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31. Professional Development | Grades   1 – 3  |  Strategy Guide
    Depend on the Text! How to Create Text-Dependent Questions
    Teachers need to create text-dependent questions to elicit close reading. When answering these questions, students learn to reread and think deeply about the text.
32. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Designing Elements of Story in Little Blue and Little Yellow
    In this series of four lessons, students will explore key elements of design in Little Blue and
    Little Yellow to learn about setting, character relationships, and plot.
33. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
    Diagram It! Identifying, Comparing, and Writing About Nonfiction Texts
    Students compare the traits fact and fiction by using a Venn diagram to compare fiction and nonfiction books about Native Americans.
34. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 4  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Digging Deeper: Developing Comprehension Using Thank You, Mr. Falker
    A read-aloud of Patricia Polacco's Thank You, Mr. Falker helps promote deeper comprehension through questioning to achieve personal connections and discussions of character and theme.
35. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Digging Up Details on Worms: Using the Language of Science in an Inquiry Study
    This lesson, in which students research worms in order to create a classroom habitat, incorporates reading and writing across content areas as well as math and science activities.
36. Professional Development | Grades   2 – 5  |  Professional Library  |  Journal
    Digital Readers: The Next Chapter in E-Book Reading and Response
    This article discusses the use of digital e-book readers in the classroom.
37. Classroom Resources | Grades   2 – 6  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
    Digital Word Detectives: Building Vocabulary With e-Book Readers
    Students in grades 2-6 use digital dictionaries and other e-book tools to learn new vocabulary as they read e-books on digital reading devices.
38. Classroom Resources | Grades   2 – 4  |  Lesson Plan
    Engaging With Cause-and-Effect Relationships Through Creating Comic Strips
    Students demonstrate their knowledge of cause-and-effect relationships by creating original comic strips and sharing their completed work in an oral presentation format.
39. Professional Development | Grades   K – 12  |  Strategy Guide
    Exit Slips
    This strategy guide introduces the concept of using Exit Slips in the classroom to help students reflect on what they have learned and express what or how they are thinking about the new information. Exit Slips easily incorporate writing into the content area classroom and require students to think critically.
40. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Printout  |  Assessment Tool
    Exit Slips
    This printout provides prompts that help students reflect on and process new information and think critically, and offers teachers the opportunity to differentiate upcoming instruction based on these reflections.

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