Elementary+Book+and+Resource+Center

= = Welcome to the Elementary Book And Resource Center! Links and book information were current as of 4:20, Tuesday, July 28, 2009. Please feel free to add themes, books, websites, videos, activities, or other information. __ elementarybookandresourcecenter.wikispaces.com __ ** //At Preschool with Teddy Bear,// Jacqueline McQuade. (Dial) //Clifford’s First School Day,// Norman Bridwell. (Scholastic) //The Kissing Hand,// Audrey Penn (Tanglewood Press) [|teacher.scholastic.com/back_to_school/] [|www.education-world.com/back_to_school/index.shtml] [|www.kinderthemes.com/thekissinghand.html] [|www.cbv.ns.ca/sstudies/activities/1rstday/1rst.html] [|www.proteacher.org/c/635_Back_to_School_Activities.html] //Little Gracie Mae//, Annie Latty [ __www.lulu.com/content/2203968__ ] //Sharing is Fun,// Joanna Cole. Illus Maxie Chambliss. (HarperCollins) //Share and Take Turns,// Cheri J. Meiners M.Ed. (Free Spirit Publishing) //Hands are Not for Hitting,// Martine Agassi. Illus Marieka Heinlen. (Free Spirit Publishing) //Clifford’s Best Friend,// Norman Bridwell. (Scholastic) //How to be a Friend: A Guide to Making Friends and Keeping Them,// Laurie Krasny Brown. Illus Marc Brown. (Little, Brown Young Readers) [|www.pbs.org/parents/clifford/activities/share/04_share.html] (Related: //Clifford’s Best Friend,// // How to be a Friend: A Guide to Making Friends and Keeping Them) // **Books:** //Mouse Paint,// Ellen Stoll Walsh (Voyager Books) //How to Hide a Butterfly and Other Insects,// Ruth Heller (Grosset & Dunlap) – Science Connection (Camoflage) //Little Blue and Little Yellow,// Leo Lionni. (HarperCollins) [|www.alifetimeofcolor.com/] (math/graphing connection; lesson plans) [|www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/Files/color.htm] [|www.kinderart.com/painting/colorthesnow.shtml] (art connection) [|www.kinderart.com/painting/cornmeal.shtml] (art connection) [|www.kinderart.com/painting/fruitcolorwheel.shtml] (nutrition connection) [|www.kinderart.com/across/littlegreen.shtml] (art connection + //Little Blue and Little Yellow//) [|www.kinderart.com/painting/mousepainting.shtml] (Art/Literature Connection + M//ouse Paint)// [|www.kinderart.com/painting/spraymur.shtml] (art connection) //Wh//ere //Do I Live?,// Neil Chesanow. (Barron’s Educational Series) // The Keeping Quilt //, Patricia Polacco. 1993  // When Grandma Came //, Jill Paton Walsh, Illus. Sophy Williams. Puffin, 1992 // Aunt Nina, Good Night, // by Aliki, Franz Brandenberg, illus.. Greenwillow, 1989 // A Baby Sister for Frances, // by Lillian Hoban, Russell Hoban, illus.. Harper & Row, 1970 // Families are Different, // Nina Pellegrini. Holiday House, 1991 // A Morning to Polish and Keep, // by Sheena Lott. Julie Lawson, illus. Red Deer College Press, 1992  // The Crocodile and the Dentist, // Taro Gomi // Little Rabbit's Loose Tooth, // Lucy Bate. Crown Pub., 1975 // Tooth Book, // T. LeSieg // The Berenstain Bears Visit The Dentist, // Stan and Jan Berenstain. Random House, 1981 //Wash Your Hands!,// Tony Ross (Kane/Miller Book Publishers) //Germs Make Me Sick!,// Melvin Berger. Illus Marylin Hafner. (Collins) //Germs Are Not for Sharing,// Elizabeth Verdick. Illus Marieka Meinlen. (Free Spirit Publishing) //Germs! Germs! Germs!,// Bobbi Katz (Scholastic) //Miss Bindergarten Stays Home From Kindergarten,// Joseph Slate. Illus Ashley Wolff. (Puffin) [|www2.scholastic.com/browse/collateral.jsp?id=439_type=Book_typeId=201] (discussion questions + //Germs! Germs! Germs!//) [|www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=241] (discussion questions, activities + //Miss Bindergarten Stays Home From Kindergarten)// //The 100th Day of School,// Angela Shelf Medearis. Illus, Joan Holub. (Cartwheel) //100th Day Worries,// Margery Cuyler. Illus Arthur Howard. (Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing) //26 Letters and 99 Cents,// Tana Hoban. (Greenwillow Books) //The// //Alphabet Tale,// Jan Garten. Illus Muriel Batherman. (Greenwillow Books) //Alphabet City,// Stephen T. Johnson. (Puffin) //The Graphic Alphabet//, David Pelletier. (Scholastic) [|aslpro.com/] (American Sign Language) //Circles, Triangles and Squares//, Tana Hoban. (Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing) //So Many Circles, So Many Squares,// Tana Hoban. (Greenwillow Books) //Shapes in Nature,// Judy Feldman. (Children’s Press) – Science Connection //Signs at School (Welcome Books: Signs in My World),// Mary Hill (Children’s Press) //Signs at the Store (Welcome Books: Signs in My World),// Mary Hill (Children’s Press) //Signs at the Park (Welcome Books: Signs in My World),// Mary Hill (Children’s Press) //Signs on the Road (Welcome Books: Signs in My World),// Mary Hill (Children’s Press) //Signs at the Airport (Welcome Books: Signs in My World),// Mary Hill (Children’s Press) [|aslpro.com/] (American Sign Language) [|www.lil-fingers.com/index.html] (read-along books) [|www2.scholastic.com/browse/learn.jsp] (read-along books; pick the word games) //City by Numbers,// Stephen T. Johnson. (Puffin) //First Day Jitters,// Julie Danneberg. Illus Judith Dufour Love. (Charlesbridge Publishing) //The Night Before Kindergarten,// Natasha Wing. Illus Julie Durrell. (Grosset & Dunlap; First Scholastic Printing Edition) //Welcome to Kindergarten,// Anne Rockwell. (Walker Books for Young Readers) //Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten,// Joseph Slate. Illus Ashley Wolff. (Puffin) //Kindergarten Rocks!,// Katie Davis. (Voyager Books) //Countdown to Kindergarten,// Alison McGhee. Illus Harry Bliss. (Live Oak Media) //The Teacher from the Black Lagoon,// Mike Thaler. Illus Jared Lee. (Cartwheel Books) //The Librarian from the Black Lagoon,// Mike Thaler. Illus Jared Lees. (Cartwheel Books) //The Kissing Hand,// Audrey Penn (Tanglewood Press) [] [] [] [] [|www.proteacher.org/c/635_Back_to_School_Activities.html] [|teacher.scholastic.com/activities/holidays/] (features Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa virtual scrapbooks; other holidays from around the world) // Cookie's Week //, Tomie De Paola.Cindy Ward, Illus. // Have You Seen My Cat? //, Eric Carle. Simon & Schuster, 1987 // My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes //, Eve Sutton. // $1.00 Riddle Book, // Marilyn Burns, Illus. Martha Weston // The Parents’ Guides to Pocket Power Grades K-2, and, Steps to Financial Fitness // //Grades 3-5 (Financial Fitness for Life),// Martha C. Hopkins, Donna K. Wright. (National Council on Economic Education) //26 Letters and 99 Cents,// Tana Hoban. (Greenwillow Books) [|www.moneyinstructor.com/] (money/math/life connection) [|www.treas.gov/kids/] (money/social studies) [|www.softschools.com/] (printables and activities) [|www.econedlink.org/lessons/popup.php?lesson_number=357&&flash_name=em357_activity.swf] (interactive piggy bank) //How Big is a Foot?,// Rolf Myller. (Dell Yearling). //Inch by Inch,// Leo Lionni. (HarperCollins) [|www.softschools.com/] (printables and activities) [|mathplayground.com/] (variety of online activities and games) **Activities:** [|teachers.net/lessons/posts/1603.html] **-** with //Inch by Inch// **Books:** //Me Counting Time: From Seconds to Centuries,// Joan Sweeney, Illus, Annette Cable (Dragonfly Books) // The Grouchy Ladybug //, Eric Carle. // The School Bus Comes at Eight O'Clock //, David McKee. Hyperion, 1994 //Clocks and More Clocks,// Pat Hutchins (Aladdin) [|www.softschools.com/] (printables and activities) [|www.softschools.com/time/telling_time_worksheets.jsp] (printables and activities) //M//e //on the Map,// Joan Sweeney, Illus. Annette Cable. (Dragonfly Books) //As the Crow Flies: A First Book of Maps,// Gail Hartman, Illus. Harvey Stevenson.(Aladdin) //There’s a Map on My Lap!: All About Maps,// Tish Rabe. Illus Aristides Ruiz. (Random House Books for Young Readers) **Books:** //The 100th Day of School,// Angela Shelf Medearis. Illus, Joan Holub. (Cartwheel) //100th Day Worries,// Margery Cuyler. Illus Arthur Howard. (Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing) //Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the 100th Day of Kindergarten,// Joseph Slate. Illus Ashley Wolff. (Puffin) //First Day Jitters,// Julie Danneberg. Illus Judith Dufour Love. (Charlesbridge Publishing) //My Teacher’s Secret Life,// Stephen Krensky. (Simon and Schuster) [|www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/classmanagement/icebreakers.html] [|www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=174] (Art Connection + //My Teacher’s// // Secret Life) // //A Remainder of One,// by Elinor J. Pinczes, illus. Bonnie MacKain (Houghton Mifflin) – (Math Connection) //How to Hide a Butterfly and Other Insects,// Ruth Heller (Grosset & Dunlap) //On Beyond Bugs: All About Insects,// Tish Rabe. Illus Aristides Ruiz. (Random House Books for Young Readers) [|teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bugs/] (bug facts, build-a-bug) [| teacher.scholastic.com/activities/explorations/bug/index.htm] (job connection) [|teachers.net/lessons/posts/1370.html] (science/art connection) [|www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/elem/resist-bugs.htm] (science/art connection) //Wish for a Fish: All About Sea Creatures,// Bonnie Worth. Illus Aristides Ruiz. (Random House Books for Young Readers) //Swimmy,// Leo Lionni. (Dragonfly Books) **Activities:** [|teachers.net/lessons/posts/1748.html] (math connection) [|www.kinderart.com/painting/fishb.shtml] (art/science connection) [|www.kinderart.com/across/swimmy.shtml] (art/science connection + //Swimmy//) **Activities:** [|teachers.net/lessons/posts/1344.html] //The Cloud Book,// Tommie de Paola (Holiday House) //What will the Weather Be?// Lynda DeWitt. Illus Carolyn Croll. (Collins) //Oh Say Can You Say What’s the Weather Today?: All About Weather,// Tish Rabe. Illus Aristides Ruiz. (Random House Books for Young Readers) [|teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwatch/] (geography connection; information and activities) [|www.oklibs.org/sequoyah/] [|www.travelok.com/] [|www.oklahomaroute66.com/] (History/Geography connection) [|www.ok.gov/] (Oklahoma’s Official Website) Discover Oklahoma (television program) [|www.travelok.com/brochures/index.asp] (request free brochures and plan a trip around Oklahoma) //Inside Your Outside: All About the Human Body,// Tish Rabe. Illus Aristides Ruiz. (Random House Books for Young Readers) //Oh the Things You Can Do That Are Good for You!: All About Staying Healthy,// Tish Rabe. Illus Aristides Ruiz. (Random House Books for Young Readers) //The Skeleton Inside You,// Philip Balestrino. Illus True Kelley. (Collins) //Hear Your Heart,// Paul Showers. Illus Holly Keller. (Collins) //Why I Sneeze, Shiver, Hiccup, & Yawn,// Melvin Berger. Illus Paul Meisel. (Collins) //I Like Me,// Nancy Carlson. (Puffin) //Voyage of the Micronauts: a Book about the Human Body,// Time-Life Early Learning Program. Editor Allan Fallow. Illus Tom Cooke. (Time Life Education) [|www.kinderart.com/across/knowyou.shtml] (self-esteem connection) **Other:** CD: The King and I: Original Animated Feature Soundtrack, Richard Rodgers. (Sony) (“Getting to Know You” with //I Like Me +// kinderart.com activity) //100 Days of Cool,// Stuart J. Murphy. Illus John Bendall-brunello. (HarperCollins) //Sir Cumference and the First Round Table (A Math Adventure),// Cindy Neuschwander, Wayne Geehan. (Charlesbridge Publishing). //Sir Cumference and the Great Knight of Angleland (A Math Adventure),// Cindy Neuschwander. Illus. Wayne Geehan (Charlesbridge Publishing). //Spaghetti and Meatballs for All! A Mathematical Story,// Marilyn Burns, illus, Debbie Tilley (Scholastic) //Give Me Half!,// Stuart J. Murphy. Illus G. Brian Karas. (HarperCollins) //How Do Octopi Eat Pizza Pie?: Pizza Math,// (Time Life Education) //Benny’s Pennies,// Pat Brisson. Illus Bob Barner. (Dragonfly books) [|www.moneyinstructor.com/] (math/life connection) [|www.northcanton.sparcc.org/~greentown/division.html] (links to math practice) [|www.softschools.com/] (printables and activities) [|mathplayground.com/] (variety of online activities and games) [|www.usmint.gov/kids/cartoons/] (US Mint, coins, money) [|www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=298] (Money/Math/Lit connection; [| www.usmint.gov/kids/cartoons], + //Benny’s Pennies)// [|www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=145] (Sorting) [|www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=144] (Literature/Math connection; word problems + book list) [|teacher.scholastic.com/activities/studyjams/matter_states/index.htm] (solids, liquids, gases; video; lesson plan) (observing similarities and differences among objects, measuring, importance of beginning and ending points when measuring) // My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., // Christine King Farris. Illus Chris Soentpiet. (Aladdin) //Young Martin Luther King, Jr.,// Mattern. (Troll Communications) [|teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/mlk/news/index.asp?article=home&topic=0] (slide show, speeches, quiz) [|www.nps.gov/malu/] (virtual tour of King, Jr.’s home) [|www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=257] (History/Culture/Literature Connection + [|www.nps.gov/malu/] + //My Brother Martin, Young Martin Luther King, Jr.,//   others) [|teacher.scholastic.com/activities/holidays/] (features Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa virtual scrapbooks; other holidays from around the world) //Greedy Triangle,// Marilyn Burns (Scholastic) (geometry, shapes, angles, motions, patterns) [|www.coolmath4kids.com/] (art connection; assortment of math concepts, activities, and games) [|mathplayground.com/] (variety of online activities and games) [|www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/] (read-aloud story; interactive “tour” of the //Mayflower//; information on daily life) [|www2.scholastic.com/browse/collection.jsp?id=485] (Thanksgiving Reader’s Theater) [|www.theteacherscorner.net/seasonal/fire-prevention/index.htm] (lesson plans and activities) (rhymes, beginning and ending sounds in words) //Two Bad Ants,// Chris Van Allsburg. (Houghton Mifflin Books for Children) //One Hundred Hungry Ants,// Elinor J. Pinczes. Illus Bonnie MacKain. (Sandpiper) //Armies of Ants,// Walter Retan**.** Illus Jean Cassels. (Scholastic Trade) //The Rough-Face Girl,// Rafe Martin. (Putnam Juvenile) //Native Americans,// Judith Simpson. Ed Lorann S. A. Pendleton, David Hurst Thomas. Illus Helen Halliday. (Time Life Medical) //Native Americans,// Jay Miller. (Children’s Press) //Sitting Bull: Dakota Boy,// Augusta Stevenson. (Aladdin) //Rising Voices: Writing of Young Native Americans,// Arlene Hirschfelder, Beberly R. Singer. (San  Val) [|www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=286] (Science/Literature connection; + //Two//  //Bad Ants, One Hundred Hungry Ants, Armies of Ants//) [|www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=781] (Social Studies/Geography/Literature connection + //The Rough-Face Girl, Native Americans, Native Americans, Sitting Bull: Dakota Boy, Rising Voices: Writing of Young Native Americans)// [|www.oklibs.org/sequoyah/] (Sequoyah information and past Award Winners) [|www2.scholastic.com/browse/collection.jsp?id=112] (Native American Heritage Activity Set; geography connection) [|teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/] (good for Black History month, too) [|teacher.scholastic.com/rosa/index.htm] (above level, but good information) [|teacher.scholastic.com/earhart/] (links to other women pioneers) [|www.newberry.org/K12maps/] (historic maps for the classroom) [|www.kinderart.com/multic/meso_codex.shtml] (Social Studies/Literature/Art Connection) [|www.kinderart.com/painting/sand.shtml] (Social Studies/Literature/Art Connection) [|www.kinderart.com/multic/solepeople.shtml] (Social Studies/Literature/Art Connection) **Books:** //Sir Cumference and the Great Knight of Angleland (A Math Adventure),// Cindy Neuschwander. Illus. Wayne Geehan (Charlesbridge Publishing). [|www.moneyinstructor.com/] (math/life connection) [|www.coolmath4kids.com/] (art connection; assortment of math concepts, activities, and games) [|www.northcanton.sparcc.org/~greentown/division.html] (links to math practice) [|mathplayground.com/] (variety of online activities and games) //Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: What is an Adjective?// Brian P. Cleary. Illus Jenya Prosmitsky. (Carolrhoda Books) //To Root to Toot to Parachute: What is a Verb?// Brian P. Cleary. Illus Jenya Prosmitsky. (Carolrhoda Books) //Dearly, Nearly, Insincerely: What is an Adverb?// Brian P. Cleary. Illus Brian Gable. (Lerner Publishing Group) //A Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink: What is a Noun?// Brian P. Cleary. Illus Jenya Prosmitsky. (Lerner Publications Company) //I and You and Don’t Forget Who: What is a Pronoun?// Brian P. Cleary. Illus Brian Gable. (First Avenue Editions) //How Much Can a Bare Bear Bear?: What are Homonyms and Homophones?// Brian P. Cleary. Illus Brian Gable. (First Avenue Editions) //Pitch and Throw, Grasp and Know: What is a Synonym?// Brian P. Cleary. Illus Brian Gable. (First Avenue Editions) //Under, Over, by the Clover: What is a Preposition?// Brian P. Cleary. Illus Brian Gable. (Carolrhoda Books) //Stop and Go, Yes and No: What is an Antonym?// Brian P. Cleary. Illus Brian Gable. (Millbrook Press) [|teacher.scholastic.com/activities/adventure/grammar1.htm] (grammar games) [|teacher.scholastic.com/activities/adventure/grammar5.htm#] (homophones/memory game) [|www.readwritethink.org/index.asp] (lessons, materials) //Oh Say Can You Seed?: All About Flowering Plants,// Bonnie Worth. Illus Aristides Ruiz. (Random House Books for Young Readers) //How a Seed Grows,// Helene J. Jordan. Illus Loretta Krupinski. (Collins) //The Tiny Seed,// Eric Carle. (Little Simon) //The Very Hungry Caterpillar,// Eric Carle (Penguin Group USA) //From Caterpillar to Butterfly,// Gerald Legg. (Children’s Press) //From Caterpillar to Butterfly,// Deborah Heiligman. Illus Bari Weissman. (Collins) //Where Butterflies Grow,// Joanne Ryder. Illus Lynne Cherry. (Puffin) //My, Oh, My – A Butterfly!: All About Butterflies,// Tish Rabe. Illus Aristides Ruiz. (Random House Books for Young Readers) [|www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/elem/Linda-Carle.htm] (Art Connection) [|www.kidsclick.org/] (“web search for kids by librarians”) [|refdesk.com/] [|teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/researchstarters/] (links and topics) //Anno’s Mysterious Multiplying Jar,// Masaichiro and Mitsumasa Anno. (Penguin Putnam Books) [|teacher.scholastic.com/activities/adventure/math2.htm#] (geography connection) [|www.aplusmath.com/Games/index.html] (math games) [|www.coolmath4kids.com/] (art connection; assortment of math concepts, activities, and games) [|www.multiplication.com/interactive_games.htm] (reinforcement games) [|www.softschools.com/] (printables and activities) [|mathplayground.com/] (variety of online activities and games) //Measuring Penny,// Loreen Leedy. (Henry Holt and Company). //Me and the Measure of Things,// Joan Sweeney, illus, Annette Cable. (Dell Dragonfly Books) [|www.softschools.com/] (printables and activities) [|mathplayground.com/] (variety of online activities and games) **Activities:** [|www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/elem/GridNameDrawings.html] (art connection) [|safely.yahoo.com/] (videos and tips) [|www.kidsclick.org/] (“web search for kids by librarians”) [|refdesk.com/] [|teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/researchstarters/] (links and topics) //My America: A Poetry Atlas of the United States,// Selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins. Illus Stephen Alcorn (Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing) (Geography/History/Poetry Connection) [|www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm] [|www.history.com/states.do] [|www.50states.com/] [|www.scholastic.com/play/prestates.htm] [|www.newberry.org/K12maps/] (historic maps for the classroom) The States DVD Set [ __shop.history.com/detail.php?a=77330__ ] [|besthistorysites.net/] (information, videos, and lesson plans) [|www.constitutioncenter.org/ncc_edu_Landing.aspx] (print, online, current events connections) [|bensguide.gpo.gov/] (information) //Spaghetti and Meatballs for All! A Mathematical Story,// Marilyn Burns, illus, Debbie Tilley (Scholastic) //Sir Cumference and the Great Knight of Angleland (A Math Adventure),// Cindy Neuschwander. Illus. Wayne Geehan (Charlesbridge Publishing). // Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi (A Math Adventure), // Cindy Neuschwander. Illus Wayne Geehan (Charlesbridge Publishing). //Sir Cumference and the Sword in the Cone (A Math Adventure),// Cindy Neuschwander. Illus Wayne Geehan (Charlesbridge Publishing). //What’s Your Angle, Pythagoras? (A Math Adventure),// Julie Ellis. Illus Phyllis Hornung. (Charlesbridge Publishing). – Geography Connection [|www.moneyinstructor.com/] (math/life connection) [|www.aplusmath.com/Games/index.html] (math games) [|www.coolmath4kids.com/] (art connection; assortment of math concepts, activities, and games) [|www.multiplication.com/interactive_games.htm] (reinforcement games) [|www.softschools.com/] (printables and activities) [|mathplayground.com/] (variety of online activities and games) //The Grapes of Math,// Greg Tang. Illus, Harry Briggs. (Scholastic) [|www.coolmath4kids.com/] (art connection; assortment of math concepts, activities, and games) [|www.multiplication.com/interactive_games.htm] (reinforcement games) [|mathplayground.com/] (variety of online activities and games) //Behind the Mask: A Book about Prepositions (World of Language)//, Ruth Heller**.** (Putnam Juvenile) //Mine, All Mine: A Book about Pronouns (World of Language),// Ruth Heller. (Putnam Juvenile) //Many Luscious Lollipops: A Book about Adjectives (World of Language),// Ruth Heller. (Putnam Juvenile) // Merry-Go-Round: A Book about Nouns (World of Language),// Ruth Heller. (Putnam Juvenile) //A Cache of Jewels: and Other Collective Nouns (World of Language),// Ruth Heller. (Putnam Juvenile) // Fantastic! Wow! And Unreal!: A Book about Interjections and Conjunctions (World of // //Language),// Ruth Heller. (Putnam Juvenile) //Kites Sail High: A Book about Verbs (World of Language),// Ruth Heller. (Putnam Juvenile) [|teacher.scholastic.com/activities/adventure/grammar1.htm] (grammar game) [|teacher.scholastic.com/activities/adventure/grammar5.htm#] (homophones/memory game) [|wordinfo.info/] (English-word Information) [|www.readwritethink.org/index.asp] (lessons, materials) [|www2.scholastic.com/browse/collateral.jsp?id=1242_type=Book_typeId=4375] (architecture connection; includes summary, discussion guide, extension) [|www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=67] (Social/Literature connection) [|teacher.scholastic.com/activities/sciencewriting/index.htm] (science/writing connection) [|teacher.scholastic.com/activities/lewis_clark/index.htm] (geography/reading connection; booklist) [|teacher.scholastic.com/activities/lewis_clark/reporter1803/] (geography/writing/history connection) [|www.newberry.org/K12maps/] (historic maps for the classroom) [|besthistorysites.net/] (information, videos, and lesson plans) [|www.waukazoo.esmartkid.com/LCSheets/index.htm] (various core content connections; activity sheets) [|bensguide.gpo.gov/k-2/alphabet/] (easy, but fun way to look at government) [|library.thinkquest.org/J002611F/index.htm] (life in the 1700’s) [|besthistorysites.net/] (information, videos, and lesson plans) [|bensguide.gpo.gov/] (information) //My America: A Poetry Atlas of the United States,// Selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins. Illus Stephen Alcorn (Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing) (History/Geography Connection) //A, My Name is…,// Alice Lyne; Illus Lynne Cravath. (Scholastic) [|teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/index.htm] (poets, workshops) [|www.lorislesynski.com/index.html] (teaching ideas, activities, prompts) [|www.readwritethink.org/index.asp] (lessons, materials) [|poetry4kids.com/] (poems, games, lessons) [|www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=920] (Sports/Poetry connection) [|www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=825] (Physical Educ/Poetry Terms connection; + //A, My Name is…)// //Roald Dahl’s Revolting Recipes,// Roald Dahl, Felicity Dahl. (Viking Juvenile) //Water and Fiber for a Healthy Body (Body Needs),// Angela Royston. (Heinimann Library) //Carbohydrates for a Healthy Body (Body Needs),// Hazel King. (Heinimann Library) //Fats for a Healthy Body (Body Needs),// Jillian Powell. (Heinimann Library) //Food for Feeling Healthy (Making Healthy Food Choices),// Carol Ballard. (Heinimann-Raintree) //The Organwise Guys: How to Be Smart from the Inside Out,// Michelle Lombardo. Illus Mark Herron. (The Organwise Guys Incorporated) //The Organwise Guys: Basic Training for Better Health,// Michelle Lombardo. (The Organwise Guys Incorporated) [|fnic.nal.usda.gov/] (link “Dietary Guidance,” information on current nutrition guidelines) [|www.nutritionexplorations.org/] (resources, programs) [|www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/Health/Nutrition/NUT0016.html] (food group definitions, groups) [|eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/Health/Nutrition/NUT0007.html] (nutritious meal planning) [|eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/Health/Nutrition/NUT0009.html] (nutritious meal planning) [|www.scholastic.com/kids/homework/bf_my_side_of_mountain.htm] (Reading guide) [|teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/bookrev/index.htm] (writing a books review) [|www2.scholastic.com/browse/collateral.jsp?id=1487&type=Book&typeId=2343] (discussion guide) [|www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=67] (Social/Literature connection) [|teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/bookrev/index.htm] (writing a books review) [|www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=67] (Social/Literature connection) [|teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/bookrev/index.htm] (writing a books review) [|www2.scholastic.com/browse/collateral.jsp?id=10946&type=Book&typeId=4696] (discussion guide) [|www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=67] (Social/Literature connection) [|besthistorysites.net/] (information, videos, and lesson plans) (Discovery 3) //The Three Pigs,// David Wiesner (Clarion Books) [|teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/] (book reviews, myths, news, descriptive writing, more) [|www.readwritethink.org/index.asp] (lessons, materials) [|www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=56] (using game to introduce persuasive writing) [|www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=223] (using comic strips to teach narrative, dialogue, punctuation + //The Three Pigs//) [|www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=1116] (Sensitivity to Special Needs Students; descriptive writing, Descriptive Video) (Peer editing) (story starters) [|teacher.scholastic.com/activities/globaltrek/] (geography/writing connection; travel journal) __maps.nationalgeographic.com/map-machine#s=r&c=43.74999999999998, -99.71000000000001&z=4__ (interactive maps; road, satellite, bird’s eye, 3D) [|earth.google.com/] (download required) [|www.newberry.org/K12maps/] (historic maps for the classroom) (Create an island) [|www.kidsclick.org/] (“web search for kids by librarians”) [|refdesk.com/] [|teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/researchstarters/] (links and topics) // The Parents’ Guides to Pocket Power Grades K-2, and, Steps to Financial Fitness Grades 3-5 // //(Financial Fitness for Life),// Martha C. Hopkins, Donna K. Wright. (National Council on Economic Education) [|www.moneyinstructor.com/] (math/life connection) [|members.cox.net/crandall11/money/] (art connection) [|historywired.si.edu/index.html] (Smithsonian Institution; integrated connections illustrated) [|besthistorysites.net/] (Art history through WWII history) [|www.aplusmath.com/Games/index.html] (math games) [|www.coolmath4kids.com/] (art connection; assortment of math concepts, activities, and games) [|www.northcanton.sparcc.org/~greentown/division.html] (links to math practice) [|www.multiplication.com/interactive_games.htm] (reinforcement games) [|www.softschools.com/] (printables and activities) [|mathplayground.com/] (variety of online activities and games)
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