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11. Professional Development | Grades   3 – 12  |  Online Professional Development  |  Web Seminar
    Addressing the Complexity of Matching Readers With Text
    Join Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and Diane Lapp as they discuss ways to navigate the complexity of matching readers with text.
12. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   6 – 12  |  Activity & Project
    Afterschool and Summer Reading with LGBTQ Content
    Motivate your middle school reader with books that include LGBTQ characters.
13. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    A Genre Study of Letters With The Jolly Postman
    Students read The Jolly Postman, in which a postman delivers letters to storybook characters. They explore different types of mail and categorize letters from the book and their own mail.
14. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  August 11
    Alex Haley, author of Roots, was born in 1921.
    Students explore their own roots by interviewing family members and use their family history to write a fictional account of their roots.
15. Professional Development | Grades   6 – 12  |  Online Professional Development  |  Web Seminar
    Aligning the Strategies Identified in Writing Next with the Common Core State Standards
    In this Web seminar, work together to see how collaboration, inquiry, and the study of models can improve your students' writing in a variety of genres that meet the narratives, informative, and argument standards of the CCSS.
16. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   K – 5  |  Podcast Episode
    All About Elections
    This episode focuses on presidential elections.
17. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Alphabiography Project: Totally You
    The traditional autobiography writing project is given a twist as students write alphabiographies—recording an event, person, object, or feeling associated with each letter of the alphabet.
18. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   3 – 8  |  Activity & Project
    Amazing Biographies: Writing About People Who Change the World
    After reading about historical figures and other important people that have changed the world, children choose someone that they consider to be "amazing"—either someone they've heard about or someone they know—and create a book page that highlights this person.
19. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  January 11
    Amelia Earhart completed her solo flight from Honolulu to Oakland in 1935.
    Students explore the definition of a hero and use the interactive Venn diagram to identify the most common characteristics of a hero.
20. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  November 28
    America celebrates Thanksgiving Day today.
    After reading the book Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving, students read the letter Hale sent to Lincoln and brainstorm a list of ways to make their community better.

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