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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   2 – 4  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   All About Our Town: Using Brochures to Teach Informational Writing
   Students explore their towns' landmarks, symbols, and people; look at brochures and other informational tools; practice writing for a specific audience and revising; and work collaboratively to create a brochure.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   4 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Analyzing How Narrative Structure Generates Empathy in Wonder
   This lesson builds students' understanding of empathy by defining key terms and comparing responses to characters when they are introduced by someone else, and then when they narrate the story themselves.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   2 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Blogging in the Primary Grades? Yes, Indeed!
   Give students an authentic reason to read and write by researching blogs written by their peers around the world and then writing their own.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Building a Learning Community: Crafting Rules for the Classroom
   Students will learn to mind their ps and qs in this lesson on etiquette and appropriate behavior in the classroom.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Creating Classroom Community by Crafting Themed Poetry Collections
   Students create poetry collections with the theme of "getting to know each other." They study and then write a variety of forms of poetry to include in their collections.
6. 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.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Looking at Landmarks: Using a Picture Book to Guide Research
   This lesson uses Ben's Dream by Chris Van Allsburg to highlight ten major landmarks of the world. Students research the landmarks and present their findings to the class.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Our Classroom: Writing an Owner's Manual
   Students write an owner's manual that helps them get to know their classroom, provides them with a sense of ownership, and lets others know about their classroom.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
   Promoting Cultural Values Through Alphabet Books
   C is for Culture in this lesson in which students research a culture different from their own and compile an alphabet book that showcases cultural symbols for each letter of the alphabet.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Reading, Writing, Haiku Hiking! A Class Book of Picturesque Poems
    Students learn haiku
    write descriptive poems
    and share with the class.
    

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