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1. 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.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Everyone Loves a Mystery: A Genre Study
   Students track the elements of mystery stories through Directed Learning-Thinking Activities, story maps, and puzzles. Then they offer clues for other readers as they plan and write original mystery stories.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Exploring Author's Voice Using Jane Addams Award-Winning Books
   History has many faces in this lesson in which students read Jane Addams Award-winning books to learn about peace, social justice, world community, and equality.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Exploring World Cultures Through Folk Tales
   Journey around the world with students as they read a Japanese, African, or Welsh folk tale, create a visual depiction of the tale, research the tale's culture, and present findings.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Improving Fluency through Group Literary Performance
   Students participate in shared reading, choral reading, and readers theater, using books by Bill Martin, Jr. Repeated readings and literary performances help students with their reading accuracy, expression, and rate.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
   It Doesn't Have to End That Way: Using Prediction Strategies with Literature
   After listening to the beginning of a story, students use details in the text, personal experience, and prior knowledge to predict the way the story will end.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Joining the Conversation about Young Adult Literature
   Students create a persuasive case calling for the adoption of a particular young adult literature title into their school's language arts curriculum by writing letters or speeches.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Once Upon a Link: A PowerPoint Adventure With Fractured Fairy Tales
   What really happened to the three little pigs? Students will read and write fractured fairy tales. In composing and editing these tales, students focus on the six traits of writing.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  January 25
   Today, the American Library Association announces its annual book award winners.
   Students research different awards given by the ALA and do an activity based on one of the awards.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Who's Got Mail? Using Literature to Promote Authentic Letter Writing
    Students discuss and chart letter elements and write their own letters to adults at school, reinforcing letter-writing skills beyond the classroom lesson.