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21. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   3 – 8  |  Activity & Project
    Send a Smile: Make a Card for a Special Occasion
    Everyone loves getting a greeting card, especially if it's homemade. Make a funny or thoughtful greeting card or invitation with pictures and a poem, joke, or riddle.
22. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   6 – 12  |  Podcast Episode
    Teens as Writers
    In honor of NCTE's National Day on Writing, tune in to hear about the growing number of books featuring teens who write.
    
23. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Activity & Project
    That Sounds Fun! Sound Words and Sports Poetry
    In this activity, children and teens use their experiences playing or watching sporting events (or other types of outdoor games) to write poems that are full of the sounds of the games.
24. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   6 – 12  |  Podcast Episode
    The Post 9/11 Landscape
    Hear how graphic novels place the events of 9/11 in historical context, how war stories put a human face on the costs of military conflict, and how YA novels imagine roles that teens can play in working for a better world.
    
25. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Printout  |  Learning New Skills
    Three Ways to Bind a Handmade Book
    Use one of these three techniques for bookbinding to make children's and teens' multi-page texts easier to keep, share, and display.
26. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   4 – 8  |  Activity & Project
    Unveiling Idioms: A Game of Concentration
    Brainstorm popular expressions with friends and family, then explore their meanings through game play and writing/drawing/cut-and-paste activities.
27. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Activity & Project
    Write Letters to Friends and Family
    Invite young adults to write letters to classmates, postcards from travels, and e-mails to family and friends.
    

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