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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Animal Study: From Fiction to Facts
   Students listen to fiction and nonfiction read-alouds and explore selected Websites to identify factual information about animals. This lesson focuses on ants, but can be adapted to any animal.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Combining Read-Alouds With Economics in the Primary Grades
   Students learn that what you read in books can really add up when they analyze literary texts for economic concepts.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Four Simple Steps to Small-Group Guided Writing
   Students will go batty about the three writing strategies they learn in this lesson centered on Nicola Davies' Bat Loves the Night.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
   Listen, Look, and Learn: An Information-Gathering Process
   After listening to and discussing the story Score One for the Sloths, primary students research the sloth. Students use a variety of resources, including an information wheel graphic organizer.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Predicting and Gathering Information With Nonfiction Texts
   Students take a walk on the wild side when they develop an understanding of nonfiction texts with hands-on experiences and intense analysis.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Rain, Ice, Steam: Using Reading to Support Inquiry About the Water Cycle
   Water is always moving in a continuous cycle from liquid to solid to gas and back again. Students study this never-ending cycle through shared readings, center activities, and experiments.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Reading and Writing About Whales Using Fiction and Nonfiction Texts
   Students will have a whale of a good time in this lesson in which they use fiction and nonfiction texts to write a letter to an online scientist.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Reading Informational Texts Using the 3-2-1 Strategy
   Students can count on using the 3-2-1 strategy to help them successfully comprehend and write about an informational text.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Weather: A Journey in Nonfiction
   Questions about weather clear up when students use what they learned from their books to create a presentation to share with the rest of the class.