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1. Professional Development | Grades   5 – 9  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Power of Picture Books, The: Using Content Area Literature in Middle School
   Featuring descriptions and activities for fifty exceptional titles, Mary Jo Fresch and Peggy Harkins offer a wealth of ideas for harnessing the power of picture books to improve reading and writing in the content areas.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  August 22
   Science-fiction author Ray Bradbury was born in 1920.
   Students do a Bradbury author study and then create flyers to advertise their favorite story using the ReadWriteThink Printing Press.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   1 – 8  |  Calendar Activity  |  August 10
   The Smithsonian Institution was founded in 1846.
   After exploring an exhibit online, students use the information they learned to write "A Day in the Life" narratives that tell about a person, animal, or object they saw in the exhibit.