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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 4
   Celebrate National Library Week!
   Students learn more about libraries as part of National Library Week.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Developing a Living Definition of Reading in the Elementary Classroom
   Using the guiding question, "What is reading?" students interact with a variety of texts as they uncover the skills necessary to interact with texts and develop a definition of reading.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  January 23
   Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in the US to earn a MD degree in 1849.
   "Famous Firsts" are researched by students, followed by small group research and multimedia presentations to report research results.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Student Interactive  |  Writing & Publishing Prose
   Flip Book
   The Flip Book is designed to allow users to type and illustrate tabbed flip books up to ten pages long. Students and teachers can use the flip book for taking notes while reading, making picture books, collecting facts, or creating question and answer booklets.
5. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Activity & Project
   Go Wild with Webcams!
   Can't make it to a zoo? After reading a book about apes, observe animal habits and habitats using one of the many Webcams broadcasting from zoos and aquariums around the United States and the world.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Literature as a Jumping Off Point for Nonfiction Inquiry
   Students use text sets to research a topic inspired by a fiction book they have read. A text set is a collection of multiple text genres with a single focus.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  November 21
   NCTE's Orbis Pictus Nonfiction Award is announced today.
   Students conduct research and write original works of nonfiction on topics of their choice.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  January 8
   On this day in 1935, Elvis Presley was born.
   Students visit the National Archives to read a letter written by Elvis Presley to President Nixon. The Letter Generator is used to write a letter to a current artist suggesting a meeting with the President.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Prompting Revision through Modeling and Written Conversations
   Students create a checklist outlining what effective writers do, revise his or her own writing, and engage in a written conversation to help peers with the revision process.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
    Question and Answer Books--From Genre Study to Report Writing
    After exploring several question and answer books on a variety of topics, students research a topic and create their own class question and answer book.

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