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		<title>Trout, Trout, Trout: A Fish Chant Activities</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The scaled fish drawing were one by students in Knox, Co, OH]]></description>
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<p>The scaled fish drawing were one by students in Knox, Co, OH<a href="http://www.aprilsayre.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/img_0066.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-490" title="img_0066" src="http://www.aprilsayre.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/img_0066-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a>
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		<title>Knox County, OH school visit activities. Wow!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow, Knox County, OH schools had fun with my books!. What extraordinary teachers and students. The countryside near there is beautiful, too.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow, Knox County, OH schools had fun with my books!. What extraordinary teachers and students. The countryside near there is beautiful, too.</p>

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		<title>Exploring Earth&#8217;s Biomes Activity Roundup</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Sep 2006 01:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are some images from early school visits 2006 and earlier. Many schools did huge projects. Each classroom, for instance, might focus on a biome and educate the rest of the school through dioramas and art. The books in the photos below were done by upper elementary students in Greenville, SC. They  took my biome [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here are some images from early school visits 2006 and earlier. Many schools did huge projects. Each classroom, for instance, might focus on a biome and educate the rest of the school through dioramas and art. The books in the photos below were done by upper elementary students in Greenville, SC. They  took my biome books and<strong> adapted them to create simpler &#8220;big books&#8221;</strong> for younger readers in grade 1. They then presented those books to those classrooms. Wow! </p>
<p>Also notice the rain forest cinquain tree, created by writing coaches in Ohio.</p>

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