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1. Professional Development | November 18–21, 2021
   2021 NCTE Annual Convention
   Each November thousands of literacy educators from across the country make the journey to a Convention that inspires their practice and rejuvenates their profession.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Four Simple Steps to Small-Group Guided Writing
   Students will go batty about the three writing strategies they learn in this lesson centered on Nicola Davies' Bat Loves the Night.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
   Let's Build a Snowman
   In this lesson, students use both fiction and nonfiction texts, the Internet, and a K-W-L chart to learn about how animals survive the winter.
4. Professional Development | Grades   K – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Position Statement
   Professional Knowledge for the Teaching of Writing
   With full recognition that writing is an increasingly multifaceted activity, we offer several principles that should guide effective teaching practice.
5. 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.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 7  |  Calendar Activity  |  November 21
   The Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children is announced today.
   Students read and discuss an award-winning book before writing their own story that demonstrates compassion.
   
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   The Day Jimmy's Boa Taught Cause and Effect
   This lesson introduces the concept of cause and effect with Trinka Hakes Noble's books about Jimmy and his boa constrictor.
8. 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