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3rd - 4th
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English Language Arts
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Rainbow Writing

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Students examine how to use a rainbow picture as a graphic organizer through the use of color-coding. They produce a writing piece using this graphic organizer. They expand their writing from simple paragraphs to multi-paragraph stories.

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color recognition, colors, rainbows

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color, rainbows, english language arts

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