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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Adventures in Nonfiction: A Guided Inquiry Journey
   Students are guided through an informal exploration of nonfiction texts and child-oriented Websites, learning browsing and skimming techniques for the purpose of gathering interesting information.
   
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Animal Study: From Fiction to Facts
   Students listen to fiction and nonfiction read-alouds and explore selected Websites to identify factual information about animals. This lesson focuses on ants, but can be adapted to any animal.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 5  |  Calendar Activity  |  July 14
   Author Laura Joffe Numeroff was born in 1953.
   Using one of Numeroff's books as a model, students use the circle plot structure as a culminating project for a unit of study completed in the classroom.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  June 7
   Celebrate Louise Erdrich's birthday today.
   Students watch a short video about Erdrich's love of books and write their own memory piece.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 4
   Celebrate National Library Week!
   Students learn more about libraries as part of National Library Week.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Comparing Fiction and Nonfiction with "Little Red Riding Hood Text" Sets
   Students discuss and compare differing versions of "Little Red Riding Hood" and other tales about wolves in cumulative read-aloud sessions and text set explorations.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Creating Question and Answer Books through Guided Research
   This series of activities is designed to teach research strategies. Students use KWL charts to guide their inquiry and publish their results in a collaborative question and answer book.
8. Professional Development | Grades   K – 12  |  Strategy Guide Series
   Developing Academic Vocabulary
   In this Strategy Guide Series, you'll find creative and compatible ways to build, maintain, and extend students' vocabulary across academic disciplines.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Digging Up Details on Worms: Using the Language of Science in an Inquiry Study
   This lesson, in which students research worms in order to create a classroom habitat, incorporates reading and writing across content areas as well as math and science activities.
10. Professional Development | Grades   K – 12  |  Strategy Guide
    Exit Slips
    This strategy guide introduces the concept of using Exit Slips in the classroom to help students reflect on what they have learned and express what or how they are thinking about the new information. Exit Slips easily incorporate writing into the content area classroom and require students to think critically.

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