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Week 18 Science Chart
Jennifer Mink & Sarah Weaver
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5
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building a “Working and allow the students to assigned area to will write and draw in plants and animals.
Wetland” to help discover different aspects investigate and collect there journals what they
understand what creates that make up the data in their journals from found. GA/W/CC: The students
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swamps. LI: The teacher will establish a list of food
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explain what plants and and interview each other this environment through foods are grown.
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Week 24 Science Chart
Jennifer Mink & Sarah Weaver
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5
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