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Step 1: You will read this short passage twice. The first time I would like you to read it silently. The second time I would like you to whisper read it. Step 2: Use the tool to identify the word "meander" and its meaning. Use the tool again to identify the message or moral of this story. Step 3: the events from the passage into the correct sequence. Step 4: use complete sentences to answer the two questions below the frog reading passage. Step 5: when complete.