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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   A Musical Prompt: Postcards From the Concert
   Students won't miss a beat in this musical lesson that combines listening with personal response on a postcard.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Biographies: Creating Timelines of a Life
   In this lesson students explore a number of sources to create a biographical timeline about a selected person. Students collaboratively research and resolve conflicting information they find during their investigation.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   1 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  October 17
   Black Poetry Day is celebrated.
   Books and webpages are gathered that focus on the work of African American poets and students explore the resources and find a poem to contribute to a poetry reading.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Cultural Connections and Writing for Change
   A little understanding can go a long way. After learning about difficulties that Palestinian youths face, students will write a letter to an official discussing these issues.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Engaging Students in a Collaborative Exploration of the Gettysburg Address
   In small groups, students closely examine one sentence from the Gettysburg Address and create a multigenre project communicating what they have discovered about the meaning and significance of the text.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  October 7
   Sherman Alexie was born in 1966.
   Students imagine they have been asked to participate in a museum exhibit, take photos/videos of a significant location, and write or record reflections. Students can also create an exhibit from something they have read.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
   STAR Search: How Do I Find the Book I Need?
   Students become familiar with STAR Search, which provides a set of steps and thinking processes for intermediate students to use in finding library resources relevant to a specific information need.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 7  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Strategic Reading and Writing: Summarizing Antislavery Biographies
   Antislavery heroes are the focus of this lesson. Students research a historical figure who played a key role in the abolition of slavery, and then create a three-dimensional biographical mobile.
   
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Teaching Science Through Picture Books: A Rainforest Lesson
   Students read Welcome to the Green House, use note-taking strategies, find patterns in text structure, learn vocabulary in context, and write efferent and affective responses to the text.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    This is My Story: Encouraging Students to Use a Unique Voice
    What did the wolf think of Red Riding Hood? Once Upon a Fairy Tale offers his side of the story and more, providing vivid examples of how voice enlivens narrative. After comparing versions of the story, students apply the concept of voice to Fractured Fairy Tales and other writing activities.

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