Lesson Planners Reproducibles Web Sites 1996 Web Sites 2000	Unit-by-Unit Web Support, 2000 Edition: Story Studio (Grade 2, Unit 4) Here are some of the best Web sites to use while teaching this unit. All of the sites referenced in your Literacy Place 2000 Teacher Editions are also listed here, unless the site no longer exists.  Week 1 Writing With Writers: Myth Writing Introduce children to the art of myth writing. In the myth-writing workshop, students can learn from author Jane Yolen. (p. T13) http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/myth/index.htm Top of Page Jim Aylesworth — Teacher, Author, Lecturer Send children to the Internet to learn about author Jim Aylesworth. (p. T55) http://www.ayles.com  Week 2 Research-It! Students can use an online translator, such as Research-It!, to help them translate words from English to Spanish. (p. T78) http://www.itools.com/lang/ Top of Page North American Bear Center Children can research the real diets of bears on this Web site. Encourage them to explore the kids' area, which includes bear sounds and photos. (p. T93) http://www.bear.org  Week 3 American Veterinary Medical Association Online: Kid's Korner Children can learn more about caring for pets here. Guide children to find pet-related games, activities, coloring contests, and safety tips. (p. T123) http://www.avma.org/care4pets/avmakids.htm   Dinosaurs and Fossils Resources Send children to the Internet to learn more about dinosaurs. They can read about the discovery of a real dinosaur egg, sounds that dinosaurs made, and the world's biggest dinosaur. (p. T137) http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/articlearchives/ dinos/index.htm   Kidlink This popular chat service for parents and children is available in several languages, with the goal of involving children in a global dialog. (p. T143) http://www.kidlink.org   Children First Suggest that family members go to the Web site of the National PTA and find the PTA's national standards for parent and family involvement in schools. (p. T155) http://www.pta.org/programs/pfistand.htm Top of Page Tomie dePaola Children will enjoy visiting the online "home" of award-winning author Tomie dePaola at this Web site. (p. T165) http://www.tomie.com  Week 4 Folktales on the Web Take children on this Internet Field Trip to find more folktales. (p. T197) http://teacher.scholastic.com/fieldtrp/childlit/folk.htm   Yahooligans! Suggest that children and a family member do research together on a computer. They can go to this Web site and search for the phrase Red Riding Hood to find online versions of the tale. (p. T215) http://www.yahooligans.com   James Marshall The biography of author James Marshall appears on Penguin Putnam's Young Readers Web site. Children will enjoy learning how Marshall first started sketching as a young boy growing up on a farm. (p. T221) http://www.penguinputnam.com/Author/AuthorFrame?0000016794 Top of Page MapQuest Have children use this Internet map site to view maps of their counties, towns, and neighborhoods. Guide them in using navigation tools to find familiar places on these maps. (p. T237) http://www.mapquest.com  Week 5 Pirates! This Web site contains a shipload of booty, including facts about Blackbeard, who was the model for Captain Hook. (p. T243) http://piratesinfo.com/main.html Top of Page ZOOM Playhouse ThinkQuest: Children's Creative Theater Children can read play scripts written by children and performed on the PBS show Zoom at the program's Web site. And at the Children's Creative Theater they can take a virtual tour of a theater. (p. T261) http://pbskids.org/zoom/playhouse/