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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  September 8
   Celebrate International Literacy Day!
   Celebrate International Literacy Day by starting a literacy movement in your community.
2. Professional Development | Grades   3 – 12  |  Online Professional Development  |  Web Seminar
   Disciplinary Literacies in Content Area Classrooms: Instructional Design for Responsive Instruction
   This webinar will discuss key elements of disciplinary literacies instruction that include considerations for instructional design and assessment.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   2 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   History Comes Alive: Developing Fluency and Comprehension Using Social Studies
   Let the power of imagination and inference serve as a "time machine" to bring Benjamin Franklin into the classroom! History and science come to life in a dialogue with Franklin the inventor, developed through lesson activities that incorporate research, imagination, writing, visual arts, and drama.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Moving Toward Acceptance Through Picture Books and Two-Voice Texts
   Students read and discuss literature about intolerance and diversity. They work with a partner to write two-voice poems that illustrate situations of intolerance at their school and suggest a step toward acceptance.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   1 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  September 17
   Oprah Winfrey launched her book club this week in 1996.
   Book clubs are created within the classroom or with a grade level or different classes.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Prompting Revision through Modeling and Written Conversations
   Students create a checklist outlining what effective writers do, revise his or her own writing, and engage in a written conversation to help peers with the revision process.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Q is for Duck: Using Alphabet Books With Struggling Writers
   A is for zoo? Q is for duck? The alphabet as students know it is transformed when students create a class book that contains clever associations for each letter of the alphabet.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Questioning: A Comprehension Strategy for Small-Group Guided Reading
   Students learn about the process of questioning and using webs to organize information during reading and then practice writing factual and inferential questions.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  September 21
   Today is the International Day of Peace.
   Students brainstorm a list of current conflicts and why people fight. Groups discuss and present possible solutions and create posters that promote their particular solution.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Using Writing and Role-Play to Engage the Reluctant Writer
    What does the world look like through a javelina's eyes? Students become javelinas in this lesson when they analyze a character and write from his or her perspective.