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11. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
    How Big Are Martin's Big Words? Thinking Big about the Future
    Inspired by the book Martin's Big Words, students explore information on Dr. King to think about his "big" words, then they write about their own "big" words and dreams.
12. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Let's Read It Again: Comprehension Strategies for English-Language Learners
    Help Spanish-speaking English-language learners unlock the mysteries of their new language by using a bilingual book to recognize unfamiliar words and construct meaning from the text.
13. 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.
14. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Multipurpose Poetry: Introducing Science Concepts and Increasing Fluency
    Creepy crawlers, hoppers, and fliers are the focus of this lesson in which students chorally read poems about insects and use the Internet to locate facts about their assigned insects.
15. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
    Onomatopoeia: A Figurative Language Minilesson
    Clang, clash, or tinkle? Students explore the use of onomatopoeia in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Bells" before choosing their own sound words in response to specific sounds.
16. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
    Pairing Fiction With Poetry and Performance
    Make connections across genres and across cultures to engage students in the study of literary voice and themes. Comprehension skills and vocabulary also come into play, especially for English language learners, as students read a novel and related poems, then write and perform original poems related to the novel.
17. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
    Phonic Generalizations in Chrysanthemum
    Students learn about word families by reading Kevin Henkes's book Chrysanthemum, identifying words with certain vowel pair endings, and reading words with similar endings.
18. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Poetry from Prose
    Working in small groups, students compose found and parallel poems based on a descriptive passage they have chosen from a piece of literature they are reading.
19. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Poetry Portfolios: Using Poetry to Teach Reading
    Teach your students about sentence structure, rhyming words, sight words, vocabulary, and print concepts using a weekly poem.
20. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Slipping, Sliding, Tumbling: Reinforcing Cause and Effect Through Diamante Poems
    Writing, revising, and publishing are just a few of the tasks students will complete in order to take their cause-and-effect diamante poems from an idea to a reality.

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