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I Think I Can Make a Difference! Lesson PlanI Think I Can Make a Difference! Lesson Plan
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I Think I Can Make a Difference!

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First graders write "I Can" statements to tell what they can do to help their community. They write the statements on a train car that has a number written on it. They share their statements in order of the number of their train car before adding their car to the bulletin board.

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ordinal numbers, numbers

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community actions, ordinal numbers, math
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1st
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Math
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