
Regularly wash children's hands and toys. Make sure children do not have access to peeling paint or chewable surfaces painted with lead-based paint. To avoid lead poisoning in the US, follow these tips: However, in the US, when children have high blood lead levels, it's usually because of lead-based paint (which was banned from use in housing in 1978) and lead-contaminated dust. In this outbreak, lead dust from the mines was to blame. Note: Several aspects of the original outbreaks and investigations have been altered to fit the format and length of this application. In 2001, Disease Detectives helped solve an anthrax terrorist attack which affected many people across the United States. Disease Detectives worked in each of these cases to determine the cause of the outbreak.Īnthrax also has been used as a bioterrorist threat in the United States. In 2009, a New Hampshire woman became sick with gastrointestinal anthrax (a very rare form of the disease that causes flu-like symptoms, sore throat, nausea, and diarrhea) after participating in a drumming event. Ask students what would they do if they had a cellphone.Your hard work helped to solve this outbreak!Īlthough this scenario was not real, there have been several real-life investigations of anthrax illness involving drums made of contaminated animal hides.ĭisease Detectives worked in 2006 to determine that a drum maker in Pennsylvania caught inhalation anthrax by working with dried goat hides that had traces of anthrax spores. Small Group Discuss what students would do in an emergency Look back at the scene from Red Kayak when Brady finds Ben. Students could discuss in small group about the think critically or we could do this with a center. Monitor students understanding using questions on page 34 c. SO the end has a quote from the bible so I don’t know if we could just stop it before it pops up but it was a cool video! Stop at Albert Einstein at 4 minutes! Also the music is a little intense so don’t have it too loud a. Have them discuss the Let’s Think About it… in pairs! Read pages 28-30 together discussing the Let’s Think About… Have students read pages 31-33. Worksheet Reader’s and Writer’s notebook pg. Students can use context clues to figure out the meaning of minute. Read through the strategy page as a class Have students read Lifesaving Classes in pairs Discuss the word minute in the story. Students create chart and fill in in reading spirals. 23 for students to discuss in pairs ws 40 23 Students reread using the SKILL questions on p. Talk about pictures on page 20 and 21 How are these people showing courage?. Courage – Motivational Minute - Courage Why would a person need to follow a procedure or How-to text give instructions for a procedure. Move into reading groups to read the rest of Red Kayak with Think about acting courageously as you read! Fictional characters and events that could happen in real What point of view is Brave Melissa in on page 23?
The narrator is not a character in the story. When a story is told from a third-person point of view, Change theĪdjective to an adverb and then use it in a sentence. In your reading spirals create this chart. A suffix is added the the end of a base word to modify a Why would crossing this bridge be treacherous? How could anyone cross this bridge –Ĭaught between the wind, the rain, and the boiling, angry
“Run, Kate Shelley, Run.” Read passage below. Courage – Kids President Heroes – What inspires people to Student book pages 20-21 look at the pictureĪctions Feelings Characteristics SituationsĬomprehension Strategy: Monitor and Clarify Courage – Kids of Character – What inspires people toĪct courageously? Class questions and discussion Reading Street - Unit 1 - Week 1 Powerpoint