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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Diagram It! Identifying, Comparing, and Writing About Nonfiction Texts
   Students compare the traits fact and fiction by using a Venn diagram to compare fiction and nonfiction books about Native Americans.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Junie B. Jones Introduces Literacy Mystery Boxes
   Like Junie B. Jones, students will be saying "Wait till you hear this" after listening to a Junie B. story and creating mystery boxes to help retell the story.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Teaching Shapes Using Read-Alouds, Visualization, and Sketch to Stretch
   Visual clues in winter-themed books used in this lesson encourage students to make real-world math connections.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 3  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Two Thumbs Up! Get Students Writing and Publishing Book Reviews
   Students evaluate book reviews written by other children, discussing their components and effectiveness, and write reviews of favorite books to record on video or post online.