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

Using various reading strategies and resources, students explore the issue of food waste. They also create persuasive arguments and blog posts examining this topic.

Water is always moving in a continuous cycle from liquid to solid to gas and back again. Students study this never-ending cycle through shared readings, center activities, and experiments.

Students gather factual information about frogs and toads to create nonfiction and fiction stories. Drawing is used for prewriting.