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Express Yourself

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First graders identify details that make reading and writing more interesting. They classify events, people, places, and things and attach specific characteristics to each one. Everyone generates describing words on a worksheet that's embedded in the plan.

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key details, details, classifying

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details, categories, characteristics, classify, descriptive words, programs
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Grade
1st
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr
Year
2003

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