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Unscramble a mystery story and sequence a timeline from events described to uncover the history of Mother’s Day—a special holiday dating back to the ancient Greeks (who also had mothers!). Solving the puzzles and completing the activities in this issue will help you prepare to honor your own mother, grandmother, aunt or caregiver. Better yet, invite her as your partner to give her the greatest gift of all—your time!
In this issue caring students will:
- read expository text about a special holiday
- sequence events in a Mother’s Day story
- create a timeline
- follow directions for an art project
- unscramble words about Mother’s Day
- use the newspaper to write a mystery one to mom, grandma, aunt, special person
- calculate with coins to problem solve
- design a newspaper “thank you” ad for that special person in your life
- solve Mother’s Day math word problems
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