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Using Social Studies in Five Shared Reading Lessons: Geography Lesson PlanUsing Social Studies in Five Shared Reading Lessons: Geography Lesson Plan
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Using Social Studies in Five Shared Reading Lessons: Geography

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After several short 15-minute mini-lessons, your learners will gain an understanding of the characteristics of a non-fiction text. Using the book Map It by Elspeth Leacock, your class will become acquainted with non-fiction terms such as symbols, glossary, and more.

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multimedia, compare and contrast, image analysis, nonfiction, reading fluency, text features, Maps

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Geography, Maps, nonfiction, cause and effect, compare and contrast, fluency, illustration meaning, Informational Text, multimedia, reading foundational skills, text features, ri.2.10, ri.2.7, english language arts
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2nd - 4th
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English Language Arts
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