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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 8  |  Calendar Activity  |  June 6
   Celebrate Cynthia Rylant's birthday!
   Students work in small groups or as a class to map the plot of a selected Cynthia Rylant story and create original literary works using the plot diagrams.
2. Professional Development | Grades   K – 12  |  Online Professional Development  |  Web Seminar
   Confidence in Community Literacies: Bilingual Writers Reading the World
   In this Web seminar, join Steven Alvarez in considering how the strengths of after-school community programs—connecting with language-minoritized communities in ways that build relationships of trust, or confianza, between parents, extended families, and caring adults in neighborhoods—can inform our practices as teachers of English language learners.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Make a Splash! Using Dramatic Experience to "Explode the Moment"
   Students will have a blast as they use descriptive language to write about an "explosive" and dramatic moment in their lives.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Once Upon a Time Rethought: Writing Fractured Fairy Tales
   Students read and analyze fairy tales, identifying their common elements. They then write their own "fractured" fairy tales by changing one of the literary elements found in the original.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Pourquoi Stories: Creating Tales to Tell Why
   Where did the stars come from? What makes lightning and thunder? Pourquoi tales are narratives developed by various cultures around the world to explain natural phenomena. Students study three tales and learn about their cultures of origin, then work cooperatively to write and present an original pourquoi tale.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Research Building Blocks: Skim, Scan, and Scroll
   In this lesson from a research skills unit, students read informational text, looking for supporting details. They practice skimming and scanning print resources, and scrolling through electronic resources.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Story Elements Alive!
   What's in a narrative? Students find out in this lesson in which they explore four narrative elements—setting, characters, problem/solution, and plot, through purpose-driven read-alouds and independent reading.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Thoughtshots Can Bring Your Characters to Life!
   Students will walk a mile in the shoes of Solomon Singer as they learn how to use flashbacks, flash-aheads, and internal dialogue to develop realistic characters.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Thundering Tall Tales: Using Read-Aloud as a Springboard to Writing
   Imagination and application are key to this tall tale lesson in which students take what they know about tall tales to spin a yarn of their own.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  June 18
    Today is Chris Van Allsburg's birthday.
    Students explore varying points of view, one of Van Allsburg's common themes, by rewriting a traditional story.

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