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Thankful List Lesson Plan

Thankful List Lesson Plan

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Thankful List

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Students practice using free association as a pre-writing technique as they list things that they are thankful for. They share the lists of words and apply them when they write a descriptive essay or poem after identifying commonalities in the words.

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K - 5th

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English Language Arts

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