Mollusks and Crustaceans by Peter Murray

Starfish, Urchins, & Other Echinoderms by Daniel Gilpin

Face to Face With Whales (Face to Face with Animals) by Flip & LindaNicklin

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• The Ocean Book Study Guide (Wonders of Creation) by Frank Sherwin

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  Into the Sea by Brenda Z. Guiberson and Alix Berenzy
  
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  A City Under the Sea: Life in a Coral Reef by Norbert Wu
  

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  Interrupted Journey: Saving Endangered Sea Turtles by Kathryn Lasky and Christopher G. Knight
  
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  Out of the Ocean by Debra Frasier
  
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  Voyager's Stone: The Adventures of a Message-Carrying Bottle Adrift on the Ocean Floor by Robert Kraske
  
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  Orcas Around Me: My Alaskan Summer by Debra Page
  
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  Fish Wish by Bob Barner
  
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  Big Al by Andrew Clements
  
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  Out of the Ocean by Debra Frasier
  
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  Swimmy by Leo Lionni
  
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  Dory Story by Jerry Pallotta
  
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  Hello Ocean! By Pam Muñoz Ryan
  
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  I’m the Biggest Thing In the Ocean by Kevin Sherry
  
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  The Seashore Book by Charlotte Zolotow
  
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  The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
  

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  Animal Planet: The Blue Planet: Seas of Life series
  
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    The Deep
    
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    Ocean World
    
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    Frozen Seas
    
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    Seasonal Seas
    
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    The Coral Seas
    
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    Tidal Seas
    
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  Planet Earth
  
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    Deep Ocean
    
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    Shallow Seas
    

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  Nova: Ocean Animal Emergency
  
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  PBS Nature: Voyage of the Lonely Turtle
  
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  National Geographic: Creatures of the Deep series
  
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    Devils of the Deep: Jumbo Squid
    
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    Killer Whales: Wolves of the Sea
    
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    Tiger Shark: Predator Revealed
    
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    Dolphins: The Wild Side
    

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  The Mermaid and Other Sea Poems by Sophie Windham
  

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  Sea Songs by Myra Cohen Livingston
  
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  Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
  
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  A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
  

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  Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See by Bill Martin Jr. (See also Polar Bear, Polar Bear What Did You Hear)
  
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  Quick As A Cricket by Audrey and Don Wood
  
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  The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown
  

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  www.nationalgeographic.com (background info., photos, and video clips)
  
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  www.calstatela.edu/faculty/eviau/edit557/oceans/linda/loceans.htm (ocean life for Kids)
  
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  www.cybrary.org/ocean.htm (background info. and links for students)
  
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  www.livescience.com/oceans/ (background info., photos, and video clips)
  

Project GLAD

1. 
   FOCUS/MOTIVATION
   

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  Oceanographer awards
  
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  Trip to aquarium, beach, tide pool
  
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  Picture file cards
  
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  ocean realia
  
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  Observation charts
  
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  Inquiry chart – process daily
  
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  Cognitive Content Dictionary/Picture Dictionaries
  
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  Big Book
  
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  Ocean DVDs and online clips
  
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  Read Alouds
  

1. 
   INPUT
   

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  Graphic input chart – Six Kingdoms of living things (ocean organisms)
  
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  Graphic input chart – map of the world (focus on oceans and ocean life)
  
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  Pictorial input – humpback whale
  
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  Narrative input – loggerhead sea turtle
  
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  Read Aloud: Big Book: Ocean Habitats (The Important Thing frame)
  
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  Poetry and chants
  
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  Research center
  

2. 
   GUIDED ORAL PRACTICE
   

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  T-Graph for Social Skills
  
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  Team Points
  
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  Picture file sort activities
  
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  Poetry and chants (poetry booklets)
  
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  Sentence patterning chart (Farmer in the Dell)
  
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  Mind map
  
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  Coop work - numbered heads together
  
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  Expert groups
  
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  Process grid
  
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  Guess my category
  

3. 
   READING/WRITING
   

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  Group Frame-Compare and contrast
  
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  Coop strip paragraph
  
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  Pocket poetry
  
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  Poetry frames
  
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  Flip charts
  
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  Strip books
  
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  Story map
  
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  Big book
  
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  Phonemic awareness chants & activities
  
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  Class chant using modeled frame
  
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  Writers workshop mini lessons
  

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  Expert groups - heterogeneous
  
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  Flexible reading groups
  

Struggling/Emergent readers – coop. strip paragraph group

Here, There poetry group

Clunkers and links (at or above grade level)

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  Ear-to-ear partner reading (poetry books)
  
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  Team tasks (anything modeled by teacher)
  

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  Interactive journals
  
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  Learning logs
  
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  Listen and sketch
  
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  Authentic literacy events
  
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  Authentic writing: letters to protect ocean habitat
  
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  Individual tasks
  
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  Personal exploration
  
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  Writer's workshop (writing process, conferencing, author’s chair)
  

4. 
   EXTENDED ACTIVITIES FOR INTEGRATION & REINFORCEMENT
   

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  Ocean art (crayon resist, painting, collage)
  
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  Songs and ocean music
  
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  Readers theater
  
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  Ocean Life drama
  
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  Integrating math activities (measurement, graphing, counting, story problems)
  
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  Sally’s the Sea Turtle’s Journey (stuffed sea turtle goes home with diff. children – sketch/write to record its adventure in an ongoing journal)
  

5. 
   CLOSURE
   

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  Process all charts and learning
  
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  Evaluate week and letter home to parents
  
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  Read class and team big books
  
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  Share personal explorations
  
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  Ocean Jeopardy
  
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  Seafood festival
  

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  Three Standards
  
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  Oceanographer Awards
  
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  Cognitive Content Dictionary with Signal Word/ Interactive Writing
  
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  Observation Charts
  
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  Inquiry Charts - What do we know about ocean life? What do we want to
  

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  Realia – free exploration
  

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  Big Book: Ocean Life (Habitats) - Shared reading
  
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  Portfolios-colored dots
  

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  World Map – ocean habitats for various organisms
  
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  10/2- Primary Language
  
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  ELD Review
  
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  Learning Log
  
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  Graphic Organizer- 6 Kingdoms: focus on ocean organisms
  
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  10/2- Primary Language
  
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  ELD Review
  
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  Learning Log
  

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  Poetry and Chants – Whales Here, Whales There
  

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  Narrative Input Chart “Let the Adventure Begin” (sea turtle)
  

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  Poetry & Chants
  
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  T-graph - team points
  
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  Exploration Report (realia)
  
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  Personal interaction: Which ocean organisms do you like the most?
  

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  Interactive Journals/teacher models
  

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  Reading/Writing Choice
  

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  ABC Book
  
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  Read Aloud
  

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  Re-read Inquiry Charts, Poetry and Input Charts
  
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  Home/School connection
  
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  Sally the Sea Turtle’s Journey
  

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  Cognitive Content Dictionary with signal word (final meaning and sentences for yesterday’s word)
  

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  Process Home/School Connection
  
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  Review Input Charts with word cards and pictures
  
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  Process Poetry & Chants: highlight, sketch, add picture file cards
  
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  Review Narrative: act out, word cards, conversation bubbles
  
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  L1 Inquiry Chart
  

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  Pictorial Input Chart: humpback whales
  
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    10/2 with primary language
    
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    Learning log
    
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    ELD review
    
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  Read Aloud
  

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  Poetry & Chants
  
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  TGraph processing
  
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  Team Tasks
  
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  Flexible Grouping
  
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    Expert Groups: pygmy seahorse & giant pacific octopus
    
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  Phonemic Awareness: “Who Has A Word?” (chorally)
  

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  ABC Book
  
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  Learning Logs
  
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  Read Aloud
  

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  Reading/writing choice
  

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  Add unit theme books, pocket poetry, retelling of narrative etc.
  

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  Review charts
  
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  Home/School Connection
  
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  Sally the Sea Turtle’s Journey
  

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  Cognitive Content Dictionary with signal word
  
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  Process Home/ School Connection
  
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  Review pictorial input chart with words & pictures
  
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  L1 Review
  
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  Story Map: Narrative Review
  
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  Process Poetry & Chants: highlight, sketch, add picture file cards
  

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  Read Aloud
  

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  Poetry & Chants
  
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  Sentence Patterning Chart (Farmer-in-the-Dell)
  

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  fish
  

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  Reading Game (chanting)
  
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  Trading Game (interactive dialogue)
  
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  Flip Chant (chanting) – create whole class flip chant for reading group
  
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  Team Tasks
  

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  Mind Map
  
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  Process Grid
  
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  Group Frame or Cooperative Strip Paragraph - expository, compare and
  

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  Respond, revise, and edit
  

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  Phonemic Awareness Chant: “If You Think You Know My Word”
  
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  Read Aloud
  

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  Review charts
  
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  Home/School Connection
  
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  Sally the Sea Turtle’s Journey