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Paragraph Writing About Waiting for the Biblioburro Lesson PlanParagraph Writing About Waiting for the Biblioburro Lesson Plan
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Paragraph Writing About Waiting for the Biblioburro

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Ask your learners to synthesize what they know about Waiting for the Biblioburro by writing a well-organized paragraph. Young writers focus on using transition words and including specific details in their paragraphs. The plan allows for sharing and discussion about revision and suggests that class members write a second draft for homework.

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CCSS: Designed
Concepts

supporting details, details, paragraph writing, paragraphs, transition words and phrases, topic sentences, concluding paragraphs

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paragraph writing, waiting for the biblioburro, transition words, supporting details, english language arts
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Grade
3rd
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr
Instructional Strategies
Collaborative Learning
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Year
2013
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Creative Commons
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Common Core

W.3.2.a W.3.10

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