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Book clubs: Reading for fun: In this lesson, small groups of students create, organize, and run book clubs in order to promote reading for fun. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Born on a mountaintop? Davy Crockett, tall tales, and history: Students explore Tall Tales and create one of their own. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts and Social Studies); Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities

Charting characters for a more complete understanding of the story: Introduces the instructional strategy of Character Perspective Charting. This method is designed to reflect the actual complexity of stories that may not be reflected by the use of traditional story maps. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

The connection between poetry and music: In this lesson, students listen to poems read aloud and discuss the rhythm and sound of poetry. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Developing students' critical thinking skills through whole-class dialogue: After reading a story, students answer an open-ended question about an issue that could have multiple perspectives. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Escaping slavery: “Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt”: Using the picture book Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt, students create a problems/solutions/events chart to help them understand the relationships between Clara's problems and how she solves them. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Graphing plot and character in a novel: This lesson uses The Watsons Go To Birmingham—1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis to introduce plot sequence and the importance of symbolism. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

How-to writing: Motivating students to write for a real purpose: In this lesson, students write “how-to” essays for a specific audience. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Integrating literacy into the study of the Earth's surface: In this lesson that incorporates trade books, read-alouds, and dialogue journals, students are introduced to the bodies of water on the Earth's surface, including ponds, streams, rivers, lakes, and oceans. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts and Science); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Literature as a catalyst for social action: Breaking barriers, building bridges: In this lesson, picture books are used to invite students to engage in critical discussion of complex issues of race, class, and gender. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Literature as a jumping off point for nonfiction inquiry: In this lesson, students work in cooperative groups after reading a novel to develop a list of topics related to the novel and then explore those topics in more detail using a text set, which is a collection of multiple text genres with a single focus. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Our classroom: Writing an owner's manual: This lesson helps to establish a sense of community with students collaboratively writing an “owner’s manual” that describes expectations and guidelines for the classroom. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Question and answer books—From genre study to report writing: In this lesson that looks at question and answer books as a genre study, students explore the content and format of these books, establish how they are different from and similar to other nonfiction texts, and discuss their possible uses for doing and presenting research. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Using "Snowflake Bentley" as a framing text for multigenre writing: Using the Caldecott Medal winning picture book Snowflake Bentley as a model, students create multi-genre projects about winter. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

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