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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   ABC Bookmaking Builds Vocabulary in the Content Areas
   V is for vocabulary. A content area unit provides the theme for a specialized ABC book, as students select, research, define, and illustrate a word for each alphabet letter.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   "America the Beautiful": Using Music and Art to Develop Vocabulary
   Students engage in a rich study of vocabulary words from the song "America the Beautiful," using music and art.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   A Portrait of Our World: Making Connections and Developing Comprehension
   Students engage in carousel walks, character analyses, global explorations, and genre studies while using valuable language arts strategies to build higher-level comprehension skills.
4. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   6 – 12  |  Activity & Project
   Beguiling Billboards: Finding Inspiration along the Road
   For this activity, teens study "Pass It On" billboards created by The Foundation for a Better Life either online or on-the-go, and create an original billboard and inspirational phrase for a person of their choosing.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 8  |  Student Interactive  |  Writing & Publishing Prose
   Book Cover Creator
   The Book Cover Creator is designed to allow users to type and illustrate front book covers, front and back covers, and full dust jackets. Students can use the tool to create new covers for books that they read as well as to create covers for books they write individually or as a class.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. Professional Development | Grades   K – 12  |  Strategy Guide Series
   Developing Academic Vocabulary
   In this Strategy Guide Series, you'll find creative and compatible ways to build, maintain, and extend students' vocabulary across academic disciplines.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Entering History: Nikki Giovanni and Martin Luther King, Jr.
   Nikki Giovanni's poem "The Funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr." is paired with Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech, taking students on a quest through time to the Civil Rights movement.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Exploring Cross-Age Tutoring Activities With Lewis and Clark
    Interaction and adventure draws high school and elementary school students together as they analyze stories about the Lewis and Clark expedition.

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