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Instructionol Moteriols o Me and M1,Amazing Body book, bY Joan Sweeneyconstructionpaper o materials for a "feeling box" (sandpaper,cotton ball, toothpick, uncookedlasagna noodle. etc.)

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Make a.of Attachrrrent 10 for each student.Cut a small piece of gray construction paper per student. A. Read aloud Me and My Amazirtg Body. B. Write the word machine on the board. Ask a volunteer or work with the group to decode and read the word' Review the definition Draw an outline of the human body around the word machine. Ask: Can the human body be a machine? Draw an outline of a human body around the word.

C. Createa Venn diagram on a piece of chart paper.Label one side My body and the otherMachines. Ask studentsto brainstorrn ways their bodies and machinesare the same and different. Record lesponseson the Venn diagram.

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