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You can use this video for Session 1 of the MARTHA SPEAKS Reading Buddies program. Students watch the video, in which a new puppy joins Martha's household, bursting with energy and the desire to chew everything. After watching, buddy pairs talk about the episode, play a Choose and Chat game, read a children’s book together, and write in their journal. Prior to using this resource for Reading Buddies, be sure you have read the complete introductory materials in the MARTHA SPEAKS Reading Buddies Program Guide.

Key vocabulary: extraordinary, stupendous, talent, unique

A clause is a group of words that acts as a subject and a group of words that acts as a verb. A clause consists of a subject and a predicate, where the predicate is typically a verb phrase.

Montana has produced an astounding number of artists and authors: from the native rock-art inscriber to Charles Russell to A.B. Guthrie Jr. and James Welch. Montana’s artists attest to the influence that the state’s landscape plays in their inspiration and creations. ‘The land’ inspires artists of all disciplines: the Montana Indian decorating a hide tepee; the country-western singer in a Livingston bar; the landscape painter in Glacier National Park; the potter at Helena’s Bray Foundation; the Billings mystery writer. Montana provokes art.

Juanes has a Spanish vocabulary song to get you moving! Follow the steps as you learn the Spanish words for hands, head, and feet. This resource teaches Spanish vocabulary through dance and song.