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The Shape of Home

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Students define home and understand that home is not the same to everyone. In this homes lesson, students participate individually and in groups to create a classroom definition of home. Students discuss the events in the story the Shape of Home to develop reading strategies to understand the vocabulary and text.

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3rd - 12th
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English Language Arts
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