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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   4 – 7  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Boars and Baseball: Making Connections
   In this lesson, students will make text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections after reading In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson. After sharing and discussing connections, students choose and plan a project that makes a personal connection to the text.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Proverbs: At Home and around the World
   In this lesson, students work with proverbs from home and from around the world, exploring how these maxims are tied to a culture's values and everyday experience.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Sí, Se Puede: Making a Difference, One Letter at a Time
   After reading the book ¡Si, Se Puede!/Yes, We Can!: Janitor Strike in L.A., students learn about labor unions, strikes, and organizing for change. Students interview staff members in their school to learn about their daily work life, and write persuasive advocacy letters.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Supporting Vocabulary Development with EASE
   This lesson allows teachers to enrich students' oral and written vocabulary using the EASE sequence of instruction: Enunciate, Associate, Synthesize, and Emphasize the words you want students to use.