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Guided Comprehension: Summarizing Using the QuIP Strategy
Students learn to use the QuIP (questions into paragraphs) comprehension strategy to organize information and then synthesize it in writing. - Classroom Resources | Grades 3 – 12 | Calendar Activity | October 3
Gwendolyn Brooks published Bronzeville Boys and Girls in 1956.
After students have read and discussed several poems from Brooks' collection, they create a poetry anthology for their own family, neighborhood, or classroom. - Classroom Resources | Grades 1 – 12 | Calendar Activity | July 12
Henry David Thoreau was born in 1817.
Students make mental "snapshots" of a natural setting, then capture the details of their setting by writing and then creating a class booklet of the nature walk. - Professional Development | Grades K – 6 | Online Professional Development | Web Seminar
Honoring Student Voice in the Early Childhood Classroom: Dramatic Play, Stories, and Story Acting
This web seminar focuses on honoring student voice through story and story acting. - Classroom Resources | Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
How-To Writing: Motivating Students to Write for a Real Purpose
It's not easy surviving fourth grade (or third or fifth)! In this lesson, students brainstorm survival tips for future fourth graders and incorporate those tips into an essay. - Classroom Resources | Grades 3 – 12 | Printout | Graphic Organizer
I-Chart
This printout assists students with generating meaningful questions about a topic and organizing their writing by using a structured guide while researching. - Classroom Resources | Grades 1 – 12 | Calendar Activity | April 23
In 1564, William Shakespeare was born on this day.
Based on grade level, students learn about rhyming structure, experiment with the Shakespearean Insult Kit, or study scenes from Othello and watch an adaptation of that scene from the movie O. - Classroom Resources | Grades 3 – 8 | Calendar Activity | February 3
In 1927, Joan Lowery Nixon was born.
As a class, a genre study of mysteries takes place and a chart is made about what makes a good mystery. - Classroom Resources | Grades 3 – 12 | Calendar Activity | February 18
In 1931, Toni Morrison was born.
After retelling a familiar fable, students discover the differences in one of Morrison's retellings of a fable. - Classroom Resources | Grades 1 – 12 | Calendar Activity | September 5
In 1952, Paul Fleischman was born on this day.
Some of Fleishman's memories in his essay "My House of Voices" are shared with the class. Students then write a descriptive essay that gives a tour of the voices in their homes, school, etc.
