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        <title><![CDATA[Rosa Parks was born on this day in 1913.]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[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!]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Read Across America Day: Celebrate a Nation of Diverse Readers]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Bring the celebration of reading and literacy into your classroom, library, school, and home all year long.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Today is D.E.A.R. Day!]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[April 12 is known as D.E.A.R Day! D.E.A.R. stands for "Drop Everything and Read," a national month-long celebration of reading designed to remind folks of all ages to make reading a priority activity in their lives.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Celebrate National Library Week!]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Students learn more about libraries as part of National Library Week.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Celebrate Louise Erdrich's birthday today.]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Students watch a short video about Erdrich's love of books and write their own memory piece.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[RWT Postcard Creator]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The Postcard Creator walks students through the full production of a postcard.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[RWT Cover Creator]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Cover Creator allows users to type and illustrate covers for a variety of media.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[RWT Fact Fragment Frenzy]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Fact Fragment Frenzy provides elementary and intermediate students with an interactive model for finding facts in nonfiction text; then invites students to find facts in five sample passages.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[RWT Stapleless Book]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The Stapleless Book app is designed to allow users to create with ease an eight-page book simply by folding and cutting. Students can choose from several different layouts for the pages of their books.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Celebrate Digital Learning Day today.]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Students reflect on recent learning and the role digital tools and media have played in supporting or enhancing it.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[United States Congress officially adopted the position of Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry in 1985.]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Students investigate the website of a past Poet Laureate's project and use it as a model to celebrate poetry that appeals most to them. ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Writing Acrostic Poems with Thematically Related Texts in the Content Areas]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Students read thematically related texts, scaffolded from simple to complex, to help them gather necessary concept vocabulary and background knowledge in a content area. They then write acrostic poems to organize and present their learning in a creative way.]]></description>
        <dc:creator>David Brown</dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[Jon Scieszka was born in 1954.]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Students review Scieszka's tips for encouraging young people to read and then create their own, sharing ideas with adults in their community through a letter.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Captioning the Civil Rights Movement: Reading the Images, Writing the Words]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2015 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Teachers guide students to carefully view images from the Civil Rights Movement and write captions that accurately describe the images and/or their probable purposes.]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Kristy Brugar, Kathryn L. Roberts, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children is announced today.]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Students read and discuss an award-winning book before writing their own story that demonstrates compassion.
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        <title><![CDATA[Celebrate John Venn's Birthday!]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Students celebrate the birth of English logician, philosopher, and creator of the Venn Diagram by building community within the classroom by comparing and contrasting likes, dislikes, and characteristics about one another.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Show What You Know: Read, Write and Solve Math Problems]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Fri, 21 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Informational texts, iPads, and interactive games, oh, my! Help students journey through multimodal texts to identify and solve real-world mathematics problems using writing and apps. ]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Deborah Kozdras, Ph.D., Christine Joseph, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[Theme Poems]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Users learn about and write theme poems, a poem written within the shape of the subject of the poem.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Diamante Poems]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[In this app, users can learn about and write diamante poems, which are diamond-shaped poems that use nouns, adjectives, and gerunds to describe either one central topic or two opposing topics (for example, night/day or winter/spring). Examples of both kinds of diamante poems can be viewed online or printed out.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Acrostic Poems]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Thu, 17 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Learn about and write acrostic poems, a poetry form that uses the letters in a word to begin each line of the poem. All lines of the poem relate to or describe the main topic word.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Timeline]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Timeline allows students to create a graphical representation of an event or process by displaying items sequentially along a line, organized by time of day, date, or event and labeled with short or long descriptive text. Addition of an image makes a timeline more visually appealing.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Alphabet Organizer]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The Alphabet Organizer lets users create a calendar-style ABC chart or letter pages for an alphabet book.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Venn Diagram]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The Venn Diagram app allows users to compare and contrast information in a visually appealing way.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Amelia Bedelia Up Close! Closely Reading a Classic Story]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Through a close reading of Amelia Bedelia, students reread the material to discuss text-dependent questions, promoting deep thinking about the text and its characters.]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Jennifer Bekel, Master of Science in Education</dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[Celebrate National Children's Book Week!]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Children show support for their favorite Children's Choice Book award finalist by designing a promotional book cover.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Venn Diagram]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[This interactive tool allows students to create Venn diagrams that contain two or three overlapping circles, enabling them to organize their information logically.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Bringing Economic Vocabulary to Life Through Video Posters]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Imagine if vocabulary could come alive with the click of a button! Students create video posters to demonstrate knowledge of new economics vocabulary.]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Deborah Kozdras, Ph.D., Christine Joseph, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[Inspire Healthful Reading Using Unconventional Texts]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[This minilesson encourages children to seek out and appropriately react to nutrition labels and to make healthy food choices, integrating science, math, health, and literacy.]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Shannon Melideo</dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[Printing Press]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The interactive Printing Press is designed to assist students in creating newspapers, brochures, and flyers.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Get ready for National Bullying Prevention Month!]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Students create a poster to enter into a poster contest that educates others about issues surrounding bullying.]]></description>
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