Literacy Matters - Winter 2020

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Figure 1. An illustration of the raindrop’s journey through the water cycle. In this image, which shows the precipitation stage of the water cycle, Mr. Raindrop is skydiving.

Figure 2. Students can create their own planets and background images, such as the Earth and Solar System shown here, to use as props in their multimodal videos.

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