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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  November 19
   Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address in 1863.
   Students practice the Pre-AP strategy called SOAPSTone, identifying important parts of the Gettysburg Address and comparing it with John F. Kennedy's inaugural speech.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Biography Project: Research and Class Presentation
   Classroom biography study offers high-interest reading with a purpose, as students begin with inquiry and research, summarize and organize their information, and prepare oral presentations to share with the class.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 1  |  Lesson Plan  |  Recurring Lesson
   Catching the Bug for Reading Through Interactive Read-Alouds
   Students learn about story structure, new vocabulary, and a variety of reading strategies by participating in an interactive read-aloud of Miss Bindergarten Stays Home From Kindergarten by Joseph Slate.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   1 – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Choosing One Word: Summarizing Shel Silverstein's "Sick"
   Students select what they believe to be the most important word in a text that they have read and justify their choice using examples from the text.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Connecting Past and Present: A Local Research Project
   In this unit, students become active archivists, gathering photos, artifacts, and stories for a museum exhibit that highlights one decade in their school's history.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Creative Problem-Solving with Ezra Jack Keats
   Using books by Ezra Jack Keats as inspiration, students explore problems and solutions through read-alouds, discussion, and an interactive bulletin board.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Recurring Lesson
   Daily Book Boosts
   Book Boosts—one-minute raves at the end of independent reading time—are easy ways to suggest new titles to students, and they act as a way for students to have something to think about as they read.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Diagram It! Identifying, Comparing, and Writing About Nonfiction Texts
   Students compare the traits fact and fiction by using a Venn diagram to compare fiction and nonfiction books about Native Americans.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Discovering a Passion for Poetry With Langston Hughes
   Through a study of Langston Hughes' poetry, students connect his writing to his place in history.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Fact or Fiction: Learning About Worms Using Diary of a Worm
    Students often believe that fiction writers make everything up, seldom realizing how research worms its way into entertaining writing. In this lesson, students read Diary of a Worm to find out how fact merges with fiction.

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