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Perfect Pairs, K-2: Using Fiction & Nonfiction Picture Books to Teach Life Science, K-2 book cover

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Perfect Pairs, K-2 Using Fiction & Nonfiction Picture Books to Teach Life Science, K-2

By Melissa Stewart, Nancy Chesley Copyright 2014
360 Pages
by Routledge

360 Pages
by Routledge
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Hands-on lessons can be fun and compelling, but when it comes to life science, they aren't always possible, practical, effective, or safe. Children can't follow a lion as it stalks a gazelle, visit the exotic kapok tree in a rain forest, or swim alongside the underwater life in a pond. But they can explore a whole world of animals, plants, and ecosystems through the pages of beautifully... Read more
Introduction; Getting Started; Meeting the Standards; Lessons for Kindergarten; Lesson K.1: What Plants and Animals Need to Survive; Lesson K.2: What Animals Eat; Lesson K.3: How Animals Depend on Their Environment; Lesson K.4: How Animals Can Change an Environment; Lesson K.5: How People Can Change an Environment; Lesson K.6: How to Reduce Our Impact on Creatures in Land Environments; Lesson K.7: How to Reduce Our Impact on Creatures in Water Environments; Lessons for Grade 1; Lesson 1.1: How an Animal's Body Parts Help It Survive; Lesson 1.2: How Animals Find and Catch Food; Lesson 1.3: How Animals Protect Themselves; Lesson 1.4: How a Plant's Parts Help It Survive; Lesson 1.5: Mimicking Plant and Animal Body Parts to Solve Problems; Lesson 1.6: How Animal Parents and Young Interact; Lesson 1.7: How Young Animals Are Like Their Parents; Lesson 1.8: How Adult Animals of the Same Species Can Be Different; Lessons for Grade 2; Lesson 2.1: How Wind, Water, and Animals Disperse Seeds; Lesson 2.2: Understanding Habitats; Lesson 2.3: Understanding Biomes; Lesson 2.4: Life in Wetlands; Lesson 2.5: Life in Grasslands; Lesson 2.6: How Plants Change as They Grow; Lesson 2.7: How Butterflies Change as They Grow
"I have seen what may be the MOST useful and beautiful professional use title in all my livelong days. There are sample questions and worksheets and pretty much anything a K-2 teacher would need.  It is also lovely on the old eyeballs and clearly well researched.  I love it.  You need it.  No one has heard of it.  Go get it." - School Library Journal blog
"Perfect Pairs provides teachers with meaningful ways to use literature and inquiry to engage students in life science concepts" - The Nonfiction Detectives blog
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