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Central Idea:

We learn about different materials in our world by manipulating them.

An Inquiry Into:

  • How we learn about materials
  • Imaginative use of different materials and objects
  • How materials in our world are alike and different
  • What happens to different to materials when you experiment with them

RESOURCES THAT SUPPORT THIS UNIT:

Non-Fiction Books:

Call Number Author Title
516 GRI Griffiths, Rose Boxes
516.22 GRI Griffiths, Rose Circles
530.8 PLU Pluckrose, Henry Arthur Size
745.4 PLU Pluckrose, Henry Arthur Pattern

Fiction Books:

Call Number Author Title
E BRO Browne, Anthony The Shape Game
E CHA Charles, N. N. What Am I? : Looking Through Shapes at Apples and Grapes
E DOD Dodds, Dayle Ann The Shape of Things
E EHL Ehlert, Lois Color Farm
E EHL Ehlert, Lois Color Zoo
E HOB Hoban, Tana Exactly the Opposite
E HOB Hoban, Tana Is It Red? Is It Yellow? Is It Blue? : An Adventure in Color
E HOB Hoban, Tana Push, Pull, Empty, Full; a Book of Opposites
E HOB Hoban, Tana Shapes, Shapes, Shapes
E KRA Krauss, Ruth Big and Little
E LER Lerner, Sharon Square Is a Shape : a Book about Shapes
E LER Lerner, Sharon Straight Is a Line : a Book about Lines
E MAC MacKinnon, Debbie What Shape?
E MCM McMillan, Bruce Becca Backward, Becca Frontward : a Book of Concept Pairs
E MCM McMillan, Bruce Sense Suspense : a Guessing Game for the Five Senses
E MYF   My First Look at Colors
E REI Reiss, John J. Shapes : a Book
E SEU Seuss, Dr. The Shape of Me and Other Stuff
E SIE Sieveking, Anthea What's Inside? : Photographs
E SKO Skofield, James 'Round and Around
E THO Thong, Roseanne Red Is a Dragon : a Book of Colors
E THO Thong, Roseanne Round Is a Mooncake : a Book of Shapes
E WAT Watanabe, Shigeo I Can Build a House!
LB GUN Gundersheimer, Karen Shapes to Show
LB HUG Hughes, Shirley All Shapes and Sizes

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