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Selected readings address the named subject directly, or use it as the central setting or activity; related collections provide an explicitly broader next step.
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Explore February 4 through mail carriers, homemade soup, and vacuums. Choose a passage and use the reading activity to discuss one detail from the text.
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Selected readings address the named subject directly, or use it as the central setting or activity; related collections provide an explicitly broader next step.
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Read about choosing read-aloud books and using puppets, then choose a library story or a short script to read aloud together.
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A vacuum contains very little matter. Read about Ed White’s spacewalk and why astronauts need a suit outside a spacecraft.
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The UK National Literacy Trust’s reading week is a chance to compare how storytellers use voice, sequence, and point of view.
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Start with The Pony Express Begins. Trace the steps that move a letter or help make a meal. Explain why one step needs to happen before the next.