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Mar 2025
12m 19s

Panteras Negras

SMALL TOWN SPANISH TEACHER
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My son wrote a research story for his 5th grade class about black panthers. Through his writing I learned a lot about black panthers that I didn’t know before, like they are actually jaguars and leopards, not their own species! I enjoyed the story so much that I asked him to tell it with me. This story is in the third person and the present tense. Importan ... Show More
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