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=Key Question: =   What does it mean to be unique? =Expanding Concepts: = = = =Web Resources: =  =[|Discovery Streaming:] =
 * How can being unique sometimes make a person lonely?
 * Why do nature's record holders fascinate us?
 * When is it valuable to have unique interests?
 * How might it feel to be first to do something?
 * Why might an eagle act like a chicken?

= = =[|Reading A-Z:] = //Sally Ride// Level M //Daniel Boone// Level M //Helen Keller// Level M //Amelia Earheart: A Legend in Fligh//t Level N //Famous First Ladies// Level N //Mike Van Zee, Special Olympian// Level N //Mozart// Level N //Treaure Found// Level N //Bessie Coleman// Level N //Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad// Level P //Martin Luther King Jr.// Level P //What's in a Name?// Level P //Female Sports Stars// Level R //Cathy Freeman// Level Q //The Great Gallardo's Books// Level Q //Joe Kittinger an Unsung Hero// Level R //Alberto Salazar: an American Runner// Level S //Ben Franklin Level S Climbing Mountains// Level S = = =[|Brainpop:] = Culture =[|Brainpop Jr:] = Cultures Holidays Biographies = = = IS Resources: =
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Picture Books:
The Amazing Incredible You by Katharine Kenah 170 KEN (Phoenix) Amazing Sea Creatures by Andrew Brown - 591.7 BRO All Kinds of People, What Makes Us Different by Jennifer Waters - 305.8 WAT Being Me by Alexandra Parsons - 158 PAR

Chapter Books:
Clementine by Sara Pennypacker - F PEN

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(53, 53, 192)">Library Media Collections: = Amelia Bedelia's family album by Peggy Parish (kit) Amazing Mammals by Alexandra Parsons - 599 PAR I Like Myself by Karen Beaumont - F BEA Three Cheers for Tacky by Helen Lester - F LES Don't Laugh at Me by Steve Seskin - 782.42164 SES Whoever You Are by Mem Fox - 305.8 FOX (KIT)

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=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(53, 53, 192)">Inquiry Project: A Person of Interest = What qualities make a person unique? Students develop an inquiry question about an individual of interest and learn why that person is considered unique. (Language Arts Standard 1: Students engage in the research process.) This process includes:
 * Formulating questions
 * Gather and organize information
 * Synthesize your findings
 * Publish and present your findings.

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