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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Book Report Alternative: Creating Careers for Characters
   Students select a job listing for a character in a book they have read, then create a resume and application letter for that character.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Book Report Alternative: Getting Acquainted with Farcebook
   In this alternative to the traditional book report, students report on their novel choices using Facebook-like pages.
3. Professional Development | Grades   5 – 12  |  Strategy Guide
   Bringing Lessons to Life with Animoto
   Using Animoto, a free Web 2.0 tool, students can develop short digital videos that include music, photos, video clips, and text as well as share their creations electronically.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  February 3
   Celebrate Children's Authors and Illustrators Week
   Students "step into the shoes" of their favorite author by reading several of their books, conducting research, and preparing displays and presentations for the class.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 8  |  Calendar Activity  |  July 19
   Children's publisher John Newbery was born in 1713.
   Each student chooses a book that is special and writes a short story about why it deserves special mention. Students can plan the pages of their own stories and then make a Stapleless Book or use the ReadWriteThink Printing Press.
6. Professional Development | Grades   K – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Position Statement
   Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education
   This document is a code of best practices that helps educators using media literacy concepts and techniques to interpret the copyright doctrine of fair use.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 8  |  Printout  |  Graphic Organizer
   Connection Web
   Students use this printout to expand on connections they have made to a text and use those details to write essays or create projects about the text.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  January 23
   Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in the US to earn a MD degree in 1849.
   "Famous Firsts" are researched by students, followed by small group research and multimedia presentations to report research results.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Exploring Careers Using the Internet
   Doctors, astrophysicists, and daycare providers are only some of the careers that will be explored in this lesson in which students research careers and publish occupational summaries about them.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  March 11
    Ezra Jack Keats was born on this day in 1916.
    In celebration of Keats' birthday, students write stories that include some characters from Keats' books and practice using collage techniques with the Collage Machine.

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