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31. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Text Talk: Julius, the Baby of the World
    Students are asked to "talk" with Kevin Henkes' Julius, the Baby of the World by using open-ended questions to help them interpret the language, plot, and characters of the story.
32. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    The Big Green Monster Teaches Phonics in Reading and Writing
    A big green monster helps students build their reading fluency and word recognition skills through choral reading, literacy center activities, and writing stories.
33. 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.
    
34. 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.
35. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  October 3
    United States Congress officially adopted the position of Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry in 1985.
    Students investigate the website of a past Poet Laureate's project and use it as a model to celebrate poetry that appeals most to them.
36. Classroom Resources | Grades   1 – 3  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Using American Sign Language to Improve Comprehension and Vocabulary
    American Sign Language is combined with the hilarious poetry and pictures of Sam's Sandwich, a lift-the-flap book, to engage all types of learners in acquiring key vocabulary.
37. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Using a Predictable Text to Teach High-Frequency Words
    After reading an engaging yet predictable text about a child looking for his cat, students use a similar format and high-frequency words to craft tales about their own lost pets.
38. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
    Using Folk Tales: Vowel Influences on the Letter G
    Gentle, gigantic, graceful—do these g words describe the giant in Jack and the Beanstalk? Students will explore the hard and soft g sounds by studying fairy tales and animals.
39. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Using Songwriting to Build Awareness of Beginning Letter Sounds
    "Bessie bird lives in a barn" in this lesson in which students create alliterative animal songs to help them learn letter names and consonant sounds and build phonemic awareness.
40. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Recurring Lesson
    Weekend News! A Weekly Writing Activity
    On Monday mornings, you're likely to be asked, "What did you do this weekend?" In this lesson, students respond to this question in a self-assessed writing assignment about their weekend adventures.

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