March 2024

Why Is This River Green?

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Learning Objective:

Children will sequence the steps it takes for workers to turn the Chicago River green for St. Patrick’s Day.

 

Vocabulary: 

dye, fades

 

Social Studies Focus: 

St. Patrick’s Day

 

CCSS:

RL.1.1 key details; RF.1.1 punctuation; RF.1.3 decode words; W.1.7 participate in research; RI.1.10 read and discuss first-grade texts; SL.1.2 ask and answer questions

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