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Just the Facts, Ma'am Lesson PlanJust the Facts, Ma'am Lesson Plan
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Just the Facts, Ma'am

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Elementary learners identify the main elements of story structure and form questions to summarize their reading. They listen as the teacher reads a story and then write questions to determine (1) main characters, (2) setting, (3) problem, and (4) solution.

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asking questions, chapter books, books, story maps, stories, story structure

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story map, story structure, chapter books, ask questions, text, rl.2.5., rl.2.1., english language arts
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Grade
2nd - 5th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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1 hr
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