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31. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
    Expository Escapade—Detective's Handbook
    Students create a Detective's Handbook based on a detective mystery they have read. The handbooks include expository and descriptive writing, as well as a letter.
    
32. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 9  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Fairy Tale Autobiographies
    Students read and analyze fairy tales from several cultures, identifying common elements. Choosing common situations, students write original fairy tales, using picture books as models and a peer review process.
33. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
    Fairy Tales from Life
    Picture books provide the basis for an analysis of fairy tale elements before students write their own original tales.
34. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  October 8
    Faith Ringgold was born on October 8, 1930.
    Students use Ringgold's books as a springboard for a discussion of race, gender, and civil rights, and then write and illustrate original picture books on these topics.
35. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 6  |  Calendar Activity  |  October 1
    Find favorite book picks in the Children's Choices.
    Students create lists of their favorite books and then the class creates a "Top Picks" class booklist. Students can use the Book Cover Creator to create a book jacket for their favorite book.
36. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Flying to Freedom: Tar Beach and The People Could Fly
    Students look to the past and use historical context to compare and contrast two characters from folktales.
37. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Found Poems/Parallel Poems
    Students compose found and parallel poems based on a descriptive passage they have chosen from a piece of literature they are reading.
38. Professional Development | Grades   K – 12  |  Online Professional Development  |  Web Seminar
    Get Connected: Technology and Common Core Standards
    There are many resources that can support your planning for integration of technology into your classes. This web seminar will focus on some basic and essential tools for instruction that develop literacy skills and meet the expectations articulated in the Common Core State Standards.
39. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Get Cooking With Words! Creating a Recipe Using Procedural Writing
    Students participate in read-alouds of books that exemplify effective word choice, explore how to choose words to best communicate an idea, and then write explicit instructions for a recipe.
    
40. Classroom Resources | Grades   1 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  October 1
    Get ready for National Bullying Prevention Month!
    Students create a poster to enter into a poster contest that educates others about issues surrounding bullying.

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