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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[TeenTober?!?  Learn about this month-long celebration.]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[TeenTober is a nationwide celebration hosted by libraries every October and aims to celebrate teens, promote year-round teen services and the innovative ways teen services helps teens learn new skills, and fuel their passions in and outside the library.]]></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[Teacher Appreciation Week honors our teachers.]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2017 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[In celebration of Teacher Appreciation Week, students read a book about a teacher and follow up with an activity related to the book using the Venn Diagram, Letter Generator, Story Map, or Essay Map.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Sandra Cisneros was born today in 1954.]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Students choose a small aspect of their lives to develop into a story, poem, or brief essay inspired by Cisneros' work.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Developing Citizenship Through Rhetorical Analysis]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Students analyze rhetorical strategies in online editorials, building knowledge of strategies and awareness of local and national issues. This lesson teaches students connections between subject, writer, and audience and how rhetorical strategies are used in everyday writing.
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        <dc:creator>Marcea K. Seible</dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[Time Magazine launches its "Tom Swifty" contest today in 1963.]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Students have fun with language by creating a special kind of pun with its origin in a literary source.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Labor Day honors the labor movement in the United States.]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Marked by parades, picnics, and other celebrations, Labor Day is a time set aside to recognize the achievements of the American labor movement and the dignity in all work.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Constitution Day is observed today in the U.S.]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Students explore an annotated online version of the Constitution before sharing what they learned about one aspect of the document through the Trading Card interactive.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Vocabulary Solutions: A Mixture of Science, Conversation, and Writing]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[In this lesson, students conduct a science experiment and later discuss the events of the lab during shared writing.  Students explain the procedure in their own words and then revise to include content specific vocabulary.  Finally, students reflect on new words added to their writing using the Trading Card Creator interactive.]]></description>
        <dc:creator>David Brown</dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[RWT Flip Book]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The Flip Book app is designed to allow users to type and illustrate tabbed flip books.]]></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[RWT Word Matrix]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Explore the similarities and differences among words typically considered synonyms with this mobile app that allows middle- and secondary-level students organize groups of words by connotation on one axis and by register on another.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[RWT Hero's Journey]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Students can use this mobile app to learn about the elements of the hero's journey, analyze a text that follows the hero's journey pattern, or start creating a hero story of their own. ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[RWT Profile Publisher]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Use the Profile Publisher to draft profiles for self or other characters.]]></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[Using Collaborative Reasoning to Support Critical Thinking]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Students will participate in Collaborative Reasoning in small groups to discuss and think critically about issues of social justice and diversity by reading current events informational articles. ]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Rebekah Kane</dc:creator>
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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[Celebrate Mandela Day today.]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[After reading Kadir Nelson's Nelson Mandela, students explore the Mandela Day website before using an online tool to start working on a service project of their own.]]></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[Book Report Alternative: Creating Postcards for Fictional Settings]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2015 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[In this alternative to the traditional book report, students report on their novel choices that feature journeys by creating postcards one of the settings featured in their books.]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Kathy Wickline</dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[Analyzing First-Person Narration in Sharon Draper's Out of My Mind]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2015 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Students explore the different facets of complexity in the compelling first-person narrator in Sharon Draper's Out of My Mind.]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Scott Filkins</dc:creator>
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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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