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Students learn about summer safety and answer questions about a kid’s summer day schedule.

Students learn about a Mexican Christmas tradition called Night of the Radishes and read a chart of winter holidays.

Students learn about shadows and identify whether things are opaque.

Students learn about a kid who helped design basketball sneakers and answer shoe riddles.

Students learn about Martin Luther King Jr and read a short article about Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech.

Students learn about leaf-cutter ants and read a chart of ant behaviors.