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11. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  October 16
    Dictionary author Noah Webster was born in 1758.
    Students play a variation of the game Balderdash to practice vocabulary.
12. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Earth Verse: Using Science in Poetry
    Students shape up their reading, writing, and listening skills in this lesson by creating original diamante, acrostic, and shape poems about science.
13. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 8  |  Calendar Activity  |  October 4
    Edward Stratemeyer, creator of book series such as Nancy Drew, was born on this day in 1862.
    Students select several books from one of Stratemeyer's series to read, discuss shared elements in the books, and use the 3-Circle Venn Diagram to compare story elements.
14. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Engaging Students in a Collaborative Exploration of the Gettysburg Address
    In small groups, students closely examine one sentence from the Gettysburg Address and create a multigenre project communicating what they have discovered about the meaning and significance of the text.
15. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Exploring How Section Headings Support Understanding of Expository Texts
    Nonfiction may be dull for some students, but this lesson helps them focus on the main ideas. Through awareness of section headings, students learn to sort and categorize main concepts.
16. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
    Fairy Tales from Life
    Picture books provide the basis for an analysis of fairy tale elements before students write their own original tales.
17. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 6  |  Calendar Activity  |  October 1
    Find favorite book picks in the Children's Choices.
    Students create lists of their favorite books and then the class creates a "Top Picks" class booklist. Students can use the Book Cover Creator to create a book jacket for their favorite book.
18. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Flying to Freedom: Tar Beach and The People Could Fly
    Students look to the past and use historical context to compare and contrast two characters from folktales.
19. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Get Cooking With Words! Creating a Recipe Using Procedural Writing
    Students participate in read-alouds of books that exemplify effective word choice, explore how to choose words to best communicate an idea, and then write explicit instructions for a recipe.
    
20. Classroom Resources | Grades   1 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  October 1
    Get ready for National Bullying Prevention Month!
    Students create a poster to enter into a poster contest that educates others about issues surrounding bullying.

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