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The Water Cycle and Clementine Lesson PlanThe Water Cycle and Clementine Lesson Plan
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The Water Cycle and Clementine

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Third graders sing a piggyback song to explore the parts of the water cycle and then illustrate and label the water cycle in their science journals.

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the water cycle

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piggyback songs, science journals, water cycle, science

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