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Prewriting 2 Getting Ideas

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Fourth graders read a poem or short paragraph and have students picture it in their minds. They relate the topic to something in their experience and illustrate, 4th graders generate questions with a graphic organizer, use Prewriting2 and write their story.

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4th
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English Language Arts
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3 days
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Project-Based Learning
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