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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Combining Read-Alouds With Economics in the Primary Grades
   Students learn that what you read in books can really add up when they analyze literary texts for economic concepts.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Connect With Low-Literate Families: A Three-Tiered Approach
   Parents and caregivers take a page from the teacher's book when they listen to students' take-home poems or stories and discuss the ideas within.
3. Professional Development | Grades   K – 12  |  Strategy Guide Series
   Developing Academic Vocabulary
   In this Strategy Guide Series, you'll find creative and compatible ways to build, maintain, and extend students' vocabulary across academic disciplines.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Family Message Journals Teach Many Purposes for Writing
   This lesson encourages children to explore authentic reasons for writing by writing messages to their family in a family message journal.
5. Professional Development | Grades   K – 8  |  Strategy Guide
   Introducing Ideas and Vocabulary with the Concept Sort
   A Concept Sort is a vocabulary and comprehension strategy used with students to introduce new topics and/or familiarize students with new vocabulary.
6. 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.
7. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Tip & How-To
   Make the Most of Reading Aloud
   Learn a few simple read-aloud strategies that can sharpen a child's emerging reading skills and help you have fun together with a good book.
8. Professional Development | Grades   K – 12  |  Online Professional Development  |  Web Seminar
   On Demand Web Seminar Package: Supporting English Language Learners
   Take the guesswork out of choosing the best on demand Web seminars while building your professional library on supporting English language learners.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Persuasive Writing: What Can Writing in Family Message Journals Do for Students?
   This lesson engages children in using writing to their families as a persuasive tool to get what they want and need.
10. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   K – 3  |  Tip & How-To
    Talk it Up! Expanding a Child's Vocabulary
    One way to help early readers begin to make sense of what they're reading is to help them build their vocabulary. In this Tip, learn how to ask questions and have conversations with a child to integrate new words into his/her vocabulary.

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