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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   From Fact to Fiction: Drawing and Writing Stories
   Students gather factual information about frogs and toads to create nonfiction and fiction stories. Drawing is used for prewriting.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Investigating Animals: Using Nonfiction for Inquiry-based Research
   Inspired by their curiosity about animals, students work together to research an animal of their choice and present the information they gather to an authentic audience.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   I Wonder: Writing Scientific Explanations With Students
   Students choose a question to explore, research it using a variety of resources, organize their information on a TCF chart, and then collaboratively write a class scientific explanation.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Predicting and Gathering Information With Nonfiction Texts
   Students take a walk on the wild side when they develop an understanding of nonfiction texts with hands-on experiences and intense analysis.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Rain, Ice, Steam: Using Reading to Support Inquiry About the Water Cycle
   Water is always moving in a continuous cycle from liquid to solid to gas and back again. Students study this never-ending cycle through shared readings, center activities, and experiments.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Reading and Writing About Whales Using Fiction and Nonfiction Texts
   Students will have a whale of a good time in this lesson in which they use fiction and nonfiction texts to write a letter to an online scientist.