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Learning about oviparous animals is a fun topic for young children. They love learning about animals that hatch from eggs and of course, this gives us a chance to think about that age old question – What came first…the chicken or the egg? What are oviparous animals? I like to begin most lessons with a read aloud so we… Read More
Comparing Long Ago and Today is always a fun lesson with my students. They are fascinated at the differences between their life today and kids long ago! We started our lesson with a non fiction powerpoint story that compares life long ago to today. This is a great story because it gives lots of examples, with real photos, of how… Read More
Are you looking for some new winter activities? How about a mini unit on Evergreen Trees? This is a great topic to study with your kids in the snowy month of January since the evergreen stays green all winter! Who says you can only make evergreens in December, right? So here’s a new take on the old Christmas tree! The perfect… Read More
Hey friends! Last week we had fun learning about trees. We follow Journeys and our weekly story was a chapter from “Poppleton Forever” called “The Tree”. ? It was the perfect opportunity to combine Reading with Science, so we learned all about trees! Our comprehension strategy that we were focusing on this week was Story Structure – Characters, Setting and… Read More
