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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   A Genre Study of Letters With The Jolly Postman
   Students read The Jolly Postman, in which a postman delivers letters to storybook characters. They explore different types of mail and categorize letters from the book and their own mail.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   A Musical Prompt: Postcards From the Concert
   Students won't miss a beat in this musical lesson that combines listening with personal response on a postcard.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   2 – 4  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   A Recipe for Writing: Fairy Tale Feasts
   After examining recipes written based on students' favorite fairy tales, students research a recipe related to their favorite story, book, or fairy tale and include it in a classroom recipe book.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Authoring an Epilogue That Helps Our Characters Live On
   This lesson uses One Green Apple by Eve Bunting to teach how characters change across a text. It will also guide students through writing an epilogue to accompany their independent book.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Biographies: Creating Timelines of a Life
   In this lesson students explore a number of sources to create a biographical timeline about a selected person. Students collaboratively research and resolve conflicting information they find during their investigation.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Blending Fiction and Nonfiction to Improve Comprehension and Writing Skills
   Students use a text set to increase understanding of content area material and demonstrate what they have learned by writing an original piece that blends together narrative and expository elements.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Bridging Literature and Mathematics by Visualizing Mathematical Concepts
   During interactive read-aloud sessions, students identify how an author conveys mathematical information about animals' sizes and abilities. They then conduct research projects focusing on the same mathematical concepts.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 6  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Color My World: Expanding Meaning Potential through Media
   Using different writing/drawing materials (e.g., markers, color pencils, pastels, etc.), students learn how to communicate different moods and/or feelings to support their written ideas and how authors do the same through their work.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Critical Perspectives: Reading and Writing About Slavery
   Students critically explore the moral issue of slavery through reading fiction and nonfiction children's literature about the Underground Railroad, and they extend their understanding through creative writing projects.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Developing a Living Definition of Reading in the Elementary Classroom
    Using the guiding question, "What is reading?" students interact with a variety of texts as they uncover the skills necessary to interact with texts and develop a definition of reading.

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