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Week 6: Assignment 2

Activity-based lesson adjusted to Common Core. Lesson topic: Text to Text connections Grade level: Kindergarten AIM questions: 1.      What learning objectives/main ideas do students need to know (maximum of 3)? ·       Different stories have similarities and differences ·       How to connect different texts to each other 2.      What common core skills will be introduced or reinforced during the lesson? CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.9 With prompting and support, compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories. 3.      Which content area standards are addressed in this lesson? Reading 4.      What academic and content specific vocabulary is introduced in this lesson? Compare, Contrast, Characters, 5.      What materials (e.g. Map, Song, and Activity S...

Week 10: Assignment 2

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