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Lesson Objective: To read the poem, “Dog’s Day,” and then answer questions about the poem

Main: Today we are going to be talking about baseball.  Most people have watched or played baseball.  Baseball is a sport that is called America’s pastime.  Baseball is a game that most people can play or enjoy watching.  Raise your hand if you have watched or played baseball.  What do you like most about baseball?  (Allow the students to answer.) There are many players who are well known because they were great players or because they did something no one else had done.  One of those players was Jackie Robinson.  Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play Major League B...

Main: Say: Doubles facts are addition facts where a number is added to itself.  This means that if you have the number 2, you would add it to 2 again to get 2 + 2.  What is the answer?  (Allow the students to answer.) Learning doubles facts helps you to get better at doing math in your head. Once you know your doubles facts, you can easily figure out doubles plus one or plus two. Did you know that there is a pattern with doubles addition facts?  1+1= 2, 2+2=4, 3+3=6, 4+4=8 (write these on the board).  Does anyone see the pattern? The answers to all of the doubles facts are even numbers, ...

Main: Say: Chickens are birds that hatch from eggs.  Dogs are mammals, which means they come out of their mother’s body.  Chickens and dogs are different, but they are both animals and they both have a life cycle.  A life cycle shows the changes that happen to a living thing as it moves through its life. Some living things, like chickens and butterflies, go through many changes during their life cycle that change the way that they look.  Other living things, like dogs and people, only get bigger. The life cycle of a person starts when you are a baby.  You are born as a baby, then you g...

Say: Have you ever told something about something that you learned?  How did you do it?  (Allow the students to answer.) Main: Say: Telling people about things that you have learned is a lot of fun.  It is also a good way to teach someone about something. When you are teaching someone about something that you learned, it is important to start by telling them what you learned about.  It is then good to share a few details that explain what you learned. Writing about something that you know about is the same as talking about it.  When you write, it is important to start with what you learn...