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Interdisciplinary Unit - SIBLINGS
A collection of activities for Reading, Science, Math, and Language Arts studying a common theme of siblings.
Each file is in MS Word document format.
Book List
Books related to siblings with short descriptions

Science Activity - Heredity Comparison
Students will identify environmental and hereditary similarities between siblings and describe the difference between the two.
  • Kennedy Brothers
  • Fiennes Brothers
  • Bush Brothers

    • Science Activity - Survey Graphs
    Students will survey classmates and create graphs to display their results.

    Language Arts Activity - Birth Announcements
    Students will write birth announcements for a new sister or brother.

    Language Arts Activity - Comic Condensed Books
    Students will create a condensed version of the book they have read in comic-book form.

    American History Activity - Leading Siblings
    Students will identify environmental and hereditary similarities between siblings and describe the difference between the two.

    Mathematics Activity - Survey Predictions
    Students will use survey data about siblings to make predictions.

    Mathematics Activity - Pascal's Triangle
    Students will use Pascal's Triangle to count and calculate probability related to siblings.
  • Worksheet

    • Reading Activity - Journal Topics
    Recommended journal topics relating to the thematic unit.

    Reading Activity - Book Report
    Students will prepare a short presentation including visuals in which they will describe their book and tell about the author.

    Reading Activity - Read Aloud
    Two possible read aloud books with recommended vocabulary list.
  • Tuck Everlasting
  • The Giver

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