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1. Professional Development | Grades   3 – 12  |  Online Professional Development  |  Web Seminar
   Addressing the Complexity of Matching Readers With Text
   Join Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and Diane Lapp as they discuss ways to navigate the complexity of matching readers with text.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 28
   Author Lois Duncan was born on this date in 1934.
   Mysteries are shared with students for them to solve and brainstorm the attributes of a good mystery. Small groups then compose short mysteries using the Mystery Cube.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  August 30
   Caldecott Medal-winner Virginia Lee Burton was born on this day in 1909.
   Students discuss similarities in Burton's illustrations and writing style in her many books, in addition to her use of personification.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  February 1
   Celebrate Children's Authors and Illustrators Week
   Students "step into the shoes" of their favorite author by reading several of their books, conducting research, and preparing displays and presentations for the class.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Student Interactive  |  Writing & Publishing Prose
   Fractured Fairy Tales
   The Fractured Fairy Tale tool encourages students to create their own fractured fairy tales.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 2
   Hans Christian Andersen was born on this date in 1805.
   Students write a brief summary of one of Andersen's stories, and then read the original story and compare the two versions of the tale with the Venn Diagram tool.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  February 27
   In 1902, John Steinbeck was born.
   Students brainstorm a list of the ills of society, research a topic of their choosing, and then prepare an annotated bibliography of texts that address the topic.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   In Literature, Interpretation is the Thing
   Students consider Shakespearean literature to be or not to be useful in a modern context when they analyze the relationship between text and reader interpretation.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  August 29
   Karen Hesse, author of the Newbery-winning verse novel Out of the Dust, was born in 1952.
   Students write original short works of historical fiction in verse format, modeling the style Hesse used to write Out of the Dust.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Magazine Redux: An Exercise in Critical Literacy
    Paper and pixels get compared in this lesson in which students compare both printed and online versions of a magazine.

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