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    <body><![CDATA[fascinating...what impact does the language I use with my students have on how they view themselves as readers, writers, mathematicians, scientists and above all, people?  Choice Words is one of those books that I will go back to as I go deeper in reflecting on what it means to do right by kids.  ]]></body>
    
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