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What A Piece Of Paper! Instructional VideoWhat A Piece Of Paper! Instructional Video
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Pre-K - K
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What A Piece Of Paper!

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Elmo does a good job at being a great friend to Abby and the earth. Instead of throwing her piece of art in the trash, Elmo suggests using it for something else, like making a paper airplane. Teach your class how to reduce, reuse, and recycle with this fun video!

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Concepts

recycling, reusing

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Environmental Issues, recycling, reduce, reuse, english language arts

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K - 5th English Language Arts
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K - 3rd Science
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The Magic School Bus Holiday Special

Curated OER
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K - 2nd English Language Arts
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Curated OER
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K - 3rd Science
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Begin exploring main idea in a text by telling the class an interesting story. Can they recall the main idea after you finish? What clues told them this was it? Explain that you will apply this concept as you read a nonfiction book....
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Students words that begin with certain letters of the alphabet.
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K - 2nd 21 Century Skills
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