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Looking at Lincoln Resource Set
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Looking at Lincoln by Maira Kalman
Looking at Lincoln offers readers a unique perspective on America’s 16th president. From his childhood spent in a log cabin to his love of Mozart and apples, students will enjoy learning fun facts about Abraham Lincoln while they practice summarizing, identifying the author’s purpose, and making inferences.
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- Word Work Lesson Plan and Activities for Adverbs form with the suffix -ly
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- Running Record Assessment
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Looking at Lincoln Resource Set
Asking Questions with Looking at Lincoln
Common Core Alignment:
L.5.6 RF.5.3 RF.5.4 RI.5.10 RI.5.7 SL.5.1c SL.5.1d SL.5.2 W.5.8 W.5.9
TEKS Alignment:
5.13A 5.13C 5.13E 5.13H 5.1A 5.1C 5.6A 5.6B 5.6I 5.7B 5.7C 5.7D 5.7E 5.7F 5.7G 5.9D(i) 5.9D(ii) 5.9D(iii)
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Determining Importance with Looking at Lincoln
Common Core Alignment:
L.5.6 RF.5.3 RF.5.4 RI.5.10 RI.5.2 RI.5.7 RI.5.8 SL.5.1c SL.5.1d SL.5.2 W.5.8 W.5.9
TEKS Alignment:
5.13A 5.13C 5.13E 5.13H 5.1A 5.1C 5.6A 5.6B 5.6E 5.6G 5.6H 5.6I 5.7A 5.7B 5.7C 5.7D 5.7E 5.7F 5.7G 5.9D(i) 5.9D(ii) 5.9D(iii)
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Identifying the Author's Purpose with Looking at Lincoln
Common Core Alignment:
L.5.6 RF.5.3 RF.5.4 RI.5.10 RI.5.4 RI.5.8 SL.5.1c SL.5.1d SL.5.2 W.5.8 W.5.9
TEKS Alignment:
5.10B 5.10C 5.10D 5.13C 5.13E 5.13H 5.1A 5.1C 5.6A 5.6B 5.6E 5.6I 5.7A 5.7B 5.7C 5.7D 5.7E 5.7F 5.7G 5.8A 5.9D(i) 5.9D(ii) 5.9D(iii)
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Making Inferences at Looking at Lincoln
Common Core Alignment:
L.5.6 RF.5.3 RF.5.4 RI.5.1 RI.5.10 RI.5.8 SL.5.1c SL.5.1d SL.5.2 W.5.8 W.5.9
TEKS Alignment:
5.13C 5.13E 5.13H 5.1A 5.1C 5.6A 5.6B 5.6E 5.6F 5.6I 5.7A 5.7B 5.7C 5.7D 5.7E 5.7F 5.7G 5.9D(i) 5.9D(ii) 5.9D(iii)
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Retelling and Summarizing with Looking at Lincoln
Common Core Alignment:
L.5.6 RF.5.3 RI.5.10 RI.5.2 RI.5.8 SL.5.1c SL.5.1d SL.5.2 W.5.8 W.5.9
TEKS Alignment:
4.13C 4.13E 5.13H 5.1A 5.1C 5.6A 5.6G 5.6I 5.7B 5.7C 5.7D 5.7E 5.7F 5.7G 5.9D(i) 5.9D(ii) 5.9D(iii)
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Looking at Lincoln Extension Activity
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Looking at Lincoln Running Record
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Looking at Lincoln Common Core Aligned Comprehension Assessment
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Looking at Lincoln Word Work - Adverbs
Common Core Alignment:
RF.5.3 RF.5.4
TEKS Alignment:
5.2A (i) 5.2A (ii) 5.2A (iii) 5.2A (iv) 5.2A (v) 5.2B (i) 5.2B (ii) 5.2B (iii) 5.2B (iv) 5.2B (v) 5.2B (vi)
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Looking at Lincoln Vocabulary Connections
Common Core Alignment:
L.5.4a L.5.5c L.5.6
TEKS Alignment:
5.3A 5.3B 5.7E 5.7F
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