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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 5
   Celebrate National Library Week!
   Students learn more about libraries as part of National Library Week.
2. Professional Development | Grades   2 – 7  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Creating Lifelong Readers Through Independent Reading
   This book provides information on the benefits of independent reading, how to set up a classroom library, and ways to actively engage students in independent reading.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Dancing Minds and Shouting Smiles: Teaching Personification Through Poetry
   Students learn about personification by reading and discussing poems and then brainstorm nouns and verbs to create personification in their own poems.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Delicious, Tasty, Yummy: Enriching Writing with Adjectives and Synonyms
   Students thoroughly explore identifying synonyms and adjectives before using them to add variety and interest to their own writing.
5. Professional Development | Grades   1 – 3  |  Strategy Guide
   Depend on the Text! How to Create Text-Dependent Questions
   Teachers need to create text-dependent questions to elicit close reading. When answering these questions, students learn to reread and think deeply about the text.
6. Professional Development | Grades   1 – 3  |  Strategy Guide
   Get Close to Think Deeply: Creating Primary-Level Close Readings
   Close readings allow primary students to engage with complex texts. Through repeated reading, students build a deep understanding of the text and critical thinking skills.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Mobile App  |  Writing Poetry
   Haiku Poem App
   Students can learn about and write haiku using this app that guides them through the writing process.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
   How Big Are Martin's Big Words? Thinking Big about the Future
   Inspired by the book Martin's Big Words, students explore information on Dr. King to think about his "big" words, then they write about their own "big" words and dreams.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Letter Poems Deliver: Experimenting with Line Breaks in Poetry Writing
   Students explore letter poems and experiment with writing letters as poems, using the placement of line breaks to enhance rhythm, sound, meaning, and appearance.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
    Peace Poems and Picasso Doves: Literature, Art, Technology, and Poetry
    Students apply think-aloud strategies to reading and to composition of artwork and poetry. They research symbols of peace as they prewrite, compose, and publish their poetry.

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