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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  December 25
   A Christmas Carol was the first book transmitted over radio!
   Students write a script for A Christmas Carol on a level that primary students can read and perform. Older students record the performance and create a website to showcase photographs.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  November 1
   Celebrate National Family Literacy Day!
   Parents, grandparents, and other family members are invited to the classroom for a family-school reading day.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  September 15
   Hispanic Heritage Month begins today.
   Students brainstorm all the various aspects of Hispanic culture and compile topics to research. Groups then research topics and present their information to the class.
4. Professional Development | Grades   6 – 12  |  Online Professional Development  |  Web Seminar
   On Demand Web Seminar Package: Literacy Across the Disciplines
   Take the guesswork out of choosing the best on demand Web seminars while building your professional library on teaching literacy across all content areas.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Poetry: Sound and Sense
   Students' groans about studying poetry may disappear with this lesson in which students read poetry from various writers and use these poems to examine the sounds and sense of language.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  February 1
   Take part in the African American Read-In!
   Students come together with family and friends to take part in a read-in of books by African American authors and report their results.
7. Professional Development | Grades   6 – 12  |  Strategy Guide
   Teaching with Zooming Slideshows through Prezi
   Through Prezi, a web application, students create "zooming" presentations for various purposes, such as presenting research, defending an opinion, or sharing a digital story.