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1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
   How Big Are Martin's Big Words? Thinking Big about the Future
   Inspired by the book Martin's Big Words, students explore information on Dr. King to think about his "big" words, then they write about their own "big" words and dreams.
5. Professional Development | Grades   K – 8  |  Strategy Guide
   Introducing Ideas and Vocabulary with the Concept Sort
   A Concept Sort is a vocabulary and comprehension strategy used with students to introduce new topics and/or familiarize students with new vocabulary.
6. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   K – 6  |  Activity & Project
   School Day Extension
   Use the Word Mover mobile app to bring school home! A printout from school is used to generate a word bank and then create story or poem, which a child uses to "teach" a concept to a family member or caregiver.
7. Professional Development | Grades   K – 12  |  Strategy Guide
   Using Word Walls to Develop and Maintain Academic Vocabulary
   In this guide, you will learn how to use Word Walls to support vocabulary development and retention.
   
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Mobile App  |  Writing Poetry
   Word Mover
   Word Mover allows children and teens to create "found poetry" by choosing from word banks and existing famous works; additionally, users can add new words to create a piece of poetry by moving/manipulating the text.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   2 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Writing Acrostic Poems with Thematically Related Texts in the Content Areas
   Students read thematically related texts, scaffolded from simple to complex, to help them gather necessary concept vocabulary and background knowledge in a content area. They then write acrostic poems to organize and present their learning in a creative way.