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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   2 – 4  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Exploring the Subtext Strategy: Thinking Beyond the Text
   What is it like to have a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day? Students find out in this lesson in which they "become" the characters in Judith Viorst's book.
2. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   K – 3  |  Tip & How-To
   How to Act Out a Story
   Help a child make a more personal connection with a book by acting out the story and exploring different characters' perspectives.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   1 – 5  |  Calendar Activity  |  February 11
   Jane Yolen was born in 1939.
   Students read one of Jane Yolen's books, retell the story in the form of a puppet show, research animals in the book, and document their findings with the Animal Study interactive tool.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
   To, Too, or Two: Developing an Understanding of Homophones
   The classroom becomes a stage in this interactive lesson in which students sing, act, and design comic strips to learn the meanings and spellings of common homophones.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Writing a Movie: Summarizing and Rereading a Film Script
   Lights! Camera! Action! In this lesson, students view a scene with no dialogue from E.T., write a script for that scene, and perform a dramatic reading while the scene plays.