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WOW/ Talking Tubs/ Entry orExit Points for PLANTS

Chn to plant their own seeds. Can you grow your own beanstalk?

Go to the Thonglor garden?Chn bake, open a shop and sell to donate?

Chn use their senses to try and guess whats inside a shopping bag.

Trip to visit some shopkeepers around the area.

Literacy (Writing)

Sequencing sheetabel plants

Growing plants! li"ecycleChns seed #ournal

Grocery list$ow will syllables help us write?

%ake a new &ack and the 'eanstalk story.

Target()riting "or di*erent purposes

Sing 'Mary, Mary' Look at variety of illustrations from different rhymebooks.

With the children design and make a display to illustrate the rhyme.

Literacy (Reading)

&aspers 'eanstalk !&ack and the 'eanstalkThe Princess and the Pea.

Little Red Hen)ho are the "amous characters inside my book?

)hat is the ending sound in the word +?)hat is a syllable?$ow many syllables does your name have? our "riends name?)riting in the role play area. %aking and -writing books about &ackand The 'eanstalk. )riting labels "or our growing plants.

se non!/ction te0ts to /nd out "acts about plants

Interactive rhyming flower display children choose words or pictures

that rhyme.

1honics and sounds 2 )eekly sound table ! learning letter sounds,/nding words that start with the same sound. 30perience rhyme andalliteration

!ole "lay

&ack and the 'eanstalk?#asper$s %eanstalk provide opportunity

for role&play (rocer$s shop

NumeracyMake number leaves for the beanstalk roleplay area.Bean diaries recording/measuringheight/growth of beans.

Counting petals on 4owers

5rder by si6e

Sorting by birds7plants7insects

Numbers/Counting counting beans

an ot!er sees" #o$er %ots an

ot!er gro$ing resources& Health and Well-being

)hy do we eat vegetables?$ealth 8 'odily 9wareness 2 sing stories and talk to /nd out whatkeeps us healthy including talking about the vegetables we aregrowing at nursery. :ine %otor Skills 2 se small gardening tools.Setting seeds. sing scissors and other small equipment on a dailybasis.

'ean game! broad bean, #umping beans,

etc

Art

Collage o" leaves collectedClay 1ots. Decorating pots for seeds.

Make seed shakers.Seed collage.

;esign a "airy garden

)bservational drawings of flowers* Georgia 5


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ntegrated 1C 9ctivities

EDBA!FHI Chart the main characters andsettings o" the "airytales we

Jead story.

%aths EKI %aths EKI

%easuring &aspers 'eanstalk

Jead story.


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Shared reading with

"ocus book and then

pro#ect work with

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activities include> )rite

the room, %aths tray, CT

and etc.

studied.

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en#oyment.

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mung seeds to grow on cotton

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se pu66le pieces, linking cubes

and /ngers to rein"orce adding

and number sentence

"ormation.

&aspers 'eanstalk %aths

problems.

*Strand $ !& 1'& 1)

using cubes.

$ow do plants breath?

Children will look at digital

microscope and see plants

stomata.

abelling the parts o"

&aspers plant.

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.ine up on corridor L. Get aprons. B.'egin eating. . Chn engage in positive verbal interactions. H. Chn remain sitting until teacher dismisses. @.

1lates away.

;rink EAAH!AAI Edrink7 toiletI N. )ait in corridor w7 Joina or &i to send in by through counting O actions D. )9< inside "or it W!ile $aiting for c!n"

P!onics song %laying

)hole or small group,

one on one sessions "or

%aths and )ord :ocus7

1honics

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%aths EKI

Start %aths session with

counting song.

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Jeview addition language and

model activity.

se seeds to create a simple

addition story on 9B paper

Eaddition to AI. se /ngers as

a way o" adding.

*Strand $ 1)&1 " 1#

AA!AA KC )ord :ocus

Ebased on )ord "amily bookI

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se magnetic letters to blend

words "rom the previous term

Ee.g. at c!at, b!at, etcI

9ctivity> Sorting rhymingpictures into leaves.

1honics

3 and &olly 1honics song.

9ctivity> )orksheet "or 3 and .

AA!AA KC

4erm 5, Week 6*

)b7ectives* !e&teach s a t p, "ractise letters8sounds and start to practise oral blending and segmenting

!evisit and !eview 4each

)b7ectives* !e&teach s a t p, "ractise letters8sounds and

start to practise oral blending and segmenting

"ractise 9pply

Mon :89 4each 8s8 using flash card and ob7ects beginning with the 8s8

sound. +mphasis the ssssss sound before saying the name of

the ob7ects. 0se the 9SL and#olly phonics action.9ll children

to do the action and say the sound. Make sure each child issaying the sound correctly.

Move to focus wall, skywrite the letter s, checking to make

sure each child is writing the sound correctly

;ollect a bag of ob7ects beginning with the 8s8

sound and some other ob7ects. 0sing a puppet help

to sort the ob7ects between rubbish and treasure.

;hildren to listen carefully for the initial sound asteacher sings* 1icking up + and put -em in mypail.

1icking up +and put -em in my pail.1icking

up +and put -em in my pail

)ay down yonder in the 1 picture patchU

;ollect ob7ects in the treasure bo beginning with

the 8s8 phoneme.

3emonstrate the letter using the

8s8 card

;hildren to practise writing the

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Song to the tune of I'm a little teapot;

I'm a little bean small and round (curl up on the floor)

Bury me deep in the ground ( sung in a very low deep voice)

sprinkle on some water ( act out watering can)

some sunshine too( Hands out wide)

atch me grow as tall as you ( stretch to the sky)

Art Acti$ities

%lanting &eeds Theme Art

Holding &eeds Art

Materials :eeded* paper, crayon, scissors, tissue paper or seeds, glue
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4he children trace their hands and cut out.

4hey then glue rolled up pieces of tissue paper or actual seeds into their @hands@. 4his is a follow up to 4he 4iny Seedstory.

&eed Mosaic

Materials :eeded* ;lear contact paper, marker, seeds

3raw flowers on the clear contact. Let the children draw their own flowersA

!emove the backing. ;hildren they use seeds to decorate the flowers.

+tension* Let the children create their own art work by placing the seeds where they want for a very creative designA 4hey can place them on

the contact paper or glue them onto paperA

%ear 'loer lossoms

4his is a great follow up to reading the ;ircle 4ime activity about pears -see circle time ideas below1.

Materials :eeded* !eal pear tree blossoms or other flowering fruit blossoms -artifical flowers are fine, tooA1.

0se the branches and blossoms to paint with. Show the children how to gently dip the flowers into the paint and @print@ with them, like

stamping.

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loc* Area

%lanting &eeds Theme loc* Center +deas

Mo$ing What ,ros

Materials* "rovide hollow blocks -or other blocks1 and small, plastic wheelbarrows for the children to move their plants -blocks1 to the shelves.

+plain what wheelbarrows are used for during planting or gardening.
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Circle Time Acti$ities

%lanting &eeds Theme Circle Time +deas

;ircle 4ime is such a great time for children to learn the social skills of being together as a large group 9:3 to learn more about your themeA

ne Little .a//odil

In advance, make B daffodils from paper, laminate and place velcro or a piece of a dryer sheet on the back so that it sticks on your flannel

board.

4each this fingerplay to the children while using the flannel board pieces*

)ne little daffodil had nothing to do

0p popped another one and then there were two.

4wo little daffodils smiling at a bee

9nother popped up and then there were three

4hree little daffodils were growing by a door

0p popped another one and then there were four.

Cour little daffodils happy to be alive

0p popped another one and then there were five.

Cive little daffodils wearing golden crowns

4hey danced in the breeDe wearing green satin gownsA


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+E4+:SI):* "ause before saying each number for the children to have time to count and recall the net number. +* then there

were........rightA 2A

+E4+:SI):* %ring actual daffodils to school and place them in your science area. 4he children can eplore them while recalling this poemA

The Carrot &eed

Materials* In advance, make flannel pieces to go along with this book. Fou'll need a little boy, mother, father, brother, a tiny seed, a carrot top,

a wheelbarrow a watering can and a huge carrot.

0se these materials while telling the story.

G9!I94I):* (ive each child one flannel piece to add to the board as you read it. Fou may need to read the story twice this day so that each

child has a turnA

%ears and lossoms

Materials :eeded* the book Crom Seed to "earand a large pearA

;ut the pear down the middle lengthwise and show the children the seeds. Let them feel the seeds and talk about planting them, how long it

takes seeds to grow, etc.

!ead the story, pointing out that the white flowers turn into little hard pears then ripe 7uicy onesA

Collow up with the "ear Clower %lossom art activity listed above in the 9rt 9ctivities section.

nce 0on A Time2222

Write a cooperative story. 9fter discussing what seeds need to grow, start a story with them. 4ell them they are going to help make up a story

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Start with @)nce upon a time, some preschool children wanted to begin planting seeds. )ne day, Maria HHHHHHHH-fill in the blank from this

child1. 4hen, ;heryl thought she should HHHHHHHHHHH, etc. If the children seem to get off track, that will happenA owever, give reminders as

needed such as*

@So, our seed was dug up by the turtle and the bird took the turtle and the seed in the air. What happened net@ 4hen go on to ask the net

child.

4hese stories are S) much fun to read back to them each dayA 9nd to photo copy and send home with them for their families to en7oyA

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Coo*ing Recies

&nac* Recie +deas to Coo* 0 /or 3our %lanting &eeds Theme4

;ooking with children helps develop their math skills and helps them to learn how to follow directions. It also allows for some great

conversationA 9sk many Juestions while cooking with your children to encourage conversationA %e sure to ask specific theme related Juestions

while making these fun snacksA

Carrot and Raisin &alad

Ingredients and Items needed* ;arrots -one per child1 and raisingK vegetable peelers, bowls -one for each child1

3iscuss planting seeds& especially carrot seedsA Show them some carrot seeds.

ave the children help you to wash off the carrots.

Show them how to use the vegetable peelers.

+ach child helps add to the pile of carrot peelings.

"lace them into a bowl.

4he children each scoop a teaspoon of raisins into the bowl.


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Mi and en7oyA

%ear Tasting

If you have read Crom Seed to "earfor this planting seeds theme, have a pear tasting partyA

Ingredients and Items :eeded* Fellow and green pears, knife, chart for recording the children's likes8dislikes.

Cor the chart, draw 2 columns. 3raw a picture of the yellow pear on top of the second column and a picture of the green pear on the top of thethird column.

List each child's name in the first column.

9s each child tries a piece of each pear, write the words yes or now under each pear based on if they liked it or not.

4hese charts can be set up in many ways. Fou could also write each child's name on two pieces of paper. )n the chart, the children place their

name under the pear only if they like it.

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.ramatic %lay +deas

%lanting &eeds Theme +deas to Trans/orm 3our .ramatic %lay Area

,ardeners

"rovide hats, gardening gloves, aprons and plastic planting tools -such as pails, shovels, hoes, watering cans1K artifical grass and mossK bandanasKoveralls to dress up in, for the children to plant in dramatic playA

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5asel +deas

%lanting &eeds Theme +deas /or your 5asel--More Than 6ust %ainting (Although that is alays TH5 /a$orite in our classroom4)
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%aint While %lanting &eeds4

Materials :eeded* Mi some small seeds -like marigold or other small and thin seeds1 into the paint for a different tetureA

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,ross Motor ,ames

%lanting &eeds Theme Large ,rou ,ames that hel build their muscles hile they ha$e /un together

&eed" &eed" ,RW4

3o your children like the 3uck, 3uck, (oose game !eplace the words with Seed, Seed, (row to compliment your themeA

The Carrot &eed

Materials* 4he book 4he ;arrot Seedby !uth raus.

9fter reading the book, have the children help act out the story. ? children will act it out and the rest of the children will be the audience.

;hoose ? children to act it out&one is the little boy, one is the mother, one is the father and one is the big brother.

+plain to the audience that their 7ob is to repeat the line @I'm afraid it won't come up.@

!epeat until all the children have had a turn being in this reenactmentA

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Library and Literacy

%lanting &eeds Theme +deas /or 3our Library and Literacy Acti$ities /or your %reschool Classroom

oo* &uggestions /or the Library

4he ;arrot Seed by !uth rauss
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3inofours* My Seeds Won't (row by Steve MetDger

Crom Seed to "ear by 9li Mitgutsch

Crom Seed to "lant by (ail (ibbons

(rowing Gegetable Soup by Lois +hlert

I !eally Wonder What "lant I'm (rowing by Lauren ;hild

"lanting a !ainbow by Lois +hhlert

Sunflower ouse by +ven %unting

4he 4iny Seed by +ric ;arle

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Math And Maniulati$es Acti$ities

%lanting &eeds Theme acti$ities to hel your %reschoolers de$elo those small muscles in their hands4

&eed &orting

Materials* several bowls and different packets of seeds.

Let the children combine, sort and separate seeds. 4his is a great time for them to use their fine motor skills, of course, but also to get toknow )W flowers and plants beginA

Weighing and Measuring

Materials* balance scaleK a variety of seeds -such as seed corn, bean seeds, pea seed, sunflowerseeds1 in small plastic containers with covers,

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Let children eplore the seeds. Show them how to use the balance scale -this might be a great circle time activity& use your circle time to

introduce this tool1.

9sk Juestions to get them started such as* 9re the larger seeds heavier or lighter ow many seeds does it take to make one side of the scale

heavier

%ac*age &orting

Materials :eeded* Save the seed packets that you used for the seed activities in this unit.

Laminate them -be sure to have 5 of each type1.

"lace them out for the children to match. 0se as a memory or concentration type game as wellA

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Music and Mo$ement

%lanting &eeds Theme Music and Mo$ement Acti$ities and +deas to get your %reschoolers Mo$in7 and ,roo$in74

Here We ,RW

ave the children sJuat down and pretend they are little seeds. "lay some calming music. 9s you turn the volume up slowly on the ;3 player,

describe what is happening to @them@&&the seeds. 4hey should try to act this outA

4he seeds are in the ground nice and warm.

It is raining and they are getting a drink.

4he sun is warming them and help them growA

4he seed is opening and roots are coming outA

It is raining againA 4here's the sunA )ooh, the plants are coming out of the groundA


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%lanting &eeds &ong

Sung to Carmer in the 3ell

9ct this song out with each verse*

4he gardener plants the seeds, the gardener plants the seeds.

i&ho the derry&o, the farmer plants the seeds.

9dditional verses could be -or make up some of your own to go along with specific seeds you are planting1*

4he rain starts to fall........

4he sun begins to shine...........

4he plants begin to grow.......

4he flowers open up.............

&eed &ha*ers

In advance, place seeds into plastic easter eggs. 0se these as maracas to dance withA

+E4+:SI):* If you make eggs using different seeds, try making 5 eggs with each seed. "lace the eggs in your science are to see if the

children can guess which ones have the same seeds based on the sound -sunflower seeds will be much louder than marigold seedsA1

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&and and Water Table

%lanting &eeds Acti$ities /or the &enses4

%otting &oil and &eeds


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9dd potting soil and lots of seeds to your sensory table for your students to eplore. 9t the end of the week, transfer the soil and seed mi to

another bin and water.

"lace this in your science table for your children to care for and watch the seeds growA

Har$esting

"lace soil and several - or 61 small potatoes under the soild. "rovide plastic buckets, trowels and shovels. Let the children know that potatoes

grow underground like carrots.

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&cience Acti$ities

%lanting &eeds Theme &cience Acti$ities--/or your %reschool &cientists in Training4

%lanting ean &eeds

Materials* Diplock baggies, paper towels, spray water bottle, lima beans, markers.

;hildren spray their paper towels with water.

4hey place 2 lima beans in the middle of their paper towel.

elp them to fold the paper towel over the beans.

4hey place that into a Diplock baggie.

Write their name with marker on the outside of the baggie.

4ape baggies to a sunny window and watch them for a week or two until they sproutA

:)4+* )nce you open the baggies, they will smell terribleA %e preparedA

%lant a &eet %otato


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)k, so this is not a seed but it is plantingA Insert toothpicks into the sides so that you can balance it on the top of a cup. Cill the cup with water

so that the half the potato is in the water. ;heck often for rootsA

58loring &eeds

%ring in flowers that have seeds for the children to investigate such as sunflowers and dandelions. Let them take them apart to find the seeds.

4hen, try planing the seedsA

Clear ,lass %lanter

)ne year we had a !oot&Gue grower. It had a styrofoam based and clear pleiglass cover. 4he idea was that the cihldren could see the seeds

grow and form roots -especially for carrot seedsA1. Fou can make your ownA

0se a small, five gallon glass fish tank -ask parents if they have one to donate, many people do in their basementsA1.

Cill about 28? of the way with potting soil.

ave the children help you to make holes in the soil about half way down -we used a pencil or straw1. 4he key is to push the hole down right

against the glass.

3rop seeds in the holes and lightly fill in the holes.

3o this all the way around the tank.

When done, also plant seeds in the middle of the tank, but not as deeply1.

Water the soil as needed and the children will, over time, see the process of the seed growing its roots as well as the plants in the middle

popping through.

Ho do Roots Wor*9

9lthough this is an eperiment that you may be bored with, remember that your children have never seen it beforeA


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Materials* ;elery stalks -preferably ones with greens on the tops1, two tall, clear glasses of waterK food coloring

"lace a different color of food coloring in each cup of water.

"lace one celery stalk in each cup, with the greens at the top.

Watch and discuss daily.

4he children learn how root systems @drink@ water from the bottom and bring it to the top.

:)4+* We used blue and red food coloring. 4he interesting thing was that after a couple of weeks, the blue one still looked blue and ok, but

the red one actually began wilting and turning brown...I guess there is something to that whole fear of red dye...it was proven to us with this

eperimentA

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Writing Acti$ities

Writing Acti$ity +deas /or 3our %reschool Classroom7s %lanting &eeds Theme4

+n$isible seeds

"rovide the children with a piece of white construction paper and a white crayon. +ncourage them to draw different siDed seeds and what their

seeds will grow.

ave the children paint over their picture with watered down brown tempura paint. It will not stick to their crayon drawings.

G9!I94I):* ave the children print their name or other letters you may be working on with them. If the white on white is too frustrating for

them, provide a color they can see to use on the white paper. It will still amaDe the kids that the paint won't stick to their lettersA


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ord recognition of high!fre"uency words combined

with e#plicit and systematic focus on letter$

sound relationships% both in isolation and within

meaningful te#ts% and practice in using word chunks

(e&g& onset and rime% analogy% word endings% and

blends$digraphs) are a feature of Sails irst ave%

mergent% and arly levels% which also strengthen

childrens word recognition and spelling&

Sails *eachers +esource Books identify as a target

for the mergent and arly level the naming of

letters; matching letters and sounds; recogni,ing

blends% digraphs% compound words% contractions%

suffi#es% onset and rime patterns% and using

graphophonic cues in reading& *hese literacy

behaviors are all implicated in developing childrens

spelling competencies&

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Start %aths session with counting song. http>77www.youtube.com7watch?vPQw@:psL5NR

Jeview addition language and model activity.

se leaves collected to create a simple addition story on 9B paper.

My name is HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

#asper found B beans on Monday. e found B more on 4uesday. ow many beans did

he find altogether


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? beans sprouted on Wednesday. 2 more sprouted on 4hursday. ow many beans

sprouted in all


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#asper$s beanstalk is beginning to growA ;an you write labels for all its parts

5> To label a picture

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beanstalkroots

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#asper$s beanstalk is beginning to growA ;an you write labels for all its parts

5> To label a picture

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iteracy and Kumeracy in the

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These early literacy and numeracy activities are included in the learning strands>

Early literacy o%%ortunities

L.B sing language skills in a variety o" conte0ts

L. sing repetitive sounds and words, aspects o" language such as rhythm, rhyme

and alliteration, and to en#oy nonsense stories and rhymes

L.N 3n#oying and using verbal communication

L.D istening attentively and responding appropriately to others

L.F sing words, pictures, print, numbers, sounds, shapes, models, photographs and

CT to represent thoughts, e0periences and ideas

L.A 30ploring and observing the use o" print

L. Stories and literature valued by the cultures in their community

L.L 3n#oying and using words and books

L.@ Some o" the technology and resources used "or mathematics, reading and writing

L.N Creating stories and symbols

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Early numeracy o%%ortunities

L.F sing words, pictures, print, numbers, sounds, shapes, models, photographs and

CT to represent thoughts, e0periences and ideas

L.B 30ploring and observing the use o" numbers in purpose"ul activities

L. sing mathematical symbols and concepts


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L.H 3n#oying and using numbers

Some of t!e tec!nology an resources use for mat!ematics" reaing an $riting

B.A Setting and solving problems

B. ooking "or patterns, classi"ying things "or a purpose, guessing, using trial and

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