Rosa Parks was committed to the struggle for social justice and human rights until her death, inspiring millions of people around the world. Today, we celebrate her!
Rosa Parks was born on this day in 1913.
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Using Word Walls to Develop and Maintain Academic Vocabulary
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K - 12
Strategy Guide
In this guide, you will learn how to use Word Walls to support vocabulary development and retention.
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Diagram It! Identifying, Comparing, and Writing About Nonfiction Texts
K - 2
Lesson Plan
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Students compare the traits fact and fiction by using a Venn diagram to compare fiction and nonfiction books about Native Americans.
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Whose Shoes? Using Artifacts to Teach Reading and Rhyming Patterns
1 - 2
Lesson Plan
| Standard Lesson
If the shoe fits… Actually, any shoe will fit this lesson, and the Artifact Analysis Questions provided will help students see it in a whole new way. Several rhyming texts take the shoe theme a step further, and introduce activities to increase students' awareness of rhyming words.
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Book Cover Creator
K - 8
Student Interactive
| Writing & Publishing Prose
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.
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Celebrate National Library Week!
K - 12
Calendar Activity
| Literacy-Related Event
Students learn more about libraries as part of National Library Week.