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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Comparing Fiction and Nonfiction with "Little Red Riding Hood Text" Sets
   Students discuss and compare differing versions of "Little Red Riding Hood" and other tales about wolves in cumulative read-aloud sessions and text set explorations.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Diagram It! Identifying, Comparing, and Writing About Nonfiction Texts
   Students compare the traits fact and fiction by using a Venn diagram to compare fiction and nonfiction books about Native Americans.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   From Fact to Fiction: Drawing and Writing Stories
   Students gather factual information about frogs and toads to create nonfiction and fiction stories. Drawing is used for prewriting.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Investigating Animals: Using Nonfiction for Inquiry-based Research
   Inspired by their curiosity about animals, students work together to research an animal of their choice and present the information they gather to an authentic audience.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Packing the Pilgrim's Trunk: Personalizing History in the Elementary Classroom
   Students make personal connections between their lives and those of Pilgrim children by following the Pilgrims' move to the New World, their daily lives and struggles and their first Thanksgiving.
6. 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.
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  |  Unit
   Telling a Story About Me: Young Children Write Autobiographies
   Students tell their life stories in this lesson about autobiographies based on family photographs.
9. Classroom Resources | Grade   K  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Writing Reports in Kindergarten? Yes!
   This lesson encourages young students to see themselves as writers with a message to convey. Three types of reports are provided to show what kindergartners and emergent writers can do.