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Common Lit: "Valley Forge and the American Revolution" by Barbara Radner Unit PlanCommon Lit: "Valley Forge and the American Revolution" by Barbara Radner Unit Plan
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Common Lit: "Valley Forge and the American Revolution" by Barbara Radner

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CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see the definitions, choose to have the text read aloud, and have chosen text translated. This informational text discusses how a German soldier helped prepare the troops at Valley Forge during the Revolutionary War. [Free account registration required for specific tools.]

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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