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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   1 – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
   Composing Cinquain Poems: A Quick-Writing Activity
   Students use themed graphic organizers to compose cinquain poems on topics common in the early elementary classroom.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Let's Talk About Stories: Shared Discussion With Amazing Grace
   Make space for critical literacy and engage students in meaningful, thoughtful discussions. Using Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman, students dig deep into themes such as prejudice, courage, and self-confidence.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Recurring Lesson
   Student of the Day: Create Sound/Letter Understanding With Names
   Name games make learning letters fun and interactive in this lesson where students get to know more about each other as they spell out their classmates' names.
4. 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
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
   Using Folk Tales: Vowel Influences on the Letter G
   Gentle, gigantic, graceful—do these g words describe the giant in Jack and the Beanstalk? Students will explore the hard and soft g sounds by studying fairy tales and animals.