Illustration of the selection 1 title page, “The Clever Magistrate”
Selection 1 Overview
  • Build Background

  • Language & Grammar

    Tell an Original Story

    Use Possessive

    Adjectives

  • Prepare to Read

    Learn Key Vocabulary

    Learn a Reading Strategy

    Determine Importance

  • Read and Write

    Focus on Genre

    Folk Tale

    Apply the Reading Strategy

    Determine Importance

    Critical Thinking

    Reading Fluency

    Read with Expression

    Vocabulary Review

    Write About the Guiding Question

  • Connect Across the Curriculum

    Literary Analysis

    Analyze Theme in Folk Tales

    Vocabulary Study

    Use Word Origins:

    Borrowed Words

    Listening/Speaking

    Read a Poem Aloud

    Give a Narrative Presentation

    Language and Grammar

    Tell an Original Story

    Writing and Grammar

    Write Clear Stories

Build Background
Connect

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