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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Finding the Science Behind Science Fiction through Paired Readings
   Students read science fiction texts and then use nonfiction texts to extrapolate the scientific principles presented as they discuss the "what ifs" within the context of scientific principles.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Getting the ig in Pig: Helping Children Discover Onset and Rime
   Students will need their language-building hard hats as they construct words using onset and rime, building vocabulary and phonics comprehension.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  February 27
   In 1902, John Steinbeck was born.
   Students brainstorm a list of the ills of society, research a topic of their choosing, and then prepare an annotated bibliography of texts that address the topic.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  February 1
   Langston Hughes was born in 1902.
   Students examine the poem "Dreams" and identify metaphors in each sentence. Groups of students then compose poems with metaphors for dreams.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Let's Read It Again: Comprehension Strategies for English-Language Learners
   Help Spanish-speaking English-language learners unlock the mysteries of their new language by using a bilingual book to recognize unfamiliar words and construct meaning from the text.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Literary Characters on Trial: Combining Persuasion and Literary Analysis
   Students stage a mock trial for a literary character, with groups of students acting as the prosecution, defense, and jury.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   The Big, Bad Wolf...Is This a Fact?
   Reading is revamped in this lesson in which students use a multimedia approach to study the books by Seymour Simon.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   The Connection Between Poetry and Music
   Students won't miss a beat in this reading fluency lesson that combines music and poetry.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   4 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  February 3
   Today is World Read Aloud Day.
   Students celebrate the power of words by reading aloud to their classmates and spreading the word of global literacy to their friends and family.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
    Weaving the Multigenre Web
    Students analyze the elements of a novel in many different genres and then hyperlink these pieces together on student-constructed Websites.

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