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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   4 – 7  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Boars and Baseball: Making Connections
   In this lesson, students will make text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections after reading In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson. After sharing and discussing connections, students choose and plan a project that makes a personal connection to the text.
2. 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.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 8  |  Calendar Activity  |  August 14
   Ernest Thayer, author of the famous poem "Casey at the Bat," was born in 1863.
   In small groups or individually, students make baseball cards for the players in the poem "Casey at the Bat." Students can use a word processor or the Character Trading Cards interactive to create their cards.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  January 31
   Jackie Robinson was born on this day in 1919.
   Students read messages sent to the White House from Jackie Robinson and discuss his role as an athlete and a civil rights activist, as well as the role of athletes in society.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 8  |  Calendar Activity  |  November 6
   James Naismith, inventor of the game of basketball, was born in 1861.
   Students look at Naismith's original 13 rules for basketball and write about the rules and how they have changed in small groups.
6. Professional Development | Grades   6 – 12  |  Strategy Guide
   Speak to Me: Teaching with Voki
   Through Voki, a Web 2.0 tool, students create customizable avatars for class presentations for various purposes, such as presenting biographical information, expressing an opinion, or reading a poem.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Swish! Pow! Whack! Teaching Onomatopoeia Through Sports Poetry
   Students explore poetry about sports, looking closely at the use of onomatopoeia. After viewing a segment of a sporting event, students create their own onomatopoeic sports poems.
8. Professional Development | Grades   6 – 12  |  Strategy Guide
   Teaching with Zooming Slideshows through Prezi
   Through Prezi, a web application, students create "zooming" presentations for various purposes, such as presenting research, defending an opinion, or sharing a digital story.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 8  |  Calendar Activity  |  August 6
   The first woman swam the English Channel in 1926.
   Students brainstorm a list of famous athletic competitors and establish criteria for what makes an athlete "famous." Students then forecast which of today's athletes will still be remembered in 75 to 100 years.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  July 27
    The Summer Olympics start today!
    Students explore a variety of themes such as peace, culture, motion, sports, and competition using 2012 Summer Olympics games in London as the backdrop.

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