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=Key Question: = How do we live, work, and play together? = = =Expanding Concepts: =
 * How do we get to school?
 * How do people help each other?
 * How do families cooperate?
 * How do people in the community cooperate?
 * How do people and animals work and play together?
 * How do machines help people work together?

= Web Resources: =

= [|Reading A-Z:] = The Classroom level aa The School level aa My Family level aa Maria Goes to school level A It is time for school level B Taking the Bus level B Busy at School level C Getting Ready for School level E  =[|Discovery Streaming]: = Going to School is Your Job = IS Resources: = = Print Resources: =

Picture Books:
Wheels on the Bus (big book from Scott Foresman 2004 series) Miss Bindergarten has a Wild Day in Kindergarten by Joseph Slate Miss Bindergarten gets Ready for Kindergarten by Joseph Slate

Machines That Work (big book from Scott Foresman 2004 series) = Library Media Collections: = Duck in the Muck by Jez Alborough (use to compare characters in both stories+setting of stories)
 * this is a great book to read along with __Dig, Dig, Digging__ to show text-to-text connection

= Technology Activities: = Using KidPix deluxe program, children can draw picture of a bus. Incorporate the discussion of setting by asking the children to draw where their bus is going (to school or somewhere else in the city?). A digital camera could also be used to take a picture of the child to be used to be placed on the bus.


=Inquiry Project: Our Town Class Book = What are some places in your neighborhood? Which are your favorites? Children create a class book about their town, including details about their homes and neighborhoods. (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

[|GFPS Research Investigation Technology Integration Resources]