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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 4
   Celebrate National Library Week!
   Students learn more about libraries as part of National Library Week.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Designing Elements of Story in Little Blue and Little Yellow
   In this series of four lessons, students will explore key elements of design in Little Blue and
   Little Yellow to learn about setting, character relationships, and plot.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  March 11
   Ezra Jack Keats was born on this day in 1916.
   In celebration of Keats' birthday, students write stories that include some characters from Keats' books and practice using collage techniques with the Collage Machine.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Student Interactive  |  Writing & Publishing Prose
   Flip Book
   The Flip Book is designed to allow users to type and illustrate tabbed flip books up to ten pages long. Students and teachers can use the flip book for taking notes while reading, making picture books, collecting facts, or creating question and answer booklets.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 6  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 12
   Gary Soto, poet and children's writer, was born on this date in 1952.
   Using one of Soto's stories, students take part in share stories about their families, describe their street/neighborhood, or compose an acrostic poem using the Acrostic Poems interactive tool.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   1 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 23
   In 1564, William Shakespeare was born on this day.
   Based on grade level, students learn about rhyming structure, experiment with the Shakespearean Insult Kit, or study scenes from Othello and watch an adaptation of that scene from the movie O.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Is Superman Really All That Super? Critically Exploring Superheroes
   What makes a superhero super? By comparing popular culture superheroes with heroic characters in children's literature, students learn to think critically about character traits, and consider how cultural perspectives influence the kinds of heroes we choose.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  March 1
   Music in Our Schools Month is in March.
   Students explore the effects of music on a story by reading a story, novel, or play, viewing the musical version, and comparing the two. Students can then select a text read in class and create a musical adaptation.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 6  |  Calendar Activity  |  September 13
   Roald Dahl was born on this day in 1916.
   Students adapt a Roald Dahl story to picture book format and share their books and add them to the classroom library. Additionally, they compare a book version and film version of one of Dahl's works.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Mobile App  |  Writing & Publishing Prose
    RWT Flip Book
    The Flip Book app is designed to allow users to type and illustrate tabbed flip books.

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