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May / June 2019
Academic Standards
Reading Objective:
Children will evaluate arguments for and against banning plastic straws in restaurants.
Science and Social Studies Focus:
environmental protection, civil rights
ELA Skills:
cause and effect, vocabulary, key details, problem and solution, writing
Page 4 Skill:
read a chart
Vocabulary:
pollute, disposable, banning, reusable, decomposes, compromise
CCSS:
RI.2.1, RI.2.3, RI.2.4, RI.2.10, W.2.1, W.2.8, SL.2.2