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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Prologue My First Book | |
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| A Very Good Place to Start | |
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| The Why | |
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| The How | |
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| The Concrete Experience: Make It Real | |
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| The Sensory Exercise: Come to Understand Through Art and Music | |
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| As You Begin | |
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| Poetry: A Match Made in Heaven | |
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| Launching Sequence: Poetry | |
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| Noticing and Naming the Genre on Their Own | |
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| Sensory Exercises: Poetry | |
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| Quotations About Poetry to Get Kids Talking | |
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| Time for Text: Poetry | |
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| Adventure and Fantasy: Beyond Realistic Fiction | |
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| Launching Sequence: Adventure and Fantasy | |
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| Noticing and Naming the Genre on Their Own | |
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| Sensory Exercises: Adventure and Fantasy | |
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| Quotations About Adventure and Fantasy to Get Kids Talking | |
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| Time for Text: Adventure and Fantasy | |
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| Historical Fiction: The Best of Both Worlds | |
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| Launching Sequence: Historical Fiction | |
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| Noticing and Naming the Genre on Their Own | |
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| Sensory Exercises: Historical Fiction | |
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| Quotations About Historical Fiction to Get Kids Talking | |
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| Time for Text: Realistic and Historical Fiction | |
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| Drama: A Tough Act to Follow | |
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| Launching Sequence: Drama | |
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| Noticing and Naming the Genre on Their Own: Playwright William Green | |
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| Sensory Exercises: Drama | |
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| Quotations About Drama to Get Kids Talking | |
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| Time for Text: Drama | |
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| Image Reading: Stop, Look, and Learn | |
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| Launching Sequence: Image Reading | |
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| Noticing and Naming the Genre on Their Own: Twenty-Four-Hour Image Collection | |
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| Sensory Exercises: image Reading | |
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| Quotations About Images to Get Kids Talking | |
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| Time for Text: More About Image Reading | |
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| Biography, Autobiography, and Memoir: Such Is Life | |
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| Launching Sequence: Biography, Autobiography, and Memoir | |
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| Noticing and Naming the Genre on Their Own | |
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| Sensory Exercises: Biography, Autobiography, and Memoir | |
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| Quotations About Biography, Autobiography, and Memoir to Get Kids Talking | |
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| Time for Text: More About Teaching Biography, Autobiography, and Memoir | |
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| Informational Text: The Need to Know | |
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| Launching Sequence: Informational Text | |
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| Noticing and Naming the Genre on Their Own | |
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| Sensory Exercises: Informational Text | |
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| Quotations About Informational Text to Get Kids Talking | |
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| Time for Text: Informational Text | |
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| Epilogue Only One Bean | |
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| Works Cited | |
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| Index | |