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Week One
An Egg Is an Egg
KWL Chart - Growing
and Changing
This KWL chart is a graphic organizer for recording what students Know, Want to know, and have Learned about growth.
Vocabulary: Growing
and Changing
Review words related to human body growth and development.
How a Seed Grows
Students put together a miniature book about how a seed grows.
Day and Night Activities
This science activity focuses on distinguishing between day and night.
Week Two
Ruby in Her Own Time
Even Though I'm Lavender
Encourage students to accept their differences, and to respect differences in others.
I Draw, You Run
Help students come up with complimentary comments about their peers.
Dawdle Duckling
Here's a curriculum guide to Dawdle Duckling, a story about a little duckling who swims to the beat of his own drummer.
My Timeline
Students draw pictures and write about each year of their life to create a personal timeline.
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The Leveled Reader Online Database
The Leveled Reader Online Database gives access to over 1000 titles and is searchable by level, skills, author, genre, topic, and more.
Teachers can download and print books in color or black and white, download practice pages, or assign texts to students electronically. Students can hear the story read by a professional narrator.
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Week Three
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The Color of Home
Use these ideas to talk with children about the feelings associated with being homesick.
In My House
Students write house-related words inside the house outline.
The Country Cat and
the City Cat
This reading activity helps build skills in understanding hard and soft "c."
Spike in the City
Read aloud this story of a dog and his adventure in a city.
Skyscrapers Poetry Pack
Students will construct a drawing demonstrating understanding of descriptive details from the poem and other texts.
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Week Four
Frog and Toad Together
Follow the Frog
Form compound words to help the frog get back to his log.
Soda Bottle Terrarium
Students can make their own mini-environments with plastic soda bottles, seeds, and small plants.
The Little Green Sprout
This science activity focuses on seed germination and growth.
Herbs in the Classroom
Grow herbs indoors all year by creating a mini-greenhouse.
Family Activities: Plants
These home-based activities include a plant guessing game and a seed planting challenge.
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Weekly Amazing Words
Weekly Amazing Words expand and enhance children's vocabulary and understanding of the world around them. Children practice and reinforce the words through the literature and the Talk with Me/Sing with Me Charts.
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Week Five
I'm a Caterpillar
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Use these activities to enhance the reading of this charming story, which follows a caterpillar as it grows from egg to cocoon to butterfly.
Butterfly Facts
This science activity focuses on facts about butterflies.
A Butterfly's Life Cycle
This science activity focuses on the butterfly's life cycle.
The Butterfly's Story
Students pretend to be a butterfly talking to a butterfly larva and tell the larva how it will change as it grows up.
Cycle of Life - Butterfly
Follow the sequence of events in the life cycle of a butterfly.
Week Six
Where Are My Animal Friends?
Seasonal Changes
This activity focuses on how people, plants, and animals adapt to seasonal changes.
What Is Your Favorite Season?
This is a survey form for recording students' favorite seasons.
Animals in Winter
Students offer suggestions as to how the animals stay warm over winter.
Jan Brett Winter Books
Four Jan Brett books are featured, with activities and resources.
As Soon as It's Fall
Poetry Pack
In this exercise, students attempt to explain the main idea suggested by the author.
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