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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   1 – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Amelia Bedelia Up Close! Closely Reading a Classic Story
   Through a close reading of Amelia Bedelia, students reread the material to discuss text-dependent questions, promoting deep thinking about the text and its characters.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Building a Matrix for Leo Lionni Books: An Author Study
   In this author study, students listen to and discuss four books by Leo Lionni. They identify similarities and differences in the stories and then compare two stories of their choice.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Completing the Circle: The Craft of Circular Plot Structure
   Students identify, explore and apply the elements of circle plot structures to their own stories by using graphic organizers, reading and writing stories, and using checklists to assess their work.
4. 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.
   
5. 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.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Fact or Fiction: Learning About Worms Using Diary of a Worm
   Students often believe that fiction writers make everything up, seldom realizing how research worms its way into entertaining writing. In this lesson, students read Diary of a Worm to find out how fact merges with fiction.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Family Ties: Making Connections to Improve Reading Comprehension
   Families are all about connections between people. In this lesson, students read three books about different families and make text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections to those texts.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Shared Poetry Reading: Teaching Print Concepts, Rhyme, and Vocabulary
   The rhyme and reason behind this lesson is that students will need to develop important reading skills to increase their reading fluency.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Teaching About Story Structure Using Fairy Tales
   From "once upon a time" to "happily ever after," students learn to recognize story structure in fairy tales and create a logical sequence of events when writing original stories.
10. 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.

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