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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. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  June 7
   Celebrate Louise Erdrich's birthday today.
   Students watch a short video about Erdrich's love of books and write their own memory piece.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 6  |  Calendar Activity  |  June 25
   Children's book author Eric Carle was born on this day in 1929.
   After reading one of Eric Carle's books, students create a torn paper collage or a word collage.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 6  |  Calendar Activity  |  June 29
   David Wiesner's book June 29, 1999 showcases this day.
   Students explore the delightful illustrations in Wiesner's book and identify elements that make the emotions in the story obvious to someone reading the book.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Literature as a Jumping Off Point for Nonfiction Inquiry
   Students use text sets to research a topic inspired by a fiction book they have read. A text set is a collection of multiple text genres with a single focus.
6. 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.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 6  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Opening the Door for Reading: Sharing Favorite Texts to Build Community
   In this lesson, students build classroom community by exploring environmental print and a teacher-created display that focuses on a favorite book. They then create and share their own presentations.
8. 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.
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.