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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  February 18
   In 1931, Toni Morrison was born.
   After retelling a familiar fable, students discover the differences in one of Morrison's retellings of a fable.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   1 – 5  |  Calendar Activity  |  February 11
   Jane Yolen was born in 1939.
   Students read one of Jane Yolen's books, retell the story in the form of a puppet show, research animals in the book, and document their findings with the Animal Study interactive tool.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 6  |  Calendar Activity  |  February 12
   Judy Blume was born in 1938.
   Students work with a partner or individually to create cartoons of their favorite scenes from Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Letter Poems Deliver: Experimenting with Line Breaks in Poetry Writing
   Students explore letter poems and experiment with writing letters as poems, using the placement of line breaks to enhance rhythm, sound, meaning, and appearance.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Literature as a Catalyst for Social Action: Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges
   Students are invited to confront and discuss issues of injustice and intolerance in response to reading a variety of fiction and nonfiction texts.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Planning Story Characters Using Interactive Trading Cards
   Students use trading cards to examine fictional characters in a story.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  February 4
   Rosa Parks was born on this day in 1913.
   Rosa Parks was committed to the struggle for social justice and human rights until her death, inspiring millions of people around the world. Today, we celebrate her!
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Storytelling in the Social Studies Classroom
   People make the past come alive as students research and then share stories about famous Americans who promoted democratic ideals.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   4 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  February 5
   Today is World Read Aloud Day.
   Students celebrate the power of words by reading aloud to their classmates and spreading the word of global literacy to their friends and family.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Using Picture Books to Teach Characterization in Writing Workshop
    Students explore character development through experiences with picture books. They learn about the connections between reading and writing and apply the information they learn to revisions of their own writing.

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