How do we learn together at school?

How do we learn together at school?

Who makes our neighborhood a nice place to live?

How do animals work together to survive?

How do plants and animals live together?

How is a community of insects like a community of people?

Concept Question

What is a community?

What does a family do together?

Unit 2

What is a community?

Morning Warm UpDay 1

Some animals live and work together.

They are a lot like people.


How did the

children work

together in "The

Farmer in the

Hat?"

What were some

jobs people did in

"Who Works Here?

enemy

extinct

protect

crater

holler

swamp

bluff

boisterous

Mama Newt Said

"Let me protect you"

Mama Newt said.

"I'll keep you safe and

Make sure that you're fed."

A crow is an enemy.

A Snake is one too.

Papa and I will

Watch over you."

"Try to be careful."

Mama Newt smiled.

"I know there are dangers

Out here int he wild.

If we keep our eyes open

And keep our hearts linked

Then there is no chance

Of becoming extinct."

listen for the amazing words:

enemy extinct protect

Phonemic Awareness:Distinguish long/short vowel sounds

We just sang a song about what mother Newt said. Her babies did not move while she was talking. Listen to the sounds in not.

/n/ /o/ /t/. Say it with me. Now say it as I point to the letters that spell it.

n o t = not

Listen as I change the vowel sound to long o.

/n/ /o/ /t/. Say it with me. Now say it as I point to the letters that spell it.

n o t e = note

Listen to the sounds in both words. not note.

Which one has the short o sound? long o?

let's continue on the next slide.

Phonemic Awareness

n o t not

n o t e note

r o b rob

r o b e robe

h o p hop

h o p e hope

m o p mop

m o p e mope

c o d cod

c o d e code

made

hide

You studied words like these already. What do you know about reading these words?

Yes, When you see e at the end of a word, the first vowel says its name.

Today we will learn about words that have the long o vowel sound and a silent e at the end.

This is an ocean. The sound you hear at the beginning is /o/. Say it with me. /o/

The o in this word says its name. The e is silent. This is how I blend this word. Now do it with me.

What do you know about reading words like this? The a says its name and the e is silent

Let's practice blending words like these on the next slide.

p o l e pole

j o k e joke

c o n e cone

h o m e home

st o l e stole

r o s e rose

dr o v e drove

cl o s e close

gl o b e globe

fr o z e froze

v o t e vote

h o p e hope

d o z e doze

building words

homeChange the m in home to s.What is the new word?

Change the h to th.What is the new word?

Change th to ch. What is the new word?

Change s to k. What is the new word?

Change ch to br.What is the new word?

work reading with long o

(monitor progress)

joke mope doze role bone

slope make white stove shine

top close rope spot froze

MODEL WRITING FOR SOUNDS Each spelling word has long o with the CVCe spelling pattern. Before administering the spelling pretest, model how to segment long a words to spell them.What sounds do you hear in like? (/h/ /o/ /m/) What is the letter for /h/? Write h. Continue with /o/ and /m/. What letter must we add to the end of the word to make a say its name? (e) Add e. In home the o has a long o sound and the e is silent: /h/ /o / /m/, like. There are four letters but only three sounds. Repeat with all spelling words.

1. home 6. bone

2. hope 7. hose

3. rose 8. joke

4. woke 9. rode

5. those 10. stone

High Frequency Words

11. there 12. together

build background

Let's talk about communities in natureTell me about what you see here. Yes, that's right, a girl is touching the tooth of a dinosaur skeleton. Where do you think this dinosaur is? Is it real? Find the school of fish. Why are the fish safer from enemies if they are together? Why are the cheetahs chasing the antelope? How are they working together to survive?

Are there dinosaurs on Earth now? Use the word extinct in your answer. What are some enemies these fish might have? Do you think another antelope will try to protect this one? Why or why not?

Develop concepts


How are the cheetahs on the previous slide working together?

How does this help them live?

Listening Comprehension:Teach/Model Sequence

Events in a story happen in a certain order. Words such as first, next, and last can help readers figure out the order of events. Good readers pay attention to the order in which things happen.

Read aloud: "A Clever Trick"

MODEL When I read, I pay attention to the order in which things happen. In "A Clever Trick," the quail protects her chicks by tricking the fox. First she flies between the fox and her chicks. Then she pretends to be hurt.

PracticeThe mother quail flies between the fox and her chicks. What happens then? What happens last?

Recall "A Big Fish for Max." What was the first thing that happened in that story. What happened next? What happens after Max catches the ball, the ship and the shell.

Connect to Reading: Any time you read a story, you should think about the sequence of events.

break into groups

Daily Fix It

1. A fox lives in pine park.

2. it has fiv kits.

Daily Fix It

1. A fox lives in pine park.

A fox lives in Pine Park.

1. it has fiv kits.

It has five kits.

Shared Writing:

Write Advice

COMPREHENSION SKILL Events in a story happen in acertain order. When you give advice about how to dosomething, that information should be in an order thatmakes sense.

GENERATE IDEAS Ask children to recall a time when they have worked in a group to do something, such as paint a wall mural or create a science project.Ask them what advice they would give to others about working together. WRITE ADVICE Explain that the class will write advice about working in a group. They can use what they have learned from working together at school.

Grammar:

Teach/Model Days, Months, Holidays

REVIEW PROPER NOUNS Remind children that names of people, places, animalsand things are called proper nouns. Proper nouns begin with capital letters.IDENTIFY DAYS, MONTHS, HOLIDAYS Display Grammar Transparency 10. Readthe definition aloud. Then model with item 1.Monday is the name of a day of the week. The word Monday needs to begin with a capital letter. I will write the sentenceon the line, and I will use a capital M at the beginning of Monday

Which ones name a day, month or holiday and need a capital?

day saturday june trash day

summer new year’s day

thursday father’s day

What sound does the letter a have in each of these words? Why?

home joke

Spell the word take and write it in the air. What letter can you not hear? What is the rule?

h o p e – n o t e - r o b e sp

ellin

g:

long o

Long o

Recall what happened in "A Clever Trick." What did the mother quail do first, next, and last to save her babies?

sequence

Tomorrow we will read about a frog and some of the other animals it meets in a bog

Let's ta

lk

about it How do you think the mother quail is like some workers in our community?


Today we’ll read about a frog

that sits on a log in a bog.

Eating bugs and slugs makes him grow.

What makes you grow?

raise your hand

when you hear

or see a noun

enemy

extinct

protect

crater

holler

swamp

bluff

boisterous

FICTION Have children read the title of A Frog . in the Bog Identify the author. Review that booksabout animals that behave like people are make-believe. These books are fiction. Discuss what clues children can find that tellthem this book is fiction. BUILD ORAL VOCABULARY Discuss what can be found in a bog. Suggest that children listen asyou read to find out what happens to the frog.

Why is the frog afraid of the alligator?

What does the frog do when it sees the alligator?

Phonemic Awareness:Blend and segment phonemes

We know that the frog did not like the alligator. He did not like the alligator at all. Listen to the sounds in did.

/d/ /i/ /d/. Say it with me. /d/ /i/ /d/

Now say the sounds as I point to the letters that spell it.

d i d

What are the sounds?

What is the word?

Let's practice some more words on the next slide.

phonemic awareness

→d i d did

→n o t not

→w i ll will

→c a n can

→a m am

→h a s has

Contractions n’t, ‘m, ‘llteach/Model

Fluent Word Readingconnect

not

am

will

You studied words like these already. What are these words? Today we will learn how to make new words with no, am and will, and some other words you know.

Model Didn’t is a contraction. A contraction is a short way of writing two words as one. Did and not make up the contraction didn’t. Didn’t is a short way of writing did not.

An apostrophe takes the place of the letters we leave out.

1

2

didn’t

did not

I’mWe can put the words I and am together to make the contraction I’m. The apostrophe takes the place of the a that we took out.

blending strategy – contractions (n’t, ‘m, ‘ll)

not am will

didn’t = did not

I’m = I am

we’ll = we will

What do you know about reading contractions? When you see a contraction, you know that it is a short way of writing two words. The apostrophe takes the place of the letters that are left out.

3. Group Practice

4. Review

Blending words

• I’ll

• couldn’t

• I’m

• it’ll

• hasn’t

• she’ll

Read the words. Tell me

what you know about

each word.

sort contractions

aren’t I’m you’ll haven’t he’ll

not am will

aren’t

haven’t you’ll

he’llI’m

word reading

Progress monitoring

wasn’t I’m isn’t didn’t hadn’t

he’ll we’ll you’ll it’ll she’ll

hasn’t I’m aren’t they’ll I’ll

Spelling:

Practice Long o

dictation:

break into small groups

1. home 6. bone

2. hope 7. hose

3. rose 8. joke

4. woke 9. rode

5. those 10. stone



1.We rode home together.

2.There is a rose in that vase.

3. I hope those stones are flat.

Daily Fix It

1. The Boys ran a rase.

2. steve is not as fast as tom.

Daily Fix It

1. The Boys ran a rase.

The boys ran a race.

1. steve is not as fast as tom.

Steve is not as fast as Tom.

Say and Spell Look at the words on p. 86. You cannot yet blend thesounds in these words. We will spell the words and use letter-sounds we know to learn them. Point to the first word. This word is there, t-h-e-r-e, there. What is this word? What are the letters in this word?Identify Familiar Letter-Sounds Point to the first two letters in there. What two letters do you see at the beginning? These letters make one sound. What is the sound? (th/th/)Demonstrate Meaning Tell me a sentence using this word

2

3

1

Interactive writingwrite list

BRAINSTORM Use the Big Book A Frog in the Bog to encourage a discussion about what the frog eats. Picture walk through the book and ask children to identify the things the frog eats.SHARE THE PEN Have children participate in writing a list of the things the frogeats. To begin, have a child tell about the first thing the frog eats. Have theclass repeat it. Write the food, asking individuals to write familiar letter-sounds,word parts, and high-frequency words.

1. The frog eats one tick

2. It eats two fleas.

3. It eats three flies.

4. It eats four slugs.

5. It eats five snails.

Grammar:Develop the Concepts

Days, Months, Holidays

day Thursday

which one names a specific day?

month November

Which one names a specific month?

holiday Thanksgiving

Which one names a specific holiday?

The names of days of the week, months of the year, and holidays are Proper Nouns. How do proper nouns begin?

Practice

Let’s name some more special days. What are some you know. How do they begin?

MODEL I like Independence Day because it is hot and we can have apicnic. Write Independence Day. Do you know what we sometimes call Independence Day? It is the Fourth of July. July is a month, so it has a capital letter. Write July. I can look on a calendar and find out what day of the week the Fourth of July falls on. It might be a Tuesday. WriteTuesday. I know Tuesday is the name of a day of the week, so it should begin with a capital letter.

Speaking and Listening:Participating in a Discussion

MODEL DISCUSSION BEHAVIORS Explain that when the whole class gets together to share ideas, you are having a discussion. Review speaking and listening behaviors and then begin a brief discussion about how animals take care of their babies. Prompt children with questions such as:

How does a fox take care of her kit?

How do mother birds care for their babies?

How did the newt from "Mama Newt Said" protect her babies?

What do good speakers do?

What do good listeners do?

Wait their turn.

Don’t interrupt others

sit quietlyUse appropriate voice level

Listen politely to others

Let everyone have a chance to speak

We went inside a skating rink. My sister and I went there together. I fell down hard. Now my sister holds my hand.

can’t I’m we’ll

What words do each of these stand for?

can not I am we will

Which letters are replaced by the apostrophe?

contra

ctio

ns

High

frequency

words

How do you think the alligator protected the animals from the frog?

Let’s

talk

about it

Tomorrow we will read about dinosaurs who protect one another.

3


Today we will read about dinosaurs

We’ll learn how they cooperate.

They share the job of protecting each

other. What jobs do you share?

notice th

e amazing

words.

enemy

extinct

protect

crater

holler

swamp

bluff

boisterous

Share Literature:Listen and Respond

Ellipses: (...) recall that A Frog in A Bog tells what happens as the hungry frog meets up with other critters. What happens to the frog when he eats the tick? Notice the ellipses after the word bigger. Ellipses mean more to come.

Build Oral Vocabulary: How did the frog recognize the gator?

Monitor Listening Comprehension:

How did the frog recognize the gator?

How would you describe the bog?

What kinds of plants live in the bog?

Phonemic Awareness:Blend and segment phonemes

We just read about a frog whose home was in bog. Listen to the sounds in home.

/h/ /o/ /m/ say it with me. /h/ /o/ /m/

Now say it as I point to the letters that spell it.

h o m e

Let’s practice some more on the next slide.

phonemic awareness

h o m e home

r o p e rope

c o d e code

z o n e zone

ch o k e choke

s t o v e stove

Long o and and contractionsteach/Model

Fluent Word Readingconnect

bone

you’ll

You can read this word because you know that when words have a vowel-consonant-e, the vowel usually says its name. What does the o in this word stand for? What is the word?

You can read this word because you know the word wall word “you.” You also know that an apostrophe takes the place of missing letters. What is this word?

Model When you come to a new word, check to see if it is a word you know. Look for a contraction. Read the base word and the ending or say the sounds to yourself and read the word. Let’s practice

bone you’ll

When you come to a new word, what are you going to do?

let’s practice on the next slide.

1

2

3 Group Practice

Let’s read these words. Look at all the letters, think about the whole word, or think about the letter sounds and say the sounds to yourself. When I point to the word, let’s read it together.

•hadn’t

•smoke

•aren’t

•chose

word reading find these words in the song

woke spoke I’m joke drove I’ll

home didn’t hope can’t slopeA big t-rex woke up and said,

“I’m hungry, but I won’t eat bread.

A baby dinosaur tastes great.

I’ll eat it up! I just can’t wait!”

A baby heard him when he spoke.

He knew the threat was not a joke.

“I’m very smart.” the baby said.

He ran home to get help instead.

His family said, “Don’t give up hope.”

The hid their baby on the slope.

They drove the bully far away.

And T. Rex didn’t eat that day.

Build words - sort the words

stone can’t doze slope they’ll I’m drove wasn’t

Long O Contractions

stone

doze

I’m

wasn’t slope

drove

they’ll

can’t

Spelling:

Practice Long o


1. home 6. bone

2. hope 7. hose

3. rose 8. joke

4. woke 9. rode

5. those 10. stone



Write your spelling words. Have a classmate check your work.

Build BackgroundWhen did dinosaurs live on earth?

What do you think dinosaurs ate?

How do you think dinosaurs protected themselves from enemies?

play background

cd

Connect to Selection

Two dinosaurs we learned about are tyrannosaurus (T. Rex) and triceratops. What do we know about T. Rex and triceratops and the kinds of things they do? We're going to read a story about a T. Rex and a herd of triceratops. We'll find out what happens when a hungry T. Rex tries to hunt food.

Read each sentence as you track the print. Frame each underlined word. Explain the word's meaning. triceratops a large, plant-eating dinosaur that had three hornsmeat a kind of food that comes from animals herd a group of animals of the same kind that stay togetherbaby a very young child or animalcircle a round shape, like a ringAsk children to identify familiar letter-sounds and word parts: baby (b/b/), herd (h/h/, d/d/), triceratops (t/t/, c/s/, p/p/), circle (c/s/, c/k/), meat (m/m/, t/t/). Have children read each sentence aloud with you. To encourage discussion using the selection words, ask children which they would rather see, a herd of triceratops or a herd of lions, and why

high frequency words

monitor progress

inside down now together there

good eat small here want

comprehension:

SKILL Sequence

RECOGNIZE SEQUENCE Review how authors usually try to tell the events of a story in the order they happen. Recall the order of events of previously readstories such as A Big Fish for Max.CONNECT TO READINGAs you read, think about the order in which things happen. Ask yourself what happens first, next, and last

STRATEGY Monitor and Fix Up

INTRODUCE THE STRATEGY Explain that good readers often ask themselves ifthey understand a story. If something seems confusing or is not clear, a good reader will go back and read a part of a story again.

MODEL When I don’t understand something I read, I go back and readpart of the story again to see if I can figure out what is happening. WhenI reread, I look for clues to help me remember what is happening.

CONNECT TO READING Encourage children to ask themselves these questions as they read The Big Circle.What is happening in this part of the story? Should I reread this part to understand it? break into

small

groups

Daily Fix It

1. The triceratops mad a circle

2. Can the baby hid in it.

Daily Fix It

1. The triceratops mad a circle

The triceratops made a circle.

1. Can the baby hid in it.

Can the baby hide in it?

Vocabulary:

Categorize words

One group of dinosaurs ate plants.

One group of dinosaurs ate meat.sort the dinosaurs

stegosaurus (flat teeth) raptor (sharp, pointed teeth)

allosaurus (sharp, pointed teeth) apatasaurus (flat teeth)

ankylosaurus (flat teeth) diplodocus (flat teeth)

Writing Trait of the WeekIntroduce Organization/Paragraphs

Talk about organization/paragraphs: Good writers organize their ideas so that they make sense. Think about how the author organizes ideas in The Big Circle.

MODEL When I look back at the selection, I see the author tells about events in the order they happened—first, second, third, and so on. I'll write what happens first: First, T. Rex wakes up

First, T. Rex wakes up hungry.Next, T. Rex runs toward the triceratops.Then, the triceratops make a big circle.Finally, T. Rex runs away.

These sentences tell about the events in order. Words such as first, next, then, and finally help us follow the order of the events.

These sentences are in the wrong order. Let’s work together to put them in the correct order.

The triceratops stand in a circle.

The herd drives T. Rex away.

The herd sees T. Rex.

T. Rex smells the triceratops.

3. Then,

4. Finally,

2. Next,

1. First,

Grammar:Apply to Writing: Days, Months, Holidays

Days of the week, months of the year, and some special days have names. When we write the names of days, months, or holidays we need to use capital letters at the beginning. Let’s look at some examples together.

Day Month Holiday

Monday January New Year’s

Tuesday February Valentine’s Day

Wednesday March Mother’s Day

The events in a story happen in a certain order. Remembering the events in order helps us understand and remember the story.

A good reader often pauses to think about what is happening and to ask, “Does this make sense?” Sometimes a good reader needs to go back and read a part of a story again to help it make sense.

monito

r

and fi

x up

Sequence

What new things did we learn about how animals work together today?

Let’s

talk

about it

Tomorrow we will read about a trip a group of children took to see dinosaurs in a museum.

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Today we will read a new page

about a class that takes a trip to

a special place. They visit a museum.

What would you like to

see in a museum?

notice

the

soft

c

and s

oft g w

ords

enemy

extinct

protect

crater

holler

swamp

bluff

boisterous

Share Literature:connect concepts

Activate Prior Knowledge: Recall that the dinosaurs we read about worked together to protect each other. Now we will read another story about animals who live together ... “Grandpa Elephant’s in Charge” by Martin Jenkins.

Build Oral Vocabulary: Read the first two paragraphs. Young Elephants sound like a noisy group. We can say that they are boisterous. Sometimes a frightened person is boisterous so they appear to be brave. A person pretending to be brave is bluffing.

Review Oral Vocabulary: Review amazing words and use them to answer:

1. Why do animals living on a nature reserve have few enemies?

2. How might the leader of a lion family protect the rest of the pride?

Phonemic Awareness:Identify and isolate phonemes

When there’s danger, the elephants wait while Grandma decides what to do. Listen to the sounds in while.

/wh/ /i/ /l/ Say it with me. Now say it as I point to the words that spell it.

wh i l e = while

What sounds do you hear at the beginning of while? What sound do you hear in the middle?

What sound do you hear at the beginning of which? What do you hear in the middle?

What sound do you hear at the beginning of pitch? What do you hear in the middle?

High Frequency Wordspractice

• let’s spell together• t o g e * * * *• what is missing?• t h e r• t o g e t h e r = together.• Now let’s spell some more words.• there t h e r e = there• down d o w n = down• inside i n s i d e = inside• now n o w = now

Phonics

Review long i and digraphs

fine

chip

You can read this word because you know that when words have a vowel-consonant-e, the vowel usually says its name and the e is silent. What does the i stand for? What is the word?

You can read this word because you know that when a c and h together stand for one sound /ch/. What does the ch stand for? What is the word?

What other letters stand for ch? tch

sorting long i and short i words

white chick rich while slide

pitch which chime nine chin

long i short i

white

while

slide

chime

chin

which

nine

pitch

rich

chick

word reading

chase use who ship many

ditch her safe into way

place work pig make white

that out chip pitch people

Reading words in context

Many people work to make this a safe place.

Who will go that way into the ship?

Use her white ball to pitch.

Chip will chase the pig out of the ditch.

Spelling:

Practice Long o


1. home 6. bone

2. hope 7. hose

3. rose 8. joke

4. woke 9. rode

5. those 10. stone



Write your spelling words. Have a classmate check your work.

Daily Fix It

1. Jen like Elephants.

2. Cann’t she take one home?

Daily Fix It

1. Jen like Elephants.

Jen likes elephants.

1. Cann’t she take one home?

Can’t she take one home?

Science in Reading

Preview and Predict:

Read the title and tell me about what you see. What do you think this story will be about?

recall that selections that tell about real things are called nonfiction. One kind of nonfiction is a news article. This is an article that tells about a real class trip.

Vocabulary/Classify:

Where did the children go on their trip? What things in the story can only be seen in a museum? What things can be seen anywhere?

Writing Across the Curriculum:write Journal entry

BRAINSTORM: Pretend to be explorers in Africa. Ask them to imagine that they are watching a group of elephants. Discuss with them things they might see the elephants do.SHARE THE PEN: Let’s write a journal entry about their day watching elephants. Discuss how we would begin our journal and what they might see.What would you write at the beginning of your journal? What things might the elephants do? What would you want to report about the elephants?

Days Months HolidaysMonday January New Year’s Day

Grammar:review Days, Months, Holidays

Why are words like Friday, April and President’s Day special? How do they begin? Let’s practice naming special days. Notice how each one begins.

Friday

Sunday

Halloween

December Thanksgiving

March Christmas

Elephants live together. The big ones help the little ones.

fluency

What are some ways the elephant group is like a community? Let’s look at our chart and add what we have learned about elephants.

Let’s

Talk

About it

Today we read about how elephants worked together to take care of the young ones and to protect each other. We will read about elephants again tomorrow.

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This week we read about dinosaurs and other animals that live together. They find food and protect one another from enemies. How are these animals like a

community?

find a word that:

names an animal.

describes someone who

could do you harm

tells why boisterous

bluffing is good for

elephants

enemy

extinct

protect

crater

holler

swamp

bluff

boisterous

Share Literature:Listen and respond

Use Prior Knowledge: recall that yesterday we listened to find out how the grown-up elephants take care of boisterous babies. Today let’s talk about why the other elephants follow the grandmother.

Monitor Listening Comprehension:

Why do the other elephants follow the grandmother?

Elephants do not have many enemies that try to hunt them. Why do you think this is true?

Long o and contractions

Review

Rose isn't home.

"I'm looking at this globe," said Dot.

We'll vote for Cole.

Hope can't close the box

notice the underlined long o words. Notice the contractions.

reviewing long o and contractions

Rose isn’t home.

“I’m looking at this globe,” said Dot.

We’ll vote for Cole.

Hope can’t close the box.

circle the correct word to complete each sentence

(There / Now) was a roar that made them frown.

In hills and mountains, up and (inside / down).

Animals came from far and wide.

They made a circle – small ones (together / inside).

(Down / Together) they stood, the time was (inside / now).

Then all T. Rex could think was “Wow!”

check dictation

1. Walk down that stone path.

2. Those dimes shine in the sun.

3. Pat broke a bone in her hand

4. You can’t pick that red rose!

5. The hose looks like a snake.

6. We rode on a yellow bus.

7. Dad can tell a joke.

8. I hope ou can go with us.

9. She woke up late.

10.“I’m on my way home.” said mom.

Daily Fix It

1. the cat has the Hat.

2. I will mak a mask

Daily Fix It

1. the cat has the Hat.

The cat has the hat.

1. I will mak a mask

I will make a mask.

Research Study Skills:teach/model Periodical/Newsletter

MODEL READING A NEWSPAPER Newsletters, newspapers, and magazines include a variety of news stories. They tell what is currently happeningin a local area, around the country, and all over the world. Display some newspapers and magazines as you discuss ideas about articles

MODEL When I read an article, I first read the beginning of an article to find the title and author. The title gives me an idea of what the article is about. I read the first few paragraphs and ask who or what the article is about, and when and where events took place. Most articles also answer the questions why and how things happened. I look in the media center or library to find newspapers, newsletters, and magazines

DISCUSS AN ARTICLE Display a brief article from a children's magazine. Invite volunteers to find the title and author. As you read the article aloud, ask students to raise their hands when they hear information that answers who, what, why, when, where, what, and how. Discuss the answers to these questionsPractice: Work together to brainstorm and write an article for a class newspaper. Organize by using: who what when where why how.

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