Students learn about memory by doing a memory-writing exercise, studying the brain to understand how it affects memory, reading Li-Young Lee's poem "Mnemonic," and creating projects to demonstrate their understanding.

Questions about weather clear up when students use what they learned from their books to create a presentation to share with the rest of the class.

Students' responses to this lesson will be out of this world after they've researched astronomy to write poetry and compile a poetry book.

Students take a walk on the wild side when they develop an understanding of nonfiction texts with hands-on experiences and intense analysis.

Students whose first language is not English reflect on nature through readings, a visit to a green area, and bookmaking using the writing process and peer feedback.

Students will have a whale of a good time in this lesson in which they use fiction and nonfiction texts to write a letter to an online scientist.

Reading is revamped in this lesson in which students use a multimedia approach to study the books by Seymour Simon.