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Science: 52 Library Lessons -- grades 1-8 -- using science topics as the context. Lessons were developed as a part of Literacy Through School Libraries grant (U.S. Dept. of Education, 2008-2009) http://teachlibrary.wikispaces.com/Collaboration+-+Science

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Math: Not Your Ordinary Bingo

In honor of Bingo’s Birthday Month, review statistics skills by giving this familiar game a different twist. Have each child draw a 5 x 5 grid on her paper and randomly program it with the digits 1-6. To play, roll a die five times and announce which statistic—mean (rounded to the nearest whole number), median, mode, or range—students should find with the numbers rolled. Then have each student use a colored pencil to shade the calculated answer on her gameboard. Explain that only one space can be shaded for each calculation, even if an answer appears more than once on the gameboard. If a set of numbers has more than one mode, either mode can be used as an answer. If no space matches an answer or a set of numbers has no mode, the student does not color a space. Play continues until one player colors five spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.

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