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What Makes a Dog a Dog

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First graders recall and verbally list the parts of a dog, or a chosen subject, based on observations using the senses. They discriminate between living and non-living subjects, and create artistic representations of the parts of a dog.

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non-living things

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living, non-living, math
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Grade
1st
Subjects
Math
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Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr
Instructional Strategies
Project-Based Learning
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