Summary

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        Some fish live in groups called schools.  A school of fish can be very small or very big.  A school of tuna might have only 25 members.  There might be hundreds of millions of fish in a school of herring!

        Most schools of fish stay together to stay safe from bigger fish that might eat them.  A school of fish does not always stay together, though.  Many schools split up at night so that the members can feed.  In the morning the school gathers again.

        Most schools of fish don't stay together their whole lives.  Babies and adults, for example, swim in different schools.  That is why the fish in a school are mostly the same size.  Other fish come together only form time to time to feed, rest, or breed.

Student Model

        Many fish live in groups called schools.  A school of fish can be small or large.  Most schools of fish stay together for protection from bigger fish.  Some fish, though, form schools only at certain times, for special reasons.