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After listening to Liz read “Super Magnet”:

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Liz, from the WQED Education Team is reading an award-winning story from our 2018 Writer’s Contest! Today’s story is titled “Super Magnet” and is written by our good buddy, Elijah.

Credits: WQED

Standards

1.3.PK.C – Answer questions about characters, settings, and major events in a story.
CC.1.3.K.A – Retell familiar stories including key details.
CC.1.3.1.A – Retell stories and demonstrate understanding of the central message.
CC.1.3.2.A – Recount stories and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
CC.1.3.3.A – Determine the central message, lesson, or moral in literary text.
CC.1.5.K.A–B, CC.1.5.1.A–B, CC.1.5.2.A–B, CC.1.5.3.A–B – Speaking and Listening standards for discussion and comprehension of a read-aloud text.

3.2.K.A – Plan and conduct an investigation to compare the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object.
3.2.2.A – Plan and conduct an investigation to compare the effects of different strengths of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object.
3.2.3.C – Ask questions to determine cause-and-effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
3.2.3.D – Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets.
3.5.K-2.A – Ask questions, make observations, and gather information to define a simple problem.
3.5.3-5.C – Plan and carry out fair tests to improve a model or prototype.