General language

General language

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topic sentence

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A sentence intended to express the main idea of a paragraph or passage.

trade books

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Commercial books, other than basal readers used for reading instruction.

universal themes

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Abstract concepts and/or social issues found frequently in classic and contemporary literature.

The practice of listening, speaking, reading, and writing specific meanings of words in text through understanding of prefixes, suffixes, and base works, origins, context clues, definitions, multiple ...

word study

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voice

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A part of the author’s style is voice. It is being able to “hear” the person behind the words. The text is lively, has conviction, has a tone that is compelling, and is expressive. Confidence in ...

context clues

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Context is the most helpful tool students use to unlock the meaning of print. This meaning comes from the words themselves, the word order, and the combination of the words. Children need to ...