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Rocks and Minerals

• natural resources-things people use from earth (air, wind, water, rock, minerals, animals, plants)

 

• rock-nonliving hard part of earth.  different sizes, shapes, colors, etc...
• rocks have been used as tools (arrow) and to build walls and buildings

 

• minerals-hard, nonliving parts of soil that can make rocks sparkle or shine (graphite in pencils, flourite in toothpaste, magnetite in magnets)

 

• rocks and minerals take millions of years to form in the ground
• people dig in the ground for rocks and minerals
• rocks can be made of one or more minerals

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The Solar System

• A planet is an object that moves around the sun
• The solar system is made of planets, moons, and the sun
• Solar means "of the sun"
• There are eight planets in our solar system
• The sun is the center of the system, the sun is the strongest and brightest part 
• Planets closer to the sun take less time to go around the sun
• Mercury-closest to the sun, rocky
• Venus-hottest planet, thick clouds
• Earth-water, air, one moon
• Mars-two moons, red, rocky
• Jupiter-largest planet, 63 moons
• Saturn-large rings around it, made of ice and rocks, 47 moons
• Uranus has thin rings, 27 moons, Neptune is a blue planet, 13 moons

 

 

 

The Moon and Stars

• Light from the sun shines on the moon
• The moon does not shine it's own light
• The moon is made of rock
• The moon makes a path around the earth called an orbit
• The moon does not change shape, but the parts we can see that are lit up change shape
• Each shape of the moon that we see is called a phase
• Phases appear in the same order every month and repeat

 

• A star is a hot object in space made of glowing gases
• Gases give off heat and light
• Stars look tiny because they are far away
• The sun is close to Earth and looks larger, it is an average size star (normal size)
• The sun is so bright it lights up the sky in the day and we cannot see the stars

Using Earth's Resources

• Natural resources give us many things we need to live (air, water, soil)
• Water and wind are replaced quickly by Earth when we use them
• Minerals take millions of years to form, and are not replaced quickly by Earth
• Moving water and wind can make electric power for homes, trees can be used for homes and furniture, animal skins can be used for clothing, soil is used to grow plants and vegetables, oil and minerals come from the ground

• Pollution makes natural resources dirty so that we cannot use them 

 

• Litter is garbage that people leave behind that makes the land and water dirty
• Remember the 3 R's to save the resources 
• Reduce-use less of something
• Reuse-use something again
• Recycle-make new things out of old things
• Ride a bike or walk instead of driving a car
• Put trash in garbage cans

Officer Buckle and Gloria

• Officer Buckle knew more safety tips than anyone. When he found one, he put it on his board.
• No one at Napville school ever listened to his tips
• Officer gets a police dog named Gloria and shows her to the students
• Gloria listens to Officer Buckle's commands
• While Officer is speaking and giving safety tips, Gloria is doing tricks behind the Officer!
• The children are excited and laugh
• Officer Buckle thinks he is a good speaker, but the children are only interested in Gloria's tricks
• The children write many thank you letters to Officer Buckle and Gloria
• Officer Buckle goes to speak about safety at 313 schools and takes Gloria along
• The TV station records Officer Buckles speech and Gloria's tricks
• Officer Buckle does not know about Gloria's tricks!
• Officer Buckle sees himself on the TV news
• Then there was an accident at school with banana pudding
• Mrs. Toppel screamed and let go of her hammer
• Officer Buckle gives one more safety speech, "Always stick with your buddy!"

Head Body Legs

• Long ago, head was all by himself. He rolled around and could only eat what he could reach with his tongue.
• He fell asleep under a cherry tree.  When he woke up, he wanted some cherries.

 

• He rolled down the hill very fast and bumped into two arms.
• The arms attached themselves to head.
• This way the arms could help pick food for head, and head could help the arms see.
• They ate some cherries and took a nap.

 

• While they were sleeping, body bounced along on top of them.
• Body cannot watch where it is going, because it has no eyes!
• Head attached himself to body at the belly button.
• Body can help head swim, and head can help body see

 

• They go across the river to pick some mangoes, but they are not tall enough
• They see two legs, arms grabbed them
• At first, head was on the belly button, and arms were on the head
• Head changed to the top of the body, arms changed to the shoulders
• Body changed to the middle, and legs to the bottom
• When everyone was in the right place, they could reach the mangoes
• A perfect person was made!

 

There's Nothing Like Baseball

• Emma always knew that she wanted to play baseball
• Her brother Greg also liked to play baseball
• Emma daydreams about baseball all the time
• Her best friend Jamal and cousin Nicki like to play too
• Jamal and Emma play on the same team
• Emma's mom also played baseball
• Emma is on "Rex's House of Fins and Fur" baseball team
• Rex and Sophie sponsor the team and bring snacks
• They own the pet store
• They want everyone to try their best, and for everyone to get to play
• Emma wants to be a shortstop because they are fast.  It is a hard job to play shortstop

 

• Jamal wants to be shortstop too
• Jamal is nice and wants Emma to be the shortstop
• Emma has a dream, when she wakes up she was happy in the dream, but Jamal was not
• Emma is upset over who will be shortstop
• At the tryouts, Nikki plays shortstop first
• Emma will play second base
• Jamal will play first

 

Farfallina and Marcel

• Farfallina is trying to find a dry spot on her leaf to eat
• a small gray bird named Marcel is trying to use the leaf as an umbrealla
• Farfallina likes the gray birds soft feathers and gentle eyes
• Marcel likes her smile and pretty colors
• The two play hide and seek
• The two play games together everyday, they like each other
• Farfallina feels tired, and climbs a tree to take a rest
• Marcel waits by the pond
• he is lonely
• Marcel gives up that Farfallina will come down from the tree
• Farfallina is in a cocoon, turning into a butterfly

 

 

• Farfallina goes looking for Marcel
• Marcel has turned into a handsome goose

 

• they meet, but don't recognize each other right away
• then they tell each other their names, and they are so happy!
• Farfallina and Marcel play all summer, and in the fall they go south together

Earth's Water

• We need water everyday
• Living things on earth need water
• plants use water to make their own food
• humans and animals need to drink fresh water
• fresh water is not salty
• fresh water is found in lakes, ponds, rivers, and streams
• ice and snow melt into fresh water

• ocean is a large deep body of salt water
• ocean covers 3/4 of the earth

• ships carry people and things around the world

• many living things in the ocean need salt water to stay alive

Emergency Room Quiz #1

Emergency Room

• If you have a serious illness or broken bone, you should go to the hospital or emergency room
• ambulances are driven by paramedics
• paramedics are special doctors who come to help you when you are hurt or very sick
• an x-ray is a special picture that shows your bones or muscles inside your body.  This helps the doctor to see if you are ok.
• ambulances have special tools and medicines to help you when you are traveling to the hospital.
• doctors and paramedics/nurses take a personal interest in you when you are sick or in pain, they care about you very much.
• When you get to the hospital, an admissions worker will help you fill out forms and see why you came to the hospital.
• A nurse will help take your blood pressure and check your body signs to see if you are healthy.  If you need any special tests done, your nurse will help you with this.
• The doctor will examine you.  He will inform you of the best way to help you heal from a broken bone or sickness.

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