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1. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   3 – 8  |  Activity & Project
   Amazing Biographies: Writing About People Who Change the World
   After reading about historical figures and other important people that have changed the world, children choose someone that they consider to be "amazing"—either someone they've heard about or someone they know—and create a book page that highlights this person.
2. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Activity & Project
   Digging for Answers: Become a Dinosaur Word Detective
   Scientists have been making dinosaur discoveries for a long, long time. Explore this mysterious world by reading about dinosaurs, solving a crossword puzzle, and building your own puzzle.
3. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Activity & Project
   Finding Poetry in Pleasure Reading
   After reading a book or magazine, children and teens can choose a section and transform it into what's known as a "found poem."
4. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Activity & Project
   Go Wild with Webcams!
   Can't make it to a zoo? After reading a book about apes, observe animal habits and habitats using one of the many Webcams broadcasting from zoos and aquariums around the United States and the world.
5. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Activity & Project
   Have You Seen the Movie Yet?
   Before seeing a film based on a book, classic or contemporary, children can learn about filmmaking and create their own scenes based on their favorite moments from the book.
6. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   K – 6  |  Activity & Project
   School Day Extension
   Use the Word Mover mobile app to bring school home! A printout from school is used to generate a word bank and then create story or poem, which a child uses to "teach" a concept to a family member or caregiver.
7. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Activity & Project
   Star Light, Star Bright: Reading and Writing about the Nighttime Sky
   Children watch the nighttime sky come alive as the read a book about fascinating elements in the night and write a poem/story about the things they learn!
8. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Activity & Project
   Telling My Story: Make a Bio-Cube
   Let children explore an interesting subject—themselves. An online tool will teach them to summarize and organize information as they write.