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**__Reading Instruction__ (K-3) **
__Vocabulary:__ muggy, sugar maple, bark, sphagnum moss, wood duck, raccoon, dangles, shallow, crater, sunfish, swamp azalea, bank, beaver, painted terrapin, filmy, garter snake, scolds, great blue heron, squishy, mussel shells, river otter. __Adjectives:__ warm, muggy, old, dead, soft, shallow, broken, sunny, large, long, filmy, red, gray, quiet, still, pink, squishy. __Sequencing: __ Beginning, Middle, and End *As with all literature, this book is a great way to teach and practice sequencing. __﻿﻿Comprehension Strategies: __ Asking Questions, Making Predictions, Making Connections, and Inferring. *Since this book deals with gathering clues and making predictions with regard to science, it is additionally a great book to practice the above comprehension strategies.
 * *This book is rich in science vocabulary and adjectives. These words can be used in a Word Work lesson on Phonemic Awareness using elkonin boxes and/or Phonics using whiteboards or magnetic letters. **

== **__Science Instruction __ (K-3) ** == Living Things Habitat-POND Gathering Clues and Making Predictions Map Making <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 18px;">Nature Walks

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====<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px 0px;">Illustration of pond and living things (great picture to hang in classroom) ==== http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.thefeltsource.com/DownByThePondLarge.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.thefeltsource.com/Down-By-The-Pond.html&h=539&w=781&sz=162&tbnid=9k_BUEZheiMKXM:&tbnh=99&tbnw=143&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpond%2Benvironment&zoom=1&q=pond+environment&hl=en&usg=__YcYJGAN9kRRx56r9k3vRMqkVABk=&sa=X&ei=WBOyTITvCsP7lwfvz9XmDw&ved=0CCsQ9QEwAA__

====<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px 0px;">__U.S. Forest Service: Investigating your Environment/PONDS (activities and lesson plans)__ ==== __http://www.fs.fed.us/outdoors/nrce/iye/unique/chpond.pdf__

====<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px 0px;">__"All Eyes on the Pond" (Primary Lesson: Science, Secondary Lesson:Language Arts-3rd grade)__ ==== __http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ScienceLALifeInAPond3.htm__