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Iowa Core Literacy and Technology Standards. 

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Iowa Core Literacy and Technology Standards. 

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21.K-2.TL.5:  Essential Concept and/or Skill: Understand and practice appropriate and safe uses of technology.

Understand that stealing information and things others have created is the same as stealing tangible items.

Be aware of why it is unsafe for students to provide others with information about themselves.

Demonstrate awareness of the importance of communicating with adults about things that might concern them.

Understand why technology is useful in helping them complete a task.

Use technology to explore personal interests.

Demonstrate to others how to use technology tools in ways that assist, rather than prevent, others from learning.

RL.1.1: Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

RL.1.1o: With prompting and support, read informational texts appropriately complex for grade 1.

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RL.1.1: Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

1.G.A.1: Distinguish between defining attributes (e.g., triangles are closed and three-sided) versus non-defining attributes (e.g., color, orientation, overall size); build and draw shapes to possess defining attributes.

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Iowa Core Literacy and Social Studies Standards. 

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Iowa Core Literacy and Social Studies Standards. 

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SS.1.5: Take group or individual action to help address local, regional, and/or global problems.

W. 1.8: With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

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Iowa Core Literacy and Science Standards. 

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Iowa Core Literacy and Science Standards. 

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1-LS3-1: Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents.

RL.1.1: Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

RL.1.1o: With prompting and support, read informational texts appropriately complex for grade 1.

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VA: Cr2.1.1a: Explore uses of
materials and tools to create works of art or design.

RL.1.3: Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.

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I can build shapes such as triangles, squares and rectangles using a geoboard.

I can answer a question about details in a book I just listened to.

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I can identify ways to help reduce the water pollution in Iowa.

I can display my understandings through drawing my ideas.

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I can understand safe internet behavior.

I can know when I need to tell an adult about activity occurring on my device that isn't safe.

I can use my devices in a responsible and safe way to learn more about the world and the things that I am interested in.

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I can identify way that baby animals resembled their parents.

I can illustrate ways that I look like my parents but also how I look different.

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I can use paint to make an art project inspired by the book The Dot.

I can write about how Vashti learned how to create art.

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The Dot by. Peter H. Reynolds
Genre: Children’s Fiction

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We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom
Genre: Children's American Folk Tales and Myths

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Read along with this video of The Dot being read aloud.

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Tangled by. Anne Miranda
Genre: Children's Humor Fiction

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Watch this video about the famous Iowan artist, Grant Wood.

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Read along with the video as Anne Miranda reads her book Tangled

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Clicker the Cat by Kyla Cullinane
Genre: Children's Nonfiction

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Look at the Zoo Babies by Elizabeth Schafer
Genre: Children's Nonfiction

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Watch and play "Name the Shape Game" with your group.

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Name the Shape Game  | Shape Review Game | Jack Hartmann

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After reading The Dot and watching the video about Iowan artist Grant Wood, use paint to create a piece of artwork. Choose between painting a picture like either Grant Wood or Vashti painted. Don't forget to "sign it" when you're done!

Example of a The Dot inspired painting:

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What is WATER POLLUTION? | What Causes Water Pollution? | The Dr Binocs Show | Peekaboo Kidz

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Read along with the video as Kyla Cullinane as she reads her book Clicker the Cat.

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Read Along- Clicker the Cat Online Safety Book for Kids

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Answer the following questions:
How did the shapes escape from the jungle gym?
Look at this picture of Iowa on the map. What shape does it look like to you?
Draw a picture of the shape of Iowa.

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Learn all about internet safety through finding your way through Interland in this fun, interactive game.

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Interland is an adventure-packed online game that puts the key lessons of digital citizenship and safety into hands-on practice. Play your way to being Internet Awesome.

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Children will write a step by step plan for reducing water pollution in water ways near their home.

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Example of a Grant Wood style landscape painting

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Example of a Grant Wood style landscape painting

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Find Iowa on Google Earth. Can you find your town? Your street?  What all can you see by just using the internet?

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Aw snap! Google Earth isn't supported on your browser. You may need to update your browser or use a different browser. Please see our system requirements for more information. Chrome is a great choice and you can download it here.

Or if you're feeling adventurous, you can try Earth anyway by choosing an option below.

Learn more about Google Earth.

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Robins are native to Iowa. How does this mother robin look like her babies? How does she look different?

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Robin Feeding Babies (GoPro Footage) — The Nature Tapes

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Using Google Docs, type out three rules that you need to remember for internet safety.

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Answer the following questions:
Who do you look like more, your mom or your dad?  How?

Do you look the same now as you did when you were born?

Do you have a sibling? Do you look like them?

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At the beginning of the story, Vashti did not think she was an artist. What helped her realize she could be an artist?

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Using Geoboards, students will create the shapes from the story with rubber bands, explore the concept of shape by seeing what they can make with the geoboards and see if they can use the geoboards to recreate the general shape of Iowa.

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Children will create a plan of showing how they will help reduce the water pollution.

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Using paper and crayons or markers, draw a picture of your family. Make sure that you show your similarities and differences.