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We are thinkers
Multicultural high school girl with pink hair and headphones smiling
We are explorers
Muslim high school student wearing hijab
We are inquisitive
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We are learners
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We are readers
Caucasian high school boy wearing striped tee-shirt
We are inventive
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We are writers
Middle school Asian girl smiling outside
We are scholars

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Content-Area Literacy

Text Set: Unsung Heroes

Unsung heroes have fought injustice, advanced science, and transformed lives through kindness, courage, and ingenuity with little fanfare. They are the best of humanity.

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Blog: Making History

Project: We Are America

Our communities, our country has much to learn from the wisdom of these courageous young people.

Overview of the power notes strategy

Comprehension Writing

Power Notes

Power Notes help students differentiate between main ideas and details while learning and writing, using a hierarchical structure that clarifies how ideas are connected. 

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Diverse Books Project

Mama says I always liked words; that I was talking before I could walk, and reading and writing before I even got to kindergarten. For some reason, I like poems ... I like making words fit together like puzzle pieces, and coming up with the perfect rhyme.

excerpt from Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero by Kelly J. Baptist

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