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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Blending Fiction and Nonfiction to Improve Comprehension and Writing Skills
   Students use a text set to increase understanding of content area material and demonstrate what they have learned by writing an original piece that blends together narrative and expository elements.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Building a Matrix for Leo Lionni Books: An Author Study
   In this author study, students listen to and discuss four books by Leo Lionni. They identify similarities and differences in the stories and then compare two stories of their choice.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Recurring Lesson
   Charting Characters for a More Complete Understanding of the Story
   Character Perspective Charting allows students to compare multiple characters and their points of view to better understand a story.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Recurring Lesson
   Choosing the Right Book: Strategies for Beginning Readers
   Students make purposeful choices for their reading materials, thinking about their reasons for reading a book and using strategies to match books to their abilities.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Digging Up Details on Worms: Using the Language of Science in an Inquiry Study
   This lesson, in which students research worms in order to create a classroom habitat, incorporates reading and writing across content areas as well as math and science activities.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Exploring Author's Voice Using Jane Addams Award-Winning Books
   History has many faces in this lesson in which students read Jane Addams Award-winning books to learn about peace, social justice, world community, and equality.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Exploring World Cultures Through Folk Tales
   Journey around the world with students as they read a Japanese, African, or Welsh folk tale, create a visual depiction of the tale, research the tale's culture, and present findings.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Improving Fluency through Group Literary Performance
   Students participate in shared reading, choral reading, and readers theater, using books by Bill Martin, Jr. Repeated readings and literary performances help students with their reading accuracy, expression, and rate.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
   It Doesn't Have to End That Way: Using Prediction Strategies with Literature
   After listening to the beginning of a story, students use details in the text, personal experience, and prior knowledge to predict the way the story will end.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
    I've Got the Literacy Blues
    Students will be singing the blues in this lesson in which they identify themes from "The Gift of the Magi" and write and present blues poetry based on those themes.

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