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21. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
    Junie B. Jones Introduces Literacy Mystery Boxes
    Like Junie B. Jones, students will be saying "Wait till you hear this" after listening to a Junie B. story and creating mystery boxes to help retell the story.
22. Classroom Resources | Grades   1 – 4  |  Calendar Activity  |  February 16
    LeVar Burton, longtime host of Reading Rainbow, was born in 1957.
    After reading two complementary Reading Rainbow selections, students compare the selections using the Venn Diagram and write a comparison essay.
23. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Mobile App  |  Writing & Publishing Prose
    RWT Stapleless Book
    The Stapleless Book app is designed to allow users to create with ease an eight-page book simply by folding and cutting. Students can choose from several different layouts for the pages of their books.
24. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Shared Poetry Reading: Teaching Print Concepts, Rhyme, and Vocabulary
    The rhyme and reason behind this lesson is that students will need to develop important reading skills to increase their reading fluency.
25. Classroom Resources | Grades   2 – 3  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
    Show What You Know: Read, Write and Solve Math Problems
    Informational texts, iPads, and interactive games, oh, my! Help students journey through multimodal texts to identify and solve real-world mathematics problems using writing and apps.
26. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Student Interactive  |  Writing & Publishing Prose
    Stapleless Book
    The Stapleless Book can be used for taking notes while reading, making picture books, collecting facts, or creating vocabulary booklets . . . the possibilities are endless!
    
27. Classroom Resources | Grades   1 – 5  |  Calendar Activity  |  November 3
    Stellaluna author Janell Cannon was born in 1957.
    After reading Stellaluna, students discuss themes in the story and do a unit on bats or a creative writing activity based on the book.
28. Classroom Resources | Grades   1 – 6  |  Calendar Activity  |  October 13
    The Beverly Cleary Sculpture Garden was dedicated on October 13, 1995.
    Students select characters that they believe are the most memorable from Cleary's books and write short persuasive essays to explain their choices.
29. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 7  |  Calendar Activity  |  November 21
    The Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children is announced today.
    Students read and discuss an award-winning book before writing their own story that demonstrates compassion.
    
30. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 12
    Today is D.E.A.R. Day!
    April 12 is known as D.E.A.R Day! D.E.A.R. stands for "Drop Everything and Read," a national month-long celebration of reading designed to remind folks of all ages to make reading a priority activity in their lives.

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