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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Get Cooking With Words! Creating a Recipe Using Procedural Writing
   Students participate in read-alouds of books that exemplify effective word choice, explore how to choose words to best communicate an idea, and then write explicit instructions for a recipe.
   
2. Professional Development | Grades   3 – 5  |  Professional Library  |  Journal
   Semiotic Representations: Building Complex Literacy Practices Through the Arts
   Include visual arts, drama, and movement in English language arts instruction to increase students' understanding and motivation.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 7  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Strategic Reading and Writing: Summarizing Antislavery Biographies
   Antislavery heroes are the focus of this lesson. Students research a historical figure who played a key role in the abolition of slavery, and then create a three-dimensional biographical mobile.
   
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   This is My Story: Encouraging Students to Use a Unique Voice
   What did the wolf think of Red Riding Hood? Once Upon a Fairy Tale offers his side of the story and more, providing vivid examples of how voice enlivens narrative. After comparing versions of the story, students apply the concept of voice to Fractured Fairy Tales and other writing activities.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Zines for Kids: Multigenre Texts About Media Icons
   Special edition! Students use ReadWriteThink tools to create magazines about prominent figures using a variety of writing genres and styles.