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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Recurring Lesson
   A Journal for Corduroy: Responding to Literature
   Connect home and school, literature and life, as students take a storybook character home with them and take turns writing stories about his visit.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   1 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  October 17
   Black Poetry Day is celebrated.
   Books and webpages are gathered that focus on the work of African American poets and students explore the resources and find a poem to contribute to a poetry reading.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 1  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Draw a Story: Stepping from Pictures to Writing
   Students draw a series of pictures that tell a story, including character action, problem and solution. They ‘read' their story to others, transcribe it into writing, and create an accordion book.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   1 – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Readers Theatre With Jan Brett
   Students in grades 1-2 use Jan Brett's Hedgie's Surprise for a Readers Theatre experience.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Shared Poetry Reading: Teaching Print Concepts, Rhyme, and Vocabulary
   The rhyme and reason behind this lesson is that students will need to develop important reading skills to increase their reading fluency.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Spelling Cheerleading: Integrating Movement and Spelling Generalizations
   "2-4-6-8, students will be spelling great" in this lesson that teaches the y rule for adding suffixes through cheering the spelling of words aloud, word sorts, and writing stories.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Text Talk: Julius, the Baby of the World
   Students are asked to "talk" with Kevin Henkes' Julius, the Baby of the World by using open-ended questions to help them interpret the language, plot, and characters of the story.