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Growth and Development: Curricular Integration
The following Curricular Integration Ideas were generated to
better serve the Elementary teacher s of the Vancouver School
District.
If you have any of your own Curricular Integration Ideas, please
send them to me (Kris Skrutvold at the following email address:
kskrutvo@vansd.org) and I will post them on the Kit Resources
web-site. (Currently being developed)
Math
Estimation and measurement of the size of dry and soaked seeds
Measurement and graphing of root growth over time
Geometrically describing honeycomb patterns
Language
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Write the journey of a seed
Use the vocabulary in sentences
Write a bee story
Creative writing: What would it be like to be a pollinator?
Social
Studies
Investigate agricultural careers
Investigate the sugar beet industry, crops and the states in
which they grow best
Investigate the honey making industry
Reading
Read books such as Jack and the Beanstalk, Johnny Appleseed,
Magic School Bus books on bees and beehives
Perform research on gardening and native plants
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