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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
   A Bear of a Poem: Composing and Performing Found Poetry
   Children find favorite words, phrases, and sentences from familiar stories. Working together, they combine their words and phrases to create a poem. The poem is then shared as performance poetry.
3. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Activity & Project
   Acting Out with Mother Goose
   Act out a story after reading it. Work together to create a script and make costumes and props. Then invite others to watch and hear your story!
4. 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.
   
5. Classroom Resources | Grade   K  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   A Getting-Acquainted Activity Using My Teacher's Secret Life
   Students build classroom community as they get to know each other and their teacher better by sharing what they like to do outside school.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   "America the Beautiful": Using Music and Art to Develop Vocabulary
   Students engage in a rich study of vocabulary words from the song "America the Beautiful," using music and art.
7. 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.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   As Slippery as an Eel: An Ocean Unit Exploring Simile and Metaphor
   Students play with simile and metaphor as they study the ocean and use figurative language to write a class book about it.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Authentic Writing Experiences and Math Problem-Solving Using Shopping Lists
   Students use their emerging writing skills to write shopping lists. They work within a budget, use problem-solving skills to create lists, and buy their favorite treats at the class store.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 5  |  Calendar Activity  |  July 11
    Author E.B. White was born on this day in 1899.
    Author E.B. White, most well-known for his famous children's book, Charlotte's Web, received high acclaim and awards for many of his works of fiction.

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