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Hogarth encourages the iron giant to behave like superman. Using a sequencing organizer, students organize the. Pandas activities, worksheets, printables, and lesson plans. Jan 27, 2017 lesson planning for educators 112 of over 10,000 results for books. Meeting with students on the rug, talk about illustrations, characters, setting, problem in story, and solution in the book the other side. Children narrate a full short story from beginning to end.
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