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BAV Six Step Process

BAV Six Step Process. BAV Term: Characteristics Subject: Science Grade: 2 nd. Identify the word:. characteristics. 1. Description or explanation. Characteristics are qualities or features that help distinguish a person or thing. Synonyms trait feature quality attribute normal

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BAV Six Step Process

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  1. BAV Six Step Process • BAV Term: Characteristics • Subject: Science • Grade: 2nd

  2. Identify the word: characteristics

  3. 1. Description or explanation • Characteristics are • qualities or features that help distinguish a person or thing

  4. Synonyms trait feature quality attribute normal typical distinctive particular specific physical appearance Antonyms uncharacteristic atypical unusual unrepresentative rare Characteristics

  5. Real-life Associations • Curly hair is a characteristic of our family. • Feathers are a characteristic of birds. • Vertebrates have bones as a characteristic. • Cold days are characteristic of winter weather in Oklahoma. • Skyscrapers may be a characteristic of urban communities.

  6. Movie/TV/Music/Literary Associations • Peanuts Lucy, Charlie Brown, Snoopy • Spiderman or other Superheroes • Sponge Bob characters • Dan Gutman series; Miss Daisy is Crazy, Mr. Klutz is Nutz, etc. • Beverly Cleary series • Genres of music; jazz, classical, hip-hop, etc. • Genres of art; pointillism, impressionism, etc. • Max and Ruby; Rosemary Wells characters

  7. Quotes • “If you could choose one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor.” -Jennifer Jones, actress • “Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.” -Samuel Johnson, English poet • “The most characteristic mark of a great mind is to choose some one important object, and pursue it for life.” - Anna Letitia Barbauld

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  10. characteristics A sentence • begins with a capital letter. • has a punctuation mark at the end. • has a subject and a predicate. • is a complete thought.

  11. Student-friendly Description • Characteristics help us tell things apart. • They are the ways things are alike and different. • They help us describe things and remember things. • They make things interesting.

  12. Analogies • Green is to color as ants are to insects. • Big is to enormous as cold is to freezing. • Dollar is to bill as dime is to coin. • Iron is to rigid as rubber is to flexible. • Car is to travel as read is to learn.

  13. 2. Describe the word characteristics in your own words.

  14. 3. Construct a picture, symbol or other graphic that represents the word characteristics.

  15. 4. Next day-Periodic activities that adds to knowledge • What’s My Rule • Shape Game • Button Sort • Human Graphs • Communities- Rural, Suburban, Urban (draw, describe, dramatize) • Sort literature by genre

  16. 5. Think, pair and share. • Think about the word characteristics. • Turn to your partner and discuss the word. • What does it mean? • Can you think of another meaning? • What are some examples? • How can you use it in a sentence?

  17. 6. Play games that allow you to play with the term characteristics. • Guess the characteristic as another students pantomimes.

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