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Students experience the idea of beginning, middle, and end in a variety of situations including literary and musical. They identify the beginning, middle and end of Where the Wild Things Are Full Review »
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- 2nd - 4th
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Students experience the need for strong endings for narrative essays. They learn specific items to include in their endings. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten
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Students retell stories learning to recognize the beginning, middle, and end of each of the tales. Predicting the endings becomes part of this lesson. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students write different endings to stories and determine how the new ending changes the story. They make jam sandwiches before listening to a read aloud of "The Giant Jam Sandwich." Students write and discuss different endings that solve the story problem. Full Review »
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- 1st
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Students read a story and identify and illustrate the story's beginning, middle, and end. Full Review »
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- 1st
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Students identify the beginning, middle, and ending of a story and describe the plot, setting, and the characters. As a class they read a picture story and identify the beginning, middle, and end. Students then draw a picture of an alternate ending to the story. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students study endings in writing. They discuss story structure and listen to beginnings and middles of a story to identify the ending. They sketch how they envision the story to end and write a paragraph including the story elements. They conduct a writing conference with their teacher and identify the elements in their writing. Full Review »
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- 1st
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Students develop stories with beginnings, middles, and ends. They view a story and discuss the beginning, middle, and end and cue words including first, next, and last. They write stories incorporating beginning, middle, and ends and have conferences with their teacher. They share their stories with their class. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students listen to the story of The Three Little Pigs in an urban setting. They then divide into small groups and using one story per group, read the story in 15 minutes and come up with a new ending and practice for an additional 15 minutes. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students create different endings to the book "Mary McLean and the St. Patrick's Day Parade" and examine the impact of the new ending. They discuss the St. Patrick's Day holiday and listen to the teacher read the book. Students then compose a new ending for the story. Full Review »

