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August 14: Chicago Air and Water Show

August 21:  Washington State International Kite Festival

August 28:  The Great American Rail-Trail

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Unit 1:  Rules and Laws Keep Us Safe (Government) - Explores rules and laws and the people who make them.

Unit 2: Objects on the Move (Physical Science)- Explores motion of objects by looking at variables such as speed, distance and height.

Unit 3:  Things Have Changed (History) - Compares physical and human-made features of the past with those of today.

Unit 4:  The Gift of Giving (Transistion)-Explores opportunities for civic participation. 

Unit 5:  My Body, My Health (Health/Life Science)- Explores body systems and basic health practices that help keep your body healthy and strong.

Unit 6:  Building a New Country (History)- Focuses on the events that led to the formation of the Unitied States. 

Unit 7:  All Kinds of Weather (Earth and Space Science)- Explores Earth and its atmosphere, water and weather.

Unit 8:  Changing Our Environment (Geography) - Investigates positive and negative changes people make to the environment. 

Unit 9:  Plants in Gardes and Fields (Life Science) - Investigates plants as food, as well as plant's ability to make its own food through photosythesis. 

Unit 10:  Go, Team, Go! (Transition- Focuses on teamwork, cooperation, following rules and doing their best whilt learning about the Olympics and Special Olympics.