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Oh, What A Day

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Students listen as the teacher reads A Country Far Away. They predict what they will do and what they think their partner student will be doing. Students create a KWL chart for Japan. They collect information about their activities on an hourly log chart. They compare their collected data to information from Japan.

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Grade
K - 3rd
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Year
2002

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