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TEKS ELPS Focus question: The Importance of Conversation – What is your favorite way to waste time? The students will engage in conversations freely and feel free to share their thoughts. The teacher will explain the importance of conversation and how it effects student’s comprehension.

12.9 Conversation Playing Board pg. 336

Third Grade TEKS ELAR 110.14 (8) Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Fiction. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of fiction and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to:

(B) describe the interaction of characters including their relationships and the changes they undergo

74.4 (c)(4) (J) demonstrate English comprehension and expand reading skills by employing inferential skills such as predicting, making connections between ideas, drawing inferences and conclusions from text and graphic sources, and finding supporting text evidence commensurate with content area needs; and

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The teacher would start the lesson by having the students explain the importance of conversation. …show more content…

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