Unit+5+Going+Places

=Key Question: = How do people get from here to there? = = =Expanding Concepts: = How many forms of transportation can you name? What kinds of transportation help us in an emergency? What kinds of transportation help people do their jobs? What does a train need to get over the mountain? How do people in different parts of the world travel? How do children around the world get to school? = Web Resources: =

=[|Reading A-Z:] = I Go Level A Go Animals Go Level B Taking the Bus Level B Going Away Level C How many wheels Level C Getting Around the City Level D The Wheel Level D What is in the Box? Level E Many Roads Level F Trucking Level F Community Workers Level F Firefighters Level J =[|Discovery Streaming] = Away We Go: All About Transportation Play and Discover with Digger and Splat: Getting Around When I Grow Up I Want to Be a Firefighter Sound the Alarm: Firefighters at Work How Communities Are Alike and Different = IS Resources: = = Print Resources: = = Read Aloud: =

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=Inquiry Project: On the Go! = Children explore various modes of transportation. Using different materials, they each construct a variety of vehicles, including a train, boat, bicycle, car, and airplane. (Language Arts Standard 1 Students engage in the research process)

This process includes:
 * Formulating questions
 * Gather and organize information
 * Synthesis your findings
 * Publish and present your findings

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