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The Wild Things Like it Quiet

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Students read Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. They visualize what is happening in the book and then identify the main points of the story. Students write a summary of the book and draw a picture of what they visualized happening.

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1st - 3rd
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English Language Arts
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