Reading and Learning about Orphan elephants!

The stripes reading group have been investigating the plight of Orphan Elephants in Kenya.  We discovered this story and then also this video to help us make more connections and increase our comprehension.
An interesting watch...

  

Here are some things that this group learnt.

Riki-Lee - I found out that the orphan elephants need to be feed by the keepers every three hours for two years!  The keepers teach the babies how to survive in the wild when they are about three years old.

Aimee - Some elephants can be born blind.  Elephants at the orphanage like to play soccer.  You breathe in an elephants trunk and they will remember you forever.

Makayla - The keepers put mud on the elephants to protect them from getting sunburnt.  The keeper feed the orphans morning and night, every three hours.

Preston - The orphans mothers get killed by poachers for their tusks.  If a baby elephant sees this, it will never forget it and this can make them very scared for a long time.

Recko - A female elephant can bury the orphaned elephants if they are weak, even if they are alive.  The keepers sleep with the orphans, in the same room, otherwise the elephants get upset and make loud noises.

Jack - I never knew that baby elephants like to play soccer.  I never knew that the people breath into their trunks to help them remember them.  I never knew that the keepers slept with the baby elephants.

Well done everyone!  You have worked hard and learnt a lot, some of this was pretty tricky stuff!

Be proud of yourselves.