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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Adventures in Nonfiction: A Guided Inquiry Journey
   Students are guided through an informal exploration of nonfiction texts and child-oriented Websites, learning browsing and skimming techniques for the purpose of gathering interesting information.
   
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Book Buddy Biographies: Intermediate and Primary Students Working Together
   Students create a personalized biography for their reading buddy, and each child is the author, illustrator, and editor.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Building a Matrix for Leo Lionni Books: An Author Study
   In this author study, students listen to and discuss four books by Leo Lionni. They identify similarities and differences in the stories and then compare two stories of their choice.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Casting Shadows Across Literacy and Science
   Shadows, shadows, everywhere! In this lesson, students read fiction, informational text, and poetry about shadows to extend their knowledge of the concept before casting their own shadow poetry.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Collaborating on a Class Book: Exploring Before-During-After Sequences
   Students and the teacher produce a class book through a group-writing activity, focusing on a basic before-during-after sequence of events.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Collaborative Stories 1: Prewriting and Drafting
   Students hone their teamwork skills and play off each other's writing strengths as they participate in prewriting activities for a story to be written collaboratively by the whole class.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Combining Read-Alouds With Economics in the Primary Grades
   Students learn that what you read in books can really add up when they analyze literary texts for economic concepts.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Completing the Circle: The Craft of Circular Plot Structure
   Students identify, explore and apply the elements of circle plot structures to their own stories by using graphic organizers, reading and writing stories, and using checklists to assess their work.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Connect With Low-Literate Families: A Three-Tiered Approach
   Parents and caregivers take a page from the teacher's book when they listen to students' take-home poems or stories and discuss the ideas within.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Creating a Class Pattern Book With Popular Culture Characters
    Students hit the hallways with their favorite pop culture characters in this lesson to photograph the characters in various situations and then write about the pictures in a pattern-book structure.
    

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