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3rd through 6th-grade   
Poetry Projects With Pizzazz!: 15 Easy, Hands-on Poetry Activities That Invite Kids to Write and Publish Their Poems in Unique and Dazzling Ways

Fun-filled projects guide kids to write super poems and then publish them in 15 fabulous formats – from puzzles to pop-ups, trioramas to mobiles, and much more! Includes teacher tips, easy step-by-step how-to's, and photographs of student projects. A great way to guarantee poetry writing success for all young writers!

ISBN:   0439064961
$9.95
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1st through 6th-grade
Great Graphic Organizers To Use With Any Book!: 50 Fun Reproducibles & Activities to Explore Literature & Develop Kids' Writing


Great Graphic Organizers is a great resource for inviting students to explore important story elements–plot, character, and setting–and apply and connect what they learn to their own writing. Packed with creative and fun activities, easy to follow step-by-step directions, student samples, a literature starter list and ready-to-use reproducible graphic organizers, it's a must for every classroom.  It includes activities such as graph-a-plot, style tool box, story train, character map, and many more. Best of all, these graphic organizers can be used with any book and with students of every learning style and ability level.


ISBN:   0-590-76990-1
$16.95
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1st through 6th-grade
Beyond Book Reports: 50 Totally Terrific Literature Response Activities That Develop Great Readers and Writers


This collection of creative "read and respond" activities goes way beyond book reports to cultivate students' critical thinking skills and broaden their story comprehension.  Students can predict outcomes, retell their favorite stories, and share their personal responses to a story through paper genre pizzas, character report cards, 3-D setting maps and more.  Each activity is accompanied by simple step-by-step directions, student samples, and loads of ready-to-go reproducible graphic organizers. This versatile resource works with any book and with students of every learning style and strength.

ISBN:   0-590-76991-X
$16.95
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1st through 6th-grade

Let's Learn About Story Elements: Setting 
15 Creative Projects That Help Kids Become Better Readers and Writers



These exciting setting projects were created and tested in 1st-6th grade classrooms. Your students will identify and reconstruct story settings as they build fun dioramas, create shoe box story scenes, make setting wheels and much more. All reading extension projects come highly recommended by teachers and kids.

1996 Benjamin Franklin Award finalist in Education (as "I Love to Read")

ISBN:   0-590-10715-1
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1st through 6th-grade
Let's Learn About Story Elements: Plot 
15 Creative Projects That Help Kids Become Better Readers and Writers




Engage your students in learning about plot through fun art and writing projects.  Students can write a first-person journal, make a story time capsule, retell a story's plot through a fun fold-a-story, and even put on their own theatre performance with a cereal box theatre project using ideas from this book.  Simple step-by-step instructions, student samples and reprodicibles make this book a wonderful way to reinforce story plot.

1996 Benjamin Franklin Award finalist in Education (as "I Love to Read")

ISBN:   0-590-10716-X
$9.95
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1st through 6th-grade

Let's Learn About Story Elements: Character 
15 Creative Projects That Help Kids Become Better Readers and Writers




Invite your students to celebrate reading and learn about character with these engaging art and writing projects.  As students create sponge characters, construct character trait boxes, and compose pop-up dialogues, they will begin to identify the importance of character in the stories they read.  These kid-tested projects come complete with easy how-to's, ready-to-go reproducibles, and student samples

1996 Benjamin Franklin Award finalist in Education (as "I Love to Read")

ISBN:   0-590-10717-8
$9.95
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1st through 6th-grade

Book-Write: A Creative Bookmaking Guide 
for Young Authors




In Book-Write you will find fun bookmaking ideas for young authors, an easy-to-follow five step guide to the wring process and step by step examples of  books written by young authors. Also included are reproducible forms to aid in the creative process.

ISBN:   1-879235-01-3
$16.95
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