This lesson is about the poem "Nobody's Friend" which was published in a full page ad in the Wall Street Journal.  It is used as the basis to talk about anti-bullying and bullying.  After reading and discussing, students will create projects showing various perspectives and degrees of bullying..

This is a presentation and Power Point that you can use to work with increasing classroom discussion strategies for any grade level. Participants are asked to actively engage and work through reflection on their strategies and ways to increase discussion daily in their classrooms.

This is a presentation and Power Point that you can use to work with increasing classroom discussion strategies for any grade level. Participants are asked to actively engage and work through reflection on their strategies and ways to increase discussion daily in their classrooms.

In this lesson from Expeditionary Learning, students will ask and answer questions about My Librarian Is a Camel by Margariet Ruurs. They will learn how to effectively participate in conversations with peers and adults. Students will engage in Think-Pair-Share and Carousel protocols to begin addressing details they see in photographs. This will help guide them as they draw details from exemplar texts. This is Lesson 1 of 11 from the unit Grade 3 Curriculum Map Unit 1, Module 1: http://engageny.org/resource/grade-3-ela-module-1-unit-1 .