http://www.google.com/notebook/feeds/12800289875913528456/notebooks/BDR4BIwoQ4tTGh_0i2008-03-28T19:34:50.775ZMelissa Vander HeidenGoogle Notebook17110http://www.google.com/notebook/feeds/12800289875913528456/notebooks/BDR4BIwoQ4tTGh_0i/NDSGpIgoQnpG4iI8j2008-03-27T16:24:31.646Z2008-03-28T19:34:50.775Z<a href="http://photo.itc.nps.gov/storage/images/slbe/slbe-Thumb.00001.html"><img height="426" src="http://photo.itc.nps.gov/storage/images/slbe/slbe-ImageF.00006.jpeg" width="640" align="bottom"></a><br>Credit to: National Park Service<br>Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore<br>Melissa Vander Heidenhttp://www.google.com/notebook/feeds/12800289875913528456/notebooks/BDR4BIwoQ4tTGh_0i/NDSVoIgoQ67bHiI8j2008-03-27T16:28:42.219Z2008-03-27T16:29:35.080Z<div><i><strong>Easy-to-Read Folktale Plays to Teach Conflict Resolution</strong>: </i><i>10 Reproducible Plays From Around the World With Engaging Activities That Help Kids Build the Skills They Need to Prevent and Resolve Conflicts</i></div> <div>by Kathleen M. Hollenbeck </div>These short plays based on classic tales such as the Frog King, the Ugly Duckling, and the Lion and the Mouse emphasize ways of preventing and resolving conflicts.<br><a href="http://www.scholastic.com%20/">http://www.scholastic.com </a><br>Melissa Vander Heidenhttp://www.google.com/notebook/feeds/12800289875913528456/notebooks/BDR4BIwoQ4tTGh_0i/NDRHrIgoQ0_XAiI8j2008-03-27T16:26:55.571Z2008-03-27T16:29:30.700Z<div><i><strong>20 Terrific Mini-Plays that Build Reading Skills</strong>: </i><i>20 Engaging, Easy Read-Aloud Plays To Kick Off and Enrich The Key Social Studies, Science, and Language Arts Topics You Teach--And Build Reading Fluency</i></div> <div>by Tracey West </div>Foster reading skills with plays on the 50 States, the Underground Railroad, Nellie Bly, space, and more.<br><a href="http://www.scholastic.com/">http://www.scholastic.com</a><br>Melissa Vander Heidenhttp://www.google.com/notebook/feeds/12800289875913528456/notebooks/BDR4BIwoQ4tTGh_0i/NDQ7QIgoQ8-eViI8j2008-03-27T16:15:09.299Z2008-03-27T16:21:55.634Z<img src="http://photo.itc.nps.gov/storage/images/grte/grte-ImageF.00001.jpeg" height="427" width="245"><br>Credit to: National Park Service<br>Grand Teton National Park<br>Melissa Vander Heidenhttp://www.google.com/notebook/feeds/12800289875913528456/notebooks/BDR4BIwoQ4tTGh_0i/NDSGpIgoQ3Oa-h48j2008-03-27T15:51:23.740Z2008-03-27T16:20:31.732Z<div><i><b>Cinderella Outgrows the Glass Slipper and Other Zany Fractured Fairy Tale Plays</b>: 5 Funny Plays with Related Writing Activities and Graphic Organizers That Motivate Kids to Explore Plot, Characters, and Setting</i></div> <div>by J. M. Wolf </div> <div>What happens when Cinderella wears shoes she&#39;s made from recycled materials to the ball? Tap into students&#39; sense of humor with five lively plays that take the plots, characters, and settings of traditional fairy tales and turn them on their heads!<br><a href="http://www.scholastic.com/">http://www.scholastic.com</a><br></div>Melissa Vander Heidenhttp://www.google.com/notebook/feeds/12800289875913528456/notebooks/BDR4BIwoQ4tTGh_0i/NDSeIIwoQjtG3h48j2008-03-27T15:49:26.286Z2008-03-27T16:20:25.640Z<table width="680"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="500"> <div><i><b>12 Fabulously Funny Fairy Tale Plays</b>: Humorous Takes on Favorite Tales That Boost Reading Skills, Build Fluency &amp; Keep Your Class Chuckling With Lots of Read-Aloud Fun!</i></div> <div>by Justin McCory Martin </div></td></tr></tbody></table>Students will have oodles of fun building essential reading skills with rib-tickling versions of beloved fairy tales turned into read-aloud plays! Even your most reluctant readers won&#39;t be able to resist these hilarious twists on their favorite tales.  <br><a href="http://www.scholastic.com/">http://www.scholastic.com</a><br>Melissa Vander Heidenhttp://www.google.com/notebook/feeds/12800289875913528456/notebooks/BDR4BIwoQ4tTGh_0i/NDRteIgoQ7LSph48j2008-03-27T15:45:33.292Z2008-03-27T15:59:24.711Z<div><a href="http://smithsonianimages.si.edu/siphoto/catalogcontroller?action=detail&amp;negNum=CCC-3248B"><img src="http://smithsonianimages.si.edu/siphoto/imageservlet/CCC-3248Bt.jpg" height="89" width="120"></a></div> <div>Citation information: must include the following URL below the photo</div> <div><a href="http://smithsonianimages.si.edu/siphoto/siphoto.portal?_nfpb=true&amp;_pageLabel=catalog&amp;action=keyword&amp;keywords=#CCC-3248B&amp;searchIndex=0">http://smithsonianimages.si.edu/siphoto/siphoto.portal?_nfpb=true&amp;_pageLabel=catalog&amp;action=keyword&amp;keywords=#CCC-3248B&amp;searchIndex=0</a></div> <div> <a href="http://www.google.com/"></a></div>Melissa Vander Heidenhttp://www.google.com/notebook/feeds/12800289875913528456/notebooks/BDR4BIwoQ4tTGh_0i/NDQ5zIgoQ9O_Y54Mj2008-02-21T17:06:52.020Z2008-02-21T17:17:27.428Z1. Where does your character live?<br>Melissa Vander Heidenhttp://www.google.com/notebook/feeds/12800289875913528456/notebooks/BDR4BIwoQ4tTGh_0i/NDR5nIgoQ-drz54Mj2008-02-21T17:14:11.705Z2008-02-21T17:17:08.196Z10. What is your character&#39;s goal or motivation in this story or scene?Melissa Vander Heidenhttp://www.google.com/notebook/feeds/12800289875913528456/notebooks/BDR4BIwoQ4tTGh_0i/NDQWIIwoQ16Xz54Mj2008-02-21T17:14:04.887Z2008-02-21T17:17:00.324Z9. Who else is in your character&#39;s life?Melissa Vander Heiden