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Explain Review the terms problem and solution. Tell students that they will identify other possible solutions to the main problems in stories that they have recently read.

Guided Practice/Practice On chart paper, list several story titles that the class has read recently. Then discuss and summarize the problems that the main characters in the stories faced and the solutions that the characters found. Divide the class into three teams. Ask each team to select one story listed and think of a different solution for the problem. Tell them to act out their new solution. Schedule a time for teams to present their dramatizations to the rest of the class.

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