This document provides an overview of ancient Greek and biblical mythology. It discusses the time periods of ancient Greece from the 8th century BCE to the 1st century CE and classical Greece from the 5th to 4th century BCE. Famous ancient Greek poets like Homer and Hesiod who wrote about Greek mythology are mentioned. The document also outlines the biblical tradition originating in ancient Palestine/Israel between the 2nd and 6th century BCE. Key figures in biblical mythology like Abraham and events in the biblical creation myth are summarized and compared to the Greek creation myth described by Hesiod.
The document provides biographical information about author Joyce Sidman and summarizes some of her published works and themes. Sidman was born in 1956 in Connecticut and graduated from Wesleyan University. She teaches poetry writing to children and has published several poetry collections that focus on themes of nature, animals, and insects. Her writing employs techniques like personification, metaphor, and imagery to bring nature to life from an animal's perspective. The document includes an example poem about cattails changing with the seasons and suggests ways to use Sidman's works in the classroom, such as nature observation journals.
The story is about a lion and a mouse. The lion wakes up annoyed when the mouse runs over him. He catches the mouse but lets him go after the mouse promises to help the lion someday. Later, hunters trap the lion in a net and the mouse saves him by gnawing through the ropes with his sharp teeth. The lion thanks the mouse for rescuing him and realizes he should not underestimate smaller creatures.
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This document provides activities for ring-O based on books and songs. The first activity is for the book "When Moon Fell Down" and involves reading the story, discussing if it is fantasy or reality, asking questions about the moon, and having students observe the moon. The second activity is for the book "Shape Capers" and has students identify shapes, cut out shapes to make an animal picture, and write about their animal. The third activity is for the book "Countdown to Kindergarten" and involves reading, counting, identifying rhyming words, and sorting objects by size and shape.
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- Observations of children playing with animal toys and imitating animal sounds and movements.
- A circle time reading of the book "Animal Boogie" which involved children moving to music about different animals.
- Evaluation that children remained interested in animals and the topic would support inquiry-based learning activities exploring properties of different animals.
- Plans for future activities involving matching animals, observing sinking and floating, painting animal patterns, counting, and more.
This document provides 3 easy outdoor activities families can do together in the fall:
1. Alphabet Hunt - Look for letters of the alphabet in nature like branches forming letters.
2. Nature Detectives - Give kids a list of natural items to find and observe in nature.
3. Leafy Fun - Do leaf-themed games and crafts like a leaf rubbing or leaf matching game.
This document provides an overview of ancient Greek and biblical mythology. It discusses the time periods of ancient Greece from the 8th century BCE to the 1st century CE and classical Greece from the 5th to 4th century BCE. Famous ancient Greek poets like Homer and Hesiod who wrote about Greek mythology are mentioned. The document also outlines the biblical tradition originating in ancient Palestine/Israel between the 2nd and 6th century BCE. Key figures in biblical mythology like Abraham and events in the biblical creation myth are summarized and compared to the Greek creation myth described by Hesiod.
The document provides biographical information about author Joyce Sidman and summarizes some of her published works and themes. Sidman was born in 1956 in Connecticut and graduated from Wesleyan University. She teaches poetry writing to children and has published several poetry collections that focus on themes of nature, animals, and insects. Her writing employs techniques like personification, metaphor, and imagery to bring nature to life from an animal's perspective. The document includes an example poem about cattails changing with the seasons and suggests ways to use Sidman's works in the classroom, such as nature observation journals.
The story is about a lion and a mouse. The lion wakes up annoyed when the mouse runs over him. He catches the mouse but lets him go after the mouse promises to help the lion someday. Later, hunters trap the lion in a net and the mouse saves him by gnawing through the ropes with his sharp teeth. The lion thanks the mouse for rescuing him and realizes he should not underestimate smaller creatures.
This document provides activities for preschool and kindergarten students based on books and songs. It includes summaries of children's books, such as When Moon Fell Down about the moon falling to Earth and meeting animals. Activities are suggested for each book, such as reading it aloud, asking questions, identifying shapes, and retelling the story. The activities aim to develop language arts and science skills while engaging multiple intelligences.
This document provides activities for ring-O based on books and songs. The first activity is for the book "When Moon Fell Down" and involves reading the story, discussing if it is fantasy or reality, asking questions about the moon, and having students observe the moon. The second activity is for the book "Shape Capers" and has students identify shapes, cut out shapes to make an animal picture, and write about their animal. The third activity is for the book "Countdown to Kindergarten" and involves reading, counting, identifying rhyming words, and sorting objects by size and shape.
The document describes a preschool educator's exploration of children's interest in animals. It includes:
- Observations of children playing with animal toys and imitating animal sounds and movements.
- A circle time reading of the book "Animal Boogie" which involved children moving to music about different animals.
- Evaluation that children remained interested in animals and the topic would support inquiry-based learning activities exploring properties of different animals.
- Plans for future activities involving matching animals, observing sinking and floating, painting animal patterns, counting, and more.
This document provides 3 easy outdoor activities families can do together in the fall:
1. Alphabet Hunt - Look for letters of the alphabet in nature like branches forming letters.
2. Nature Detectives - Give kids a list of natural items to find and observe in nature.
3. Leafy Fun - Do leaf-themed games and crafts like a leaf rubbing or leaf matching game.
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(2010 4) What a Wonderful World (Phono)MissHayleyMac
Wednesdays at the library offer storytimes for 2-3 year olds featuring music and books. Songs like "Wonderful World" are sung to help children learn the sounds that make up words. Rhyming books and songs that incorporate movement are shared to engage children. The storytime also highlights the importance of caring for the earth by reducing litter and recycling. Families are encouraged to have conversations about recycling and sort materials during outdoor activities.
The document provides details for thematic units on various topics for 1st-3rd grade students, including ants, the moon, sharks, frogs, bats, tornadoes, spiders, alligators, fire safety, volcanoes, butterflies, dinosaurs, the human body, teeth, whales, boats, the ocean, seasons, and pets. Each unit includes suggested children's literature, videos, and hands-on activities and discussions to engage students in learning.
Here are some suggestions for improving the story and audio production:
- Develop the backstory of the family more to add context and depth. Explore their relationships and what happened leading up to the tragedy.
- Include more details about the firefighter character to make him more relatable. What is motivating him to keep searching the woods?
- Incorporate additional locations beyond just the woods to build a more vivid setting. For example, include scenes at the burned down house.
- Expand the roles of the ghosts, especially the mother. Have her directly interact with or confront the firefighter to raise tension.
- Experiment with different narration styles like switching to first person from the firefighter's perspective during key
This document provides summaries for several children's books and activities that teach science and language arts concepts for primary grades. It includes books about sharks, monkeys, bunnies, raccoons, nature hikes, rainforests and owls. Accompanying activities incorporate identifying rhyming words, counting, predicting outcomes, acting out stories, classifying animals, comparing observations and drawing pictures. The overall document combines reading activities with opportunities for kinesthetic exploration, discussion, writing and outdoor experiences to engage different learning styles.
This document provides summaries for several children's books and activities that teach science and language arts concepts for primary grades. It includes books about sharks, monkeys, bunnies, raccoons, nature hikes, rainforests and owls. Accompanying activities incorporate identifying rhyming words, counting, predicting sequences, classifying animals, discussing observations, acting out stories, singing songs and going on nature walks or trips to zoos and aquariums. The goal is to engage students in hands-on learning while developing literacy and science skills.
This is a re-upload. A second corrigendum with revision updated on March 2, 2019.
A corrigendum with minor edits updated on January 16, 2017.
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This document provides information about a story time program for toddlers called "Tales and Talk for 2's & 3's" held on Wednesdays at 10am and 11am. It includes the title of a song and book to be read, suggestions for reading with toddlers at home including having shorter reading sessions, and an interactive fingerplay song about rain. The document encourages sharing stories in different formats and exploring outdoors after rain, noting developmental benefits for children.
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The document provides information about upcoming activities and notices for a preschool class. It outlines that the children will be looking at autumn objects, talking about fireworks, and focusing on language of size. Parents are encouraged to collect autumn leaves with their children and sing the weekly rhyme. Notices include ensuring children can identify their own outdoor clothing as the weather gets colder and only sending water bottles to school. The photographer will also be visiting next Monday.
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The document contains samples of materials from different literary genres for Level 1 pupils, including:
1) A short play titled "Dilly Duck's Doughnut" about a duck looking for his doughnut and finding it with help from his friends.
2) A poem titled "Learning the Alphabet 'A to J'" that teaches letters of the alphabet through examples like alligator for A and ice cream for I.
3) A story titled "The Beautiful Butterfly" about the life cycle of a butterfly from a caterpillar to transforming into a butterfly with wings.
This summary provides the key details about the document in 3 sentences:
The document discusses a lesson plan for reading the book "A Color of His Own" aloud to students. It includes taking students on a nature walk to observe colors in nature, and then having students work in groups to draw and write about an animal that represents their assigned color group. The lesson integrates language arts, science, and multiple intelligences standards around identifying colors, describing objects, and creative works.
The document discusses different types of nouns. It defines a noun as a naming word that identifies people, places, things, ideas, qualities or actions. It then lists and describes 10 types of nouns: proper nouns, common nouns, concrete nouns, abstract nouns, compound nouns, collective nouns, mass nouns, count nouns, special singular nouns, and special plural nouns. It also discusses the properties of nouns including person and number, and the different functions nouns can serve in a sentence such as subject, direct object, indirect object, etc.
The document contains summaries of several children's books and songs that could be used for educational activities in a kindergarten classroom. Some of the books discussed include "The Plant Part Song", "Curious George Plants a Seed", and "A Color of His Own". Accompanying each book summary is an outline of a proposed educational activity to engage students, such as having children act out parts of the plant life cycle song, conduct experiments on plant growth, or discuss why chameleons change color. Multiple activities incorporate music, such as learning the "Garden Friends Song" or using the song "Track Detective" to spark a storytelling activity. The document provides ideas for integrating literature with learning objectives in science, language arts
The document summarizes different sound effects that can be created using various instruments, including bells, wine glasses, kazoos, and rainsticks. Bells make sounds when struck and range from small handbells to large church bells. Wine glasses can be played by filling them with different water levels and rubbing fingers along the rims to make melodies. Kazoos produce a buzzing sound when the user hums into them, with the air vibrating a thin membrane. Most rainsticks are made from hollowed tree branches or bamboo filled with seeds that make rain-like sounds when the instrument is turned.
The document summarizes different sound effects that can be created using various instruments, including bells, wine glasses, kazoos, and rainsticks. Bells make sounds when struck and range from small handbells to large church bells. Wine glasses can be played by filling them with different water levels and rubbing fingers along the rims to make melodies. Kazoos produce a buzzing sound when the user hums into them, with the air vibrating a thin membrane. Most rainsticks are made from hollowed tree branches or bamboo filled with seeds that make rain-like sounds when the instrument is turned.
The document summarizes how to play different sound effect instruments including bells, wine glasses, kazoos, and rainsticks. Bells come in different sizes from handbells to church bells and are played by being struck. Wine glasses can be played as a musical instrument by filling them with different water levels and rubbing the rims with a wet finger to produce notes. Kazoos work by humming into a membrane that vibrates the air to create a buzzing sound. Most rainsticks are made from hollowed tree branches or bamboo with seeds inside that make rain-like sounds when the stick is turned.
This document provides guidance on using definite and indefinite articles (a, an, the) with nouns in the English language. It discusses when to use indefinite articles with singular count nouns, plural nouns, non-count nouns, and proper nouns. It also covers uses of the definite article, including with nouns that are definite, unique, or refer to inventions, instruments, living things, and body parts. Key rules are illustrated with multiple examples.
This document provides background and lesson plans for teaching students about water resources and conservation. The main points covered are:
1) Only 1% of the Earth's total water is fresh water available for human use, the rest is salt water in oceans or locked up in ice caps and glaciers.
2) An activity uses objects like paper clips to represent the amounts of total water and fresh water to illustrate how limited fresh water is.
3) Additional lessons examine where water comes from, the water cycle, measuring personal water usage, and ways to conserve this vital resource. The goal is to help students understand the importance of water and protecting it for the future.
This document summarizes an evaluation of the Big Back Yard Park Crew program at the Science Museum of Minnesota. The evaluation assessed how well the program achieved its goals of increasing youths' knowledge of earth science, teaching skills, and awareness of STEM careers. Data was collected through observations, interviews, and workshops with youth participants. The evaluation found that the program significantly increased youths' science learning, interest in teaching, and awareness of earth science careers. It provided recommendations to enhance the program, such as providing additional training on activities. Youth enjoyed interacting with visitors but suggested improvements like more training and new activities. The program was successful in engaging youth in earth science and supporting their development.
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Wednesdays at the library offer storytimes for 2-3 year olds featuring music and books. Songs like "Wonderful World" are sung to help children learn the sounds that make up words. Rhyming books and songs that incorporate movement are shared to engage children. The storytime also highlights the importance of caring for the earth by reducing litter and recycling. Families are encouraged to have conversations about recycling and sort materials during outdoor activities.
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Here are some suggestions for improving the story and audio production:
- Develop the backstory of the family more to add context and depth. Explore their relationships and what happened leading up to the tragedy.
- Include more details about the firefighter character to make him more relatable. What is motivating him to keep searching the woods?
- Incorporate additional locations beyond just the woods to build a more vivid setting. For example, include scenes at the burned down house.
- Expand the roles of the ghosts, especially the mother. Have her directly interact with or confront the firefighter to raise tension.
- Experiment with different narration styles like switching to first person from the firefighter's perspective during key
This document provides summaries for several children's books and activities that teach science and language arts concepts for primary grades. It includes books about sharks, monkeys, bunnies, raccoons, nature hikes, rainforests and owls. Accompanying activities incorporate identifying rhyming words, counting, predicting outcomes, acting out stories, classifying animals, comparing observations and drawing pictures. The overall document combines reading activities with opportunities for kinesthetic exploration, discussion, writing and outdoor experiences to engage different learning styles.
This document provides summaries for several children's books and activities that teach science and language arts concepts for primary grades. It includes books about sharks, monkeys, bunnies, raccoons, nature hikes, rainforests and owls. Accompanying activities incorporate identifying rhyming words, counting, predicting sequences, classifying animals, discussing observations, acting out stories, singing songs and going on nature walks or trips to zoos and aquariums. The goal is to engage students in hands-on learning while developing literacy and science skills.
This is a re-upload. A second corrigendum with revision updated on March 2, 2019.
A corrigendum with minor edits updated on January 16, 2017.
This small e-book contains a number of articles written between 2013 and 2016 on some of my favourite topics – from tiger beetles and snakes to issues concerning biodiversity conservation, to celebrating the natural richness of our planet. Some are a story in themselves, some are drawn from personal experiences, and most are stand-alone articles written to provoke a creative thought and a positive attitude.
This document provides information about a story time program for toddlers called "Tales and Talk for 2's & 3's" held on Wednesdays at 10am and 11am. It includes the title of a song and book to be read, suggestions for reading with toddlers at home including having shorter reading sessions, and an interactive fingerplay song about rain. The document encourages sharing stories in different formats and exploring outdoors after rain, noting developmental benefits for children.
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This document provides a lesson plan summary for an English class focusing on vocabulary related to natural environments like forests and rainforests. The 80-minute class has 6 activities: 1) Matching vocabulary words to pictures, 2) Discussing an interview with an explorer, 3) Listening to and answering questions about the interview, 4) Ordering and checking the interview transcript, 5) Classifying conjunctions used in the interview, and 6) Completing a passage about an adventure trip. The lesson aims to develop students' speaking, listening, and vocabulary skills through motivating and cooperative activities analyzing the interview transcript.
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This summary provides the key details about the document in 3 sentences:
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Overview
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UiPath integration with generative AI
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Sights, Sounds, Smells - Exploring School Forests Lesson Plan
1. “Sights, Sounds, and Smells: Exploring School Forests through Our Senses”
Adapted from the “What Can You Hear in the Forest?” lesson
from MN PLT Early Childhood Supplement
~by Karen Christenson, teacher and facilitator
Learning Objective: Provide opportunities to explore nature through our senses.
Optional: Before we begin, you may wish to construct your own pair of “binoculars” to use on our hike
today. You will need two paper towel rolls, masking tape, a hole punch, and string. (See examples.)
1. BOOK: Read The Listening Walk by Paul Showers.
a. Explain, “We are going to taking a listening walk of our own today. What do you think
we might hear outside?”
b. Form a standing circle.
2. RAINSTORM: Create the sounds of a rainstorm by snapping, clapping, and stomping.
a. Listen to the sounds after the storm. (Play excerpt from cassette tape.)
b. Ask, “What did you hear?”
3. EARS: Pass out jumbo “ears” (half of a paper plate) and crayons.
a. Write your name on the back.
b. Draw 1-2 of the sounds you heard after the rainstorm.
4. PARTNERS: Choose a partner for our nature hike.
a. Sing, “Here We Go On A Nature Adventure” song
b. Optional: Bring your headbands or eye covers outside with you. This can help focus
attention on listening instead of looking.
5. NATURE HIKE:
a. As we walk, wear your paper towel “binoculars” to look for signs of animal life.
b. Find a quiet place to sit with your partner. Wear your headband as an eye cover.
Listen quietly to sounds for 2-4 minutes. Then draw the sounds on your “ear” shape.
6. SONG: Sing “In the Forest” song, adding pairs’ sounds to the last verse.
7. “MATCH THE SOUNDS” STATION: On a table in the classroom, there are 10 pairs of film
canisters full of nature objects. (Pebbles, twigs, sand, seeds, etc.) Try to match the two
canisters containing the same objects by shaking them and listening to the sounds.
8. SOUND-MAKERS: Select an empty container (various recycled cartons, jugs, and plastic
bottles) and a few “noisemakers” from nature (pine needles, rocks, acorns, etc.) to place
inside. Shake your sound-maker to try different rhythms individually and as a group.
9. “SNIFF A WHIFF” STATION: Without reading the label, try opening one of the essential oil
bottles (grapefruit, peppermint, lemon, etc.) and sniffing the aroma inside. Describe what you
smell and try to guess what it is. Check your guess by looking at the bottle.
Related books: My Night Forest by Roy Owen; The Listening Walk by Paul Showers; The Way to
Wyatt’s House by Nancy White Carlstrom; Walk with Me by Naomi Danis; My Five Senses by Aliki
Brandenberg; Old Elm Speaks by Kristine O’Connell George.
2. The rainstorm builds…
1. Hold palms open
2. Rub your hands
together
3. Snap your fingers
4. Clap your hands
(slow and fast)
5. Slap your hands on
your legs
6. Stomp your feet
7. Listen to the storm!
3. The rainstorm dwindles
1. Stomp your feet
2. Slap your hands on
your legs
3. Clap your hands
4. Snap your fingers
5. Rub your hands
together
6. Hold palms open
7. Listen to the quiet
after the storm…
4. “Here We Go on a Nature
Adventure” Song
to the tune of “Here We Go ‘Round the Mulberry Bush”
Here we go on a nature
adventure,
A nature adventure
A nature adventure
Here we go on a nature
adventure,
What do you think we’ll
hear?
(May substitute see or feel.)
5. “In the Forest” Song
to the tune of “Are You Sleeping?”
In the forest, In the forest,
What do you hear? What do you hear?
Birds and buzzing bees
Birds and buzzing bees
In the forest, In the forest.
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In the forest, In the forest,
What do you hear? What do you hear?
Wind and bubbling streams
Wind and bubbling streams
In the forest, In the forest.
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6. In the forest, In the forest,
What do you hear? What do you hear?
(Fill in your own forest sounds here…)
__________and __________ __________
__________and __________ __________
In the forest, In the forest.
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In the forest, In the forest,
What do you hear? What do you hear?
(Fill in your own forest sounds here…)
__________and __________ __________
__________and __________ __________
In the forest, In the forest.
7. “Match the Nature Sounds!”
Station
*Please do not peek inside the canisters.
We found a lot of small things on our nature adventure. We
picked up rocks, feathers, acorns, twigs, grass, seeds, and
many other wonderful treasures.
We placed these nature things into the film canisters in groups
of two. So there are two canisters with rocks in them, two that
have seeds in them, and so on.
Just by listening, can you match up
the ones that have the same things inside?
You can pick them up and shake them, but please don’t
peek inside until you are done guessing.
1. Shake each of these.
2. Can you guess what is inside?
3. Find pairs of sounds that match.
4. When you have finished guessing, go
ahead and look inside the canisters.