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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Recurring Lesson
   A Journal for Corduroy: Responding to Literature
   Connect home and school, literature and life, as students take a storybook character home with them and take turns writing stories about his visit.
2. 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.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Recurring Lesson
   Charting Characters for a More Complete Understanding of the Story
   Character Perspective Charting allows students to compare multiple characters and their points of view to better understand a story.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Recurring Lesson
   Guided Comprehension: Evaluating Using the Meeting of the Minds Technique
   Based on the Guided Comprehension Model developed by Maureen McLaughlin and Mary Beth Allen, this lesson introduces students to the strategy of evaluating, using the Meeting of the Minds technique.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Recurring Lesson
   Literature Response in Primary Classrooms
   This step-by-step literature response template for use with read-alouds asks students to use drawing and writing to respond to increasingly-complex prompts which address literary elements as well as personal connections.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 6  |  Lesson Plan  |  Recurring Lesson
   Using Story Innovation to Teach Fluency, Vocabulary, and Structure
   An instructional strategy called story innovation teaches students fluency, comprehension, vocabulary, and story structure. This unique strategy can be adapted for many purposes.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Recurring Lesson
   Using Word Storms to Explore Vocabulary and Encourage Critical Thinking
   Students learn that dogs are more than just pets in this lesson, which teaches them to use research and vocabulary-acquisition strategies to learn and write about working dogs.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 6  |  Lesson Plan  |  Recurring Lesson
   Utilizing Visual Images for Creating and Conveying Setting in Written Text
   This lesson supports third-through-sixth grade students as they communicate story setting to their readers through the use of visual image prompts. Activities include individual and cooperative learning group work, as well as whole class discussion.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Recurring Lesson
   Weekend News! A Weekly Writing Activity
   On Monday mornings, you're likely to be asked, "What did you do this weekend?" In this lesson, students respond to this question in a self-assessed writing assignment about their weekend adventures.