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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Building a Matrix for Leo Lionni Books: An Author Study
   In this author study, students listen to and discuss four books by Leo Lionni. They identify similarities and differences in the stories and then compare two stories of their choice.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Recurring Lesson
   Choosing the Right Book: Strategies for Beginning Readers
   Students make purposeful choices for their reading materials, thinking about their reasons for reading a book and using strategies to match books to their abilities.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Digging Up Details on Worms: Using the Language of Science in an Inquiry Study
   This lesson, in which students research worms in order to create a classroom habitat, incorporates reading and writing across content areas as well as math and science activities.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Family Message Journals Teach Many Purposes for Writing
   This lesson encourages children to explore authentic reasons for writing by writing messages to their family in a family message journal.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Improving Fluency through Group Literary Performance
   Students participate in shared reading, choral reading, and readers theater, using books by Bill Martin, Jr. Repeated readings and literary performances help students with their reading accuracy, expression, and rate.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
   It Doesn't Have to End That Way: Using Prediction Strategies with Literature
   After listening to the beginning of a story, students use details in the text, personal experience, and prior knowledge to predict the way the story will end.
7. Professional Development | Grades   K – 6  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Literacy + Math = Creative Connections in the Elementary Classroom
   This book details the importance of establishing a literacy-mathematics connection for students and offers suggestions and ideas for improving math skills while fostering literacy growth.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Teaching Shapes Using Read-Alouds, Visualization, and Sketch to Stretch
   Visual clues in winter-themed books used in this lesson encourage students to make real-world math connections.