Teachers will be able to use this lesson virtually or in person! This Google Slide deck lesson can also be downloaded as a PowerPoint! Speaker notes are included which make it easy for teachers or substitutes to teach this lesson! Read Aloud: Extremely Cute Animals Operating Heavy Machinery *Literacy Objectives: 3.2d) Organize ideas sequentially or around major points of information using appropriate facts and relevant details *3.5 h) Draw conclusions using the text for support. i) Identify the conflict and resolution *Science: VA SOL 3.2: Simple machines and how they help us change the direction or size of a force. *Social Studies: VA SOL 3.1f: Relationships with multiple causes & effects. 3.1g: Making connections across time & place. 3.2: explain how the contributions of ancient Egypt have influenced the present world in terms of architecture, inventions, the calendar, and written language. Hampton Oaks Elementary School (Kari Nugent, Annie Schmidt, Lindsey Bruce, Melissa DiAscro, & Rebecca Fausett)