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81. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Bridging Literature and Mathematics by Visualizing Mathematical Concepts
    During interactive read-aloud sessions, students identify how an author conveys mathematical information about animals' sizes and abilities. They then conduct research projects focusing on the same mathematical concepts.
82. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
    Bright Morning: Exploring Character Development in Fiction
    Students work as a class to explore a character in a book they have read by identifying traits and finding textual references to support their choices.
83. Classroom Resources | Grades   2 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
    Bringing Economic Vocabulary to Life Through Video Posters
    Imagine if vocabulary could come alive with the click of a button! Students create video posters to demonstrate knowledge of new economics vocabulary.
84. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   K – 5  |  Podcast Episode
    Brothers and Sisters
    Discover adventures about siblings--both human and animal. Listen in as Emily chats with Pam Munoz Ryan, author of Tony Baloney, about being "Boss of the World" during her childhood.
85. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Building a Learning Community: Crafting Rules for the Classroom
    Students will learn to mind their ps and qs in this lesson on etiquette and appropriate behavior in the classroom.
86. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Building Classroom Community Through the Exploration of Acrostic Poetry
    What do your students think about each other? Find out as you teach them the concepts of acrostic poems and challenge them to write an uplifting acrostic about a classmate.
87. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Buzz! Whiz! Bang! Using Comic Books to Teach Onomatopoeia
    This lesson is sure to sizzle, not fizzle, as students use comic strips to find onomatopoetic words, develop a vocabulary list from the words, and discuss why writers use onomatopoeia.
88. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  August 30
    Caldecott Medal-winner Virginia Lee Burton was born on this day in 1909.
    Students discuss similarities in Burton's illustrations and writing style in her many books, in addition to her use of personification.
89. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  August 25
    Caldecott-winning illustrator Lane Smith was born in 1959.
    Students discuss some of the ways in which illustrations can enhance a story and then become illustrators, using a variety of media.
90. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   3 – 6  |  Activity & Project
    Can Letters Tell a Story?
    Shake up children's summer reading by introducing them to new and fun formats for storytelling.

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