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A world of wonder exists within your own body where organs work hard every second of every day to keep you healthy and strong. One essential organ—your kidney—actually comes in a set of two! This vital body part filters impurities from your blood and helps get rid of things you don’t need inside. If one of your kidneys shuts down, the second can come to the rescue to keep you growing safely. Although no larger than your fist, they kidney plays a mighty and vital role in survival. You can help your kidney flush out impurities by drinking adequate amounts of fresh water each day. A healthy kidney is a happy kidney, and a happy kidney will keep you happy, too!
In this issue students will:
- read informational text about kidneys and other organs
- understand that organs work together to maintain health
- calculate sums and differences to label body parts
- learn fun facts and information about how kidneys function
- use pieces from pictures in the news to create a silly body
- identify similarities between people photographed in the newspaper
- read closely to edit a story
- write descriptively about a favorite exercise
7 page PDF
