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A Readers' Theatre for Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain Lesson PlanA Readers' Theatre for Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain Lesson Plan
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A Readers' Theatre for Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain

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Second graders read and perform a reader's theater version of the story, "Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain." They complete a graphic organizer of cause and effect of their part in the story, look up vocabulary words on a dictionary website, and perform the play.

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Grade
2nd
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English Language Arts
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2 hrs
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Simulation
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