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11. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Exploring World Cultures Through Folk Tales
    Journey around the world with students as they read a Japanese, African, or Welsh folk tale, create a visual depiction of the tale, research the tale's culture, and present findings.
12. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Flying to Freedom: Tar Beach and The People Could Fly
    Students look to the past and use historical context to compare and contrast two characters from folktales.
13. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Recurring Lesson
    Guided Comprehension: Evaluating Using the Meeting of the Minds Technique
    Based on the Guided Comprehension Model developed by Maureen McLaughlin and Mary Beth Allen, this lesson introduces students to the strategy of evaluating, using the Meeting of the Minds technique.
14. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  February 18
    In 1931, Toni Morrison was born.
    After retelling a familiar fable, students discover the differences in one of Morrison's retellings of a fable.
15. Classroom Resources | Grades   1 – 5  |  Calendar Activity  |  February 11
    Jane Yolen was born in 1939.
    Students read one of Jane Yolen's books, retell the story in the form of a puppet show, research animals in the book, and document their findings with the Animal Study interactive tool.
16. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   K – 6  |  Activity & Project
    Let the Show Begin! Literary Talent Show
    Children choose their favorite songs, dances, poems, or stories to act out in a talent show for friends and family.
17. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   K – 6  |  Activity & Project
    School Day Extension
    Use the Word Mover mobile app to bring school home! A printout from school is used to generate a word bank and then create story or poem, which a child uses to "teach" a concept to a family member or caregiver.
18. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Sequencing: A Strategy to Succeed at Reading Comprehension
    Did Paul Bunyan gouge out the Grand Canyon before or after he dug the Great Lakes? Students create a life-sized timeline showing the sequence of events in this tall tale.
19. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Spelling Cheerleading: Integrating Movement and Spelling Generalizations
    "2-4-6-8, students will be spelling great" in this lesson that teaches the y rule for adding suffixes through cheering the spelling of words aloud, word sorts, and writing stories.
20. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   K – 3  |  Activity & Project
    Stories of Appreciation
    Using either a print or online template such as Tikatok, children can honor special people in their lives by creating personalized books.

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