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11. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Casting Shadows Across Literacy and Science
    Shadows, shadows, everywhere! In this lesson, students read fiction, informational text, and poetry about shadows to extend their knowledge of the concept before casting their own shadow poetry.
12. Classroom Resources | Grades   1 – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Choosing One Word: Summarizing Shel Silverstein's "Sick"
    Students select what they believe to be the most important word in a text that they have read and justify their choice using examples from the text.
13. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Combining Read-Alouds With Economics in the Primary Grades
    Students learn that what you read in books can really add up when they analyze literary texts for economic concepts.
14. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Completing the Circle: The Craft of Circular Plot Structure
    Students identify, explore and apply the elements of circle plot structures to their own stories by using graphic organizers, reading and writing stories, and using checklists to assess their work.
15. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Cowboys and Castles: Interacting With Fractured Texas Tales
    What do cowboy hats have to do with fairy tales? Two traditional fairy tales and their Texas-based counterparts set the stage for five different ways to respond to text.
16. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Designing Elements of Story in Little Blue and Little Yellow
    In this series of four lessons, students will explore key elements of design in Little Blue and
    Little Yellow to learn about setting, character relationships, and plot.
17. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 4  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Digging Deeper: Developing Comprehension Using Thank You, Mr. Falker
    A read-aloud of Patricia Polacco's Thank You, Mr. Falker helps promote deeper comprehension through questioning to achieve personal connections and discussions of character and theme.
18. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Digging Up Details on Worms: Using the Language of Science in an Inquiry Study
    This lesson, in which students research worms in order to create a classroom habitat, incorporates reading and writing across content areas as well as math and science activities.
19. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Exploring Sets through Math-Related Book Pairs
    After reading two math-related books, students investigate their home and school environments to find examples of objects that come in sets and then create their own books on sets.
20. Classroom Resources | Grades   2 – 4  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Exploring the Subtext Strategy: Thinking Beyond the Text
    What is it like to have a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day? Students find out in this lesson in which they "become" the characters in Judith Viorst's book.

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