The seahorse
I love dolphins
Jellyfish! !
Sharks!
Sea turtles!!!
I love seals
Great blue whale cause it’s the biggest!
Parrot Fish
Penguins!
Dolphins have always been my favorite… but sea turtles too. When my husband and I were on our honeymoon in Hawaii we were snorkeling and these giant sea turtles (2 or 3 of them) swam right by us. It was amazing.
Sea turtles!
My favorite ocean animals are Octopuses ????!
My favorite ocean animals are Octopuses ????!
I love all but sea turtles are probably my favorite!
Sea turtles.
My favorite is the leafy sea dragon.
The sea turtle would be my favorite
I like lobsters! Super cool creatures!
I love the lion fish. So unique!!!
Roo many fave sea animals but I’ll say the seahorse.
Dolphins are my favorite.
So many to choose from! I’ll choose dolphins!
I have a few ocean favorites. Lol. I love manatees, sea turtles, and sea horses. Not sure if I could pick just one. I also love the orca whale. They are gorgeous creatures. ????
My favorite is whales ????!
I love sea turtles! This would be fun to win as I’m moving from 4th to 1st next year!
My favorite ocean animal is either a manatee or a dolphin.
Shark
Sea turtles by fat
Sharks!!! My classroom has many and. Am always wearing something with a shark on it. I’m also a HUGE San JoseShaeks fan!!! Go Sharks!!!
Jelly fish
My favorite is a Narwhale!
There are so many wonderful ocean animals it’s difficult to pick just one:
Dolphins are on the top of my list.
Dolphins! (My one and only tattoo) Killer whales. Penguins.
I think the octopus is my favorite, with the sea turtle a very close runner-up!
My daughter and I are a big fan of sea stars!
My 16 yr old daughter has rubbed off on me- narwhals!!!
Manatee
Dolphins are my favorite!
Love sea turtles!
I would have to say my favorite sea animal would be a lobster. They are pretty interesting sea creature!
Sea otters are my favorite ocean animal!
My favorite ocean animal is a sea turtle.
The leafy sea dragon and killer whales.
Seahorses!!!❤️❤️
My favorite ani would be a chimpanzee.
I love narwhals!
Belugas, love them
I love sea turtles.
Dolphins are my favorite sea animal.
My favorite animal is a shark ocean or in the world! Great white ????????????
I love all of the different types of fish! Their colors and differences intrigue me. My son is two and loves sharks and jelly fish! He would love this book and stuffed shark. ????????????
Penguins
Sea horses! They are unique and beautiful just like my children!
Whales. No…seahorses. Wait, no…sharks. I can’t decide!
Manatees…they are so ugly that they are cute!
Fascinated by ALL the amazing creatures in the ocean! One favorite is difficult to choose… Seahorse… Dolphin… Narwhal…Clown Fish
The Remora 😉
Manatees
My favorite ocean animal is the shark! My whole family loves them! My daughter even wants her 3rd birthday party to be sharks! This little guy would be perfect for it!
My favorite ocean animal is the manatee. They are so interesting to learn about!
LOVE Sharks!! I’ve been obsessed with the movie JAWS Since I was old Enough to see it! Even did a Jaws themed “ monster “ preschool graduation a few years back to honor the movies 40th anniversary!!
Gilbert looks awesome! I love hammerhead sharks best, but great whites are classic.
Dolphins or octopus, they are both fascinating creatures,
My daughter loves sharks and I would pick dolphins.
Stingrays
Dolphins are my Favorite
My favorite sea animals are Manta Rays. I love their smiley faces.
Sea turtles are my favorite, they work so hard both in and out of the water!
The Seahorse!
So many cool creatures, but I’ll say the manatee!
Sea turtles
My favorite ocean animal is the manatee.
I have to go with the Sunfish. Gental giants who are just amazing to look at.
Thank you!
????Dolphins!!
My favorite ocean animal is the sea turtle!! I am fortunate to have been able to swim with/near them on several occasions.
That a hard question! I’ll go with dolphins?
My favorite ocean animal is the Parrotfish!
Dolphins are my favorite ocean animal!
I would have to go with sea turtles…beautiful creatures on sand and in the water!
Basking sharks are very interesting. I found out about them when I was modeling an ocean animal report for my 3rd graders. I still have the PowerPoint that accompanied it and show it to my new classes each year. Their gill rakers are what stands out in my mind.
My favorite is the Manatee!
I love Dolphins! they are so cute!
My favorite sea animals are whales, followed closely by sea turtles and manatees. : )
If reincarnation is real, I would love to change me back as a dolphin. They seem so playful and helpful and smart!
Jellyfish!
Seahorse!
My favorite ocean animams has always been sharks. I watch a lot of shark week shows and enjoy shark movies.
Ooooo… hard to choose but dolphins!!!
I love dolphins!
Sea turtle!!
Dolphin
The Green Sea Turtle! I have always loved them!
My favorite sea animal Is the star fish !
Angler Fish
My favorite ocean animal is the PUFFER FISH!!!!!!
Dolphins for me!
Seahorses are my favorite ????
Sea Turtles! I think they are amazing and graceful creatures.
I have always loved dolphins.
Narwhals
I love watching baby sea turtles emerge from their nest and make their long journey toward the ocean. I have been lucky to see this happen on several occasions in Emerald Isle, NC over the years. Emerald Isle is a sea turtle sanctuary! ????❤
I love to watch all ocean creatures but I will go with sea turtles
Octopus is my very favorite!
Dolphins! So graceful and cheerful. They are also intelligent.
I’ve always loved dolphins!????
*did not mean to put all those ? Marks! Lol
Whale shark. They are beautiful. If my son had a say, he would say goblin shark or humpback whale. He is having a humpback whale birthday party in December!
Jellyfishing, jellyfishing, jellyfishing!!!
Stingrays
Dolphins are my absolute favorite ocean animal.
Starfish….Sea Turtles and Jelly fish!
The great white shark
Octopus!
I love sharks!
My favorite ocen animal (to learn about) is rhe shark. Did you know that a shark’s poop is spiral?
Ever since Flipper, it has been dolphins!
I love octopus, sharks, and stingrays!
Belugas for me!
So hard to chose. I think dolphins are my personal favorite. However we are having the best time with the Baby Shark song. It’s kind of turned into a game among my adult friends to randomly sing it to cause an ear worm. I like to do the dance remix.
dolphins!
It’s hard to name just 1 favorite sea animal… so here are my favorites
Seahorse, starfish, sea turtles and dolphins
My sons favorite is the sea otter. I don’t know where he got this love from but if there is a otter exhibit anywhere near us we have to go see the otters. We actually went to the mountains of N.C. because there is an otter exhibit at the western nature museum.
Sea turtles
My favorite is the dolphin!
My favorite ocean animal would be a sea turtle.
My favorite animal in the ocean is a jellyfish
I love manatees. They are such gentle, beautiful animals.
My favorite ocean animals are manatees.
I would have to say my favorite ocean animal is sharks. They capture my student’s interest more than any other animal.
There are several cool sea creatures, but I have a fascination with sharks! I can’t wait for Shark Week!
My favorite ocean animals are dolphins!! I have yet to see one on our beach trips! We have seen sharks though close to the pier!!
My favorite ocean animal is the shark. I don’t want to meet one face-to-face, but I find them fascinating.
I love teaching about the oceans! My favorite ocean animal is the shark. My students adore learning facts about this animal.
My favorite ocean animal is a dolphin!
Seahorses are my favorite ocean animal!
So many tough choices! I love dolphins and penguins, but my favorite ocean animals are sea otters, because they remind me so much of my favorite dog breed the dachshund.
My favorite ocean animal is a seal!
Sea turtles
Whale sharks!
Sea turtles are my favorite! I love them!
My boys always loved the sharks, but I like sea turtles
Sea turtles!
Sea turtles
Sea turtles are my favorite.
I like a star fish and a sea horse. I enjoy doing a theme about the ocean creatures.
We are presently doing the theme about under the sea
My favorite ocean animal is a seahorse
Starfish
Manatee
I love the octopus!!
My favorite sea animals are sea turtles. We were excited to get to see a nest just hatching from a dune on our vacation one year. It was so much fun, but oh what a struggle to get to the water!! Cutest little things ever!
Jellyfish
Dolphins are my favorite.
Dolphins
The otter is my favorite. I saw them at the Monterey Bay Awuarium and fell in love!
Sea Turtles are my favorite ocean animal.
My favorite sea animal is the sea turtle!
Sea Turtles! Two years ago I got to see baby sea turtles hatch and make their way to the water, it was the most amazing thing!
Sea turtles are my favorite!!
Otters!
I love sea turtles the most.
Dolphins! ????????
Dolphins
I love sharks! The things that scare me the most are fascinating!
We love turtles! ????
Dolphins!
I love dolphins.
I love the ocean and it’s inhabitants. It’s difficult choosing just one. Hmmmmm…. I guess I will choose manatees .
Dolphins ????
My favorite ocean animal has to be the dolphin!
Dolphins I got to see some when I went to the beach.
I love sea turtles!
Octopus
I love seahorses!
My favorite Ocean animal is the tiger shark.
Dolphins!
My favorite aquatic animal is whales of all kinds.
My favorite ocean animals are whales of all kinds.
I love puffer fish!
Sea horses
Dolphins ???? but I have to say I was very impressed with everything that I learned about sharks when I did a unit on them with my class!
I love dolphins.
Octopus
I have always LOVED sea turtles! They are majestic!
Dolphins are my favorite, with sea turtles being a close second!
Turtles!!!
Sea Turtles are my favorite ocean animals. I was able to watch them hatch and make their way to the ocean. So amazing!
???? turtles ????
Octopus
Dolphins!!
My favorite ocean animal is the octopus.
Sea turtles are my favorite!
Sea Turtles
My favorite, if this counts, is the fictional mermaid. If real, the sea turtle.
My favorite sea animals are dolphins!
Seahorse
Dolphins
Octopus!
Dolphins
Sea turtles, but my son loves sharks!
My favorite ocean animal is the manatee! They are so darn cute!
Whale ????
My favorite ocean animal is the salmon. It’s strong, determined, focused, and resilient. (It does also taste good and is a healthy fish).
Dolphins
Sting ray
Mine is the whale. So graceful
Dolphin or sea turtles
My favorite ocean animal is a whale.
Sea turtles
I love sharks, dolphins, sea turtles, and sea horses.
Seahorse
My favorite would be the seahorse.
Sea turtles for me!
Jellyfish!
Dolphins
Killer Whales
Beluga whales, they alway look happy ????.
Manatees! Gentle little giants!
Walrus!
Sharks! Always the favorite for my students during our ocean unit!
Seahorse
Sea otters
Sea Turtles 🙂
Sharks! My EC kiddos love all things sharks (especially the song Baby Shark ????)
Sea horses are so cool!!
Sea Otters!!!