Teaching properties of matter with 2 substances: snow & water.
The class was divided into 2. Each group observed one substance. I recorded what each group saw, thought, and wondered.
Students enjoyed the story for it's humor.
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Banyan Tree (Heart of the Village) in India.
Other locales can also make their heart of the village near this tree like the photo of the Court House in Ft. Meyers, Florida which was located next to a Banyan Tree. What was there first??
I drew a heart and put a tree inside the heart. I wrote responses in the heart that the students had talked to their partner about.
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Big Mama's by Donald Crews.
I set out a display of his other books. I observed one student looking through the pile after class. I also received remarks about seeing one of the other books that I was not reading in their classroom; therefore, connections were made before I began reading.
Students were successful in identifying things they did that were different from what he did on his summer vacation by thinking of what they did on theirs. I lead a whip around pass for everyone telling something that they did that was different than what Donald did.
It was a biography and this concept was too high for them to grasp. When I asked if they ever heard of biology or the prefix bio, I did not obtain a response. They did understand Marine Biologist though, but that was too far removed from understanding what a biography is for the class as a whole.
I just checked with a first grade teacher and she said to just repeat the word Biography and tell the students "we are going to read a book about a real person".
And no more or else I will lose them.
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