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11. Classroom Resources | Grades   2 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Blogging in the Primary Grades? Yes, Indeed!
    Give students an authentic reason to read and write by researching blogs written by their peers around the world and then writing their own.
12. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Book Report Alternative: Sharing Info from Informational Reading
    Reporting on an informational book doesn't have to be boring! Instead of the traditional book report format, students create newspapers using a Printing Press interactive to share what they have learned from reading informational books.
13. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Book Report Alternative: The Elements of Fiction
    Students identify the elements of fiction in a book they have read and share summaries of them by writing and illustrating their own mini-book.
14. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Book Report Alternative: Writing Resumes for Characters in Historical Fiction
    Students write resumes for historical fiction characters. They first explore help wanted ads to see what employers want, and then draft resumes for the characters they've chosen.
15. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Bridging Literature and Mathematics by Visualizing Mathematical Concepts
    During interactive read-aloud sessions, students identify how an author conveys mathematical information about animals' sizes and abilities. They then conduct research projects focusing on the same mathematical concepts.
16. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Building a Learning Community: Crafting Rules for the Classroom
    Students will learn to mind their ps and qs in this lesson on etiquette and appropriate behavior in the classroom.
17. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Can You Convince Me? Developing Persuasive Writing
    Through a classroom game and resource handouts, students learn about the techniques used in persuasive oral arguments and apply them to independent persuasive writing activities.
18. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Color Poems—Using the Five Senses to Guide Prewriting
    Students use their five senses as a prewriting tool to guide their poetry writing as they compose free-form poems using imagery to describe a color.
19. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Comics in the Classroom as an Introduction to Narrative Structure
    This lesson uses comic strip frames to define plot and reinforce the structure that underlies a narrative. Students finish by writing their own original narratives.
20. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Critical Perspectives: Reading and Writing About Slavery
    Students critically explore the moral issue of slavery through reading fiction and nonfiction children's literature about the Underground Railroad, and they extend their understanding through creative writing projects.

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