Create and Explore

Developed using the Science of Reading this early literacy lesson explores friendship and being kind to yourself. Includes a breakdown of keywords in the text by the number of sounds. Use the words depending on complexity targeted to each student's individual abilities. Includes whole class and individual activities. Does not include a copy of the book.

Discuss how water is important to every living thing and explore how it is used by plants, animals, and people. Grade 2 Ontario Curriculum: 1.2 assess personal and family uses of water as responsible/efficient or wasteful, and create a plan to reduce the amount of water used, where possible 2.5 investigate water in the natural environment 3.2 identify water as a clear, colourless, odourless, tasteless liquid that exists in three states and that is necessary for the life of most animals and plant

Learn about the water cycle and the different forms of water. Explore where we see these forms and how they change from gas to liquid to solid. Grade 2 Ontario Curriculum Expectations: 2.3 investigate, through experimentation, the characteristics of water 2.4 investigate the stages of the water cycle, including evaporation 2.5 investigate water in the natural environment 2.6 use appropriate science and technology vocabulary

Look at how air, water, and soil work together. A single lesson with group activities. Grade 3 Ontario Expectations: 3.1 describe the basic needs of plants, including air, water, light, warmth, and space 3.8 identify examples of environmental conditions that may threaten plant and animal survival

Learn about types of graphs, how they work and what they are used for. Includes individual and whole class activity! Grade 3 Ontario Curriculum Expectations: D1.2 collect data through observations, experiments, and interviews to answer questions of interest that focus on qualitative and quantitative data, and organize the data using frequency tablesD1.3 display sets of data, using many-to-one correspondence, in pictographs and bar graphs with proper sources, titles, and labels, and appro

Encourage students to make goals and make a plan for how to achieve them.