Jennifer Augustyn

TX

Thanks for you all's input, it helped! :)

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Hello Kim, great slideshow with many informative pictures! I agree with Veronica that asking "what features would an elephant need to have if it lived in tundra" might confuse the children, instead, you might phrase it like "why do you think elephants live in the grasslands and not in the tundra?" This way they can think of its features in relation to their true environment,...

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For the sake of time, I would think having the children write what they've learned on a post-it note would be quicker than calling each individual, listening to the response, and summarizing/writing their response on the chart while having your back turned. They might be more likely in this situation to yell out "ME TOO" (our class uses a hand signal for this exact reason) or to get...

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