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91. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
    Using Children's Natural Curiosity to Lead to Descriptive Writing
    Inspired by the book It Begins with an A, kindergarten students are invited to turn their curiosity and guesswork into a class book, complete with illustrated objects and descriptive language
92. Classroom Resources | Grades   2 – 3  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Using Web-Based Bookmarks to Conduct Internet Research
    The important thing about this lesson is… that it connects literature and science. The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown provides a model for original student poems about a content area topic. Web-based bookmarks guide students to appropriate sites on the topic, and a graphic organizer helps them focus their research.
93. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Recurring Lesson
    Weekend News! A Weekly Writing Activity
    On Monday mornings, you're likely to be asked, "What did you do this weekend?" In this lesson, students respond to this question in a self-assessed writing assignment about their weekend adventures.
94. Professional Development | Grades   K – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
    What Research Has to Say About Reading Instruction
    This respected volume presents a range of research and instructional perspectives in the area of reading.
95. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    What's the Difference? Beginning Writers Compare E-mail with Letter Writing
    Students compare e-mails to traditional letters, identifying style and intended audience for each. They then write both an e-mail and a letter about the same topic.
96. Professional Development | Grades   K – 12  |  Strategy Guide
    Write Alouds
    This strategy guide explains how to use write-aloud (also known as modeled writing) to teach effective writing strategies and improve students' independent writing ability.
97. Classroom Resources | Grades   1 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  July 7
    Write letters that make things happen!
    In a small group or as individuals, students write letters related to a unit of study or particular topic they have studied.
98. Professional Development | Grades   K – 6  |  Professional Library  |  Book
    Write Now! Empowering Writers in Today's K–6 Classroom
    Writing instruction is front and center in today's classrooms. Gain insights from field leaders who provide ideas for using mentor texts, digital tools, vision and choice in writing workshop, multi-genre projects, and more to engage and grow today's diverse learners.
99. Professional Development | Grades   K – 6  |  Online Professional Development  |  Web Seminar
    Write This Way: How Modeling Transforms the Writing Classroom
    In this one-hour Web seminar, Kelly Boswell will share how to transform student writers by infusing short bursts of purposeful teacher modeling. As students watch an adult writer think, talk and write, they can develop the skills needed in order to craft writing that is both polished and purposeful.
100. Classroom Resources | Grades   2 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
     Writing Acrostic Poems with Thematically Related Texts in the Content Areas
     Students read thematically related texts, scaffolded from simple to complex, to help them gather necessary concept vocabulary and background knowledge in a content area. They then write acrostic poems to organize and present their learning in a creative way.

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