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- Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades K – 5 | Podcast Episode
Alphabet Books for All Ages
Find alphabet books to inspire and educate the entire family in this Chatting About Books podcast episode. - Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades K – 2 | Activity & Project
Blast Off to Learn New Words
Boost vocabulary by taking an imaginary trip into space. After a lunar "landing," children return to Earth with a galaxy of new words. - Classroom Resources | Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Blast Off! Vocabulary Instruction Using a Virtual Moon Trip
3, 2, 1... Blast off! Students learn new vocabulary by taking a virtual field trip to the moon, read-alouds, creating a picture dictionary, and completing a final writing activity. - Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades K – 5 | Podcast Episode
Celebrating the Earth
Every day is Earth Day! Emily shares her story of children inspired by The Lorax and how they might take action with 50 Simple Things Kids Can Do To Save the Earth. Emily also explores science and nature activities with guest Sharon Betty and The Down-to-Earth Guide to Global Warming. - Classroom Resources | Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Combining Read-Alouds With Economics in the Primary Grades
Students learn that what you read in books can really add up when they analyze literary texts for economic concepts. - Classroom Resources | Grades K – 6 | Calendar Activity |  December 3
Dr. Christian Barnard performed the first human heart transplant.
Students talk about the causes of heart disease and the role that diet and exercise play. Then, students find healthy dessert recipes and vote on one dessert to make in class. - Classroom Resources | Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Fact or Fiction: Learning About Worms Using Diary of a Worm
Students often believe that fiction writers make everything up, seldom realizing how research worms its way into entertaining writing. In this lesson, students read Diary of a Worm to find out how fact merges with fiction. - Classroom Resources | Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Four Simple Steps to Small-Group Guided Writing
Students will go batty about the three writing strategies they learn in this lesson centered on Nicola Davies' Bat Loves the Night. - 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. - Classroom Resources | Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan | Minilesson
Inspire Healthful Reading Using Unconventional Texts
This minilesson encourages children to seek out and appropriately react to nutrition labels and to make healthy food choices, integrating science, math, health, and literacy.