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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...
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Standard RI.LCS.8
RI.LCS.8 - Interpret and analyze the author’s use of words, phrases, text features, conventions, and structures, and how their relationships shape meaning and tone in print and multimedia texts.
Grade(s): 5
Subject(s): English Language Arts
Year: 2015
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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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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...
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Using a news photo, students use close reading skills and assume the role of journalists who must write about events represented by the image.