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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  March 30
   Black Beauty author Anna Sewell was born in 1820.
   Through Sewell's novel, students explore the cruelty to animals and extend the discussion to current events, eventually presenting the information.
2. Professional Development | Grades   5 – 12  |  Strategy Guide
   Brainstorming and Reviewing Using the Carousel Strategy
   This strategy guide introduces Carousel Brainstorming, also known as Rotating Review, and offers suggestions to implement this technique in your classroom for brainstorming about new topics or reviewing learned information.
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. Professional Development | Grades   6 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Developing Readers in the Academic Disciplines
   Written with the Common Core State Standards firmly in mind, this book presents a much-needed instructional model for disciplinary literacy.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  October 28
   Dr. Jonas Salk, who developed the polio vaccine, was born in 1914.
   After learning about Dr. Salk, students interview a family member or someone they know who remembers the polio epidemic.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   1 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  July 12
   Henry David Thoreau was born in 1817.
   Students make mental "snapshots" of a natural setting, then capture the details of their setting by writing and then creating a class booklet of the nature walk.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Hoax or No Hoax? Strategies for Online Comprehension and Evaluation
   Are your students easily fooled? You’ll find out in this lesson in which students carefully and critically examine hoax websites to determine their validity.
8. Professional Development | Grades   5 – 12  |  Strategy Guide
   Introducing New Content with Seed Discussions
   In this strategy guide, you’ll learn how to elicit ideas and conversation about new concepts or content by effectively holding a Seed Discussion in your classroom.
9. Professional Development | Grades   5 – 12  |  Online Professional Development  |  Web Seminar
   Meeting the Demands of the Common Core: Mentoring Readers of Science and Technical Texts
   Discover why integrating literacy practices into the flow of regular disciplinary instruction is integral to 21st-century learners.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  May 27
    On this day in 1907, Rachel Carson was born.
    Students learn about Rachel Carson, explore different environmental websites, and write a Diamante Poem about a particular habitat.

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