Grade(s): 3, 4, 5
Subject(s): English Language Arts
Year: 2015
Lesson
Students will use non-fiction books to identify and explain how text features help them as individual readers.
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Award-winning author Rita Williams-Garcia was one of the featured authors at the 2017 StoryfestSC, an annual event sponsored by the South Carolina State Library. Knowitall talked to Rita about her...
Video
Auntie Karen and the Jamaican Yams discuss how to prepare for a hurricane.
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Bear and Bull talk about creating a budget and how to save money.
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Learn more about Sickle Cell Anemia.
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Learn about a style of music known as jazz.
Video
Gordon is one of Auntie Karen's Jamaican Yams Character. When Gordon, a purple overweight Jamaican Yam discovers he is pre-diabetic, he gets some comforting advice from his friend Shelby. The purpose...
Lesson
Using a news photo, students use close reading skills and assume the role of journalists who must write about events represented by the image.