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Where the Sidewalk Ends Resource Set
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Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
Where the Sidewalk Ends…a wild world of entertaining characters and tall tales begins. In this classic collection of Shel Silverstein poems and drawings, readers will meet a crocodile with a toothache, an invisible boy, and Peggy Ann McKay, who has 39 excuses for why you can’t go to school today. Use this text to teach fun lessons on making connections, visualizing and making inferences.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends Resource Set
Making Connections with Where the Sidewalk Ends
Common Core Alignment:
L.3.6 RF.3.3 RF.3.4 RL.3.1 RL.3.10 RL.3.3 RL.3.7 SL.3.1d SL.3.2 SL.3.3 W.3.8
TEKS Alignment:
3.13C 3.13E 3.13H 3.1A 3.1C 3.1D 3.1E 3.6A 3.6E 3.6I 3.7A 3.7B 3.7C 3.7D 3.7E 3.7F 3.7G 3.8C
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Making Inferences with Where the Sidewalk Ends
Common Core Alignment:
L.3.6 RF.3.3 RF.3.4 RL.3.1 RL.3.10 RL.3.2 RL.3.4 RL.3.7 SL.3.1d SL.3.2 SL.3.3 W.3.8
TEKS Alignment:
3.13C 3.13E 3.13H 3.1A 3.1C 3.1D 3.1E 3.6A 3.6B 3.6F 3.6I 3.7A 3.7B 3.7C 3.7D 3.7E 3.7F 3.7G 3.8C
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Visualizing with Where the Sidewalk Ends
Common Core Alignment:
L.3.6 RF.3.3 RF.3.4 RL.3.1 RL.3.10 RL.3.7 SL.3.1d SL.3.2 SL.3.3 W.3.8
TEKS Alignment:
3.10C 3.13C 3.13E 3.13H 3.1A 3.1C 3.1D 3.1E 3.6A 3.6D 3.6E 3.6I 3.7A 3.7B 3.7C 3.7E 3.7F
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Where the Sidewalk Ends Extension Activity
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Where the Sidewalk Ends Running Record
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Where the Sidewalk Ends Common Core Aligned Comprehension Assessment
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Where the Sidewalk Ends Vocabulary Connections
Common Core Alignment:
L.3.4a L.3.5b L.3.6
TEKS Alignment:
3.3A 3.3B 3.7E 3.7F
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