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GRADES K - 1
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Students build vocabulary by expanding their facilities with high-frequency transition words used in recounting a chain-of-events narrative through practice and oral recitation.
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Students narrate a story by providing exposition and transitions for events conveyed visually throughout the book.
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Students will make predictions, identify vocabulary, and learn about the comic format. |
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GRADES 1 - 2
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Students practice making inferences about fictional characters and identify supporting evidence for their inferences.
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Students learn to identify the parts of a comic as text features (speech balloon, thought balloon, sound effect, etc.)
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Students will improve their reading fluency by using visual clues and text features to read with greater expression.
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Readers Theater students develop fluency (including tone, pitch, and volume) as they read, rehearse, and perform.
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GRADES 2 - 3
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Students will practice teambuilding and learn to value the similarities and differences among diverse student populations through a self-portrait.
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Students learn to identify conflicts and problems in a plot, and see how solutions can create new problems and move the plot forward.
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