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Author’s Purpose Lessons for Upper Elementary: Beyond PIE (with A Letter to My Teacher)
Author’s Purpose Lessons for Upper Elementary: Beyond PIE with A Letter to My Teacher
Most author’s purpose lessons for upper elementary stop where the real work begins. By 4th and 5th grade, students can label PIE in their sleep. They still bomb the constructed response.