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Author's Tools and Devices…………………………………………………………2

Developing the Word Wall…………………………………………………………..5

Vocabulary Activities…………………………………………………………………8

Visual and Performing Arts………………………………………………………….10

Student Contract ………………………………………………………………….…12

Poetry…………………………………………………………………………………..15

Physical Education……………………………………………………………………32

Science/Social Studies………………………………………………………….……33

Mathematics………………………………………………………………………..…..34

Appendix………………………………………………………………………………..35

Suggested Bibliography………………………………………………………………42
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