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The Last Straw

From Peep and the Big Wide World

The Last Straw
9 minPre-KK1st2ndScience
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Summary

Peep, Chirp, and Quack — a chicken, a robin, and a duck — investigate a drinking straw and how air and water move through it. Like every Peep story, it models the science-inquiry habits of observing closely, asking questions, and trying things out, which makes it a gentle fit for a preK–1 science circle.

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Teaching resources

Discussion questions

Discussion

Peep and friends investigate what something is made of and how it behaves.

  1. What was the material in this story like? Was it wet, dry, hard, or soft?
  2. How did it change when the birds played with it?
  3. What else feels or acts the same way?
  4. How could you describe this material to a friend who couldn't see it?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: material, hard, soft, wet, dry.

Try it: Pick one object near you. Describe it three ways (color, how it feels, what it's made of) for a partner to guess.

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