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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Creating a Class Pattern Book With Popular Culture Characters
   Students hit the hallways with their favorite pop culture characters in this lesson to photograph the characters in various situations and then write about the pictures in a pattern-book structure.
   
2. 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.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 6  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 12
   Gary Soto, poet and children's writer, was born on this date in 1952.
   Using one of Soto's stories, students take part in share stories about their families, describe their street/neighborhood, or compose an acrostic poem using the Acrostic Poems interactive tool.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Student Interactive  |  Writing & Publishing Prose
   Stapleless Book
   The Stapleless Book can be used for taking notes while reading, making picture books, collecting facts, or creating vocabulary booklets . . . the possibilities are endless!
   
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Taking Photos of Curious George: Exploring Character Through Images
   Students will be monkeying around in this lesson when they create a digital class book in which they imagine what Curious George would do if he visited their school.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   The Big Green Monster Teaches Phonics in Reading and Writing
   A big green monster helps students build their reading fluency and word recognition skills through choral reading, literacy center activities, and writing stories.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 12
   Today is D.E.A.R. Day!
   April 12 is known as D.E.A.R Day! D.E.A.R. stands for "Drop Everything and Read," a national month-long celebration of reading designed to remind folks of all ages to make reading a priority activity in their lives.