Week 1
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Black
History Quiz
Students can test their knowledge of African-American
history and leaders at the following sites. (p.
T447) http://www.afro.com/children/brain/historyquiz/q1.html
http://www.brightmoments.com/blackhistory/ |
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ArtEdventures
Students can test their knowledge of portraiture at the Web site for Sandford: A
Lifetime of Color. (p. T447)
http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/play/play.html |
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Children's
Express
To prepare for the material on the mentor Suki Cheong
and Children's Express, students can visit the news
service online. (p. T471)
http://www.childrens-express.org |
Week
2
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Rabbit in the
Moon
You'll find plenty of Mayan resources at the Rabbit in the Moon Web site. The
site includes information on the Mayan calendar, language, games, architecture,
and hieroglyphic writing. (p. T501)
http://www.halfmoon.org |
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Article Archive: Weather
Students can learn all about rain and what causes it by visiting Scholastic's
online Article Archive. Here students can read scientists' answers to kids'
questions about weather. (p. T527)
http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/articlearchives/
weather/index.htm |
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About David
Wisniewski
Students can learn more about author and illustrator David Wisniewski at the Web
site for the American Library Association. Here they'll find out that David was
once a clown with the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus. (p. T533)
http://www.ala.org/alsc/wisniew.html |
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Freshwater Ecosystems
Send students to the Missouri Botanical Gardens Web site to expand their
water-related vocabulary. (p. T541)
http://mbgnet.mobot.org/fresh/index.htm |
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Scholastic.com
Introduce students to online forms at Scholastic.com. Demonstrate how to complete the email form for feedback or the form for the "Write the Caption" activity. (p. T543)
http://www.scholastic.com/kids/write.asp and
http://teacher.scholastic.com/newszone/writecaption/index.asp |
Week 3
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Quilts, Counterpanes, &
Throws
Take your class on a tour of a quilt exhibit at the Smithsonian's National
Museum of American History Web site. Show students how to click on the pictures
to enlarge them and view the details. (p. T555)
http://americanhistory.si.edu/quilts/ |
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Virtual Coal
Mine
For more "virtual fun," have students take a trip to the coal mine at
the Internet site for the Museum of Science and Industry. (p. T555)
http://www.msichicago.org/exhibit/coal_mine/coalhome.html |
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Writing Challenges
Students will find advice on creating characters in the Writing Challenges area
of Scholastic's Writing With Writers Mystery Writing Workshop.(p. T583)
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mystery/challnge.htm |
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EPA Student
Center
Your students can expand their environmental vocabulary by visiting the EPA
online. Here they can find the vocabulary terms used in context, or use the
environmental dictionary to learn new terms. (p. T593)
http://www.epa.gov/students |
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Information Please: Online
Dictionary
Your students can explore the Internet as a reference resource at infoplease.com.
This site searches multiple resources at once. For example, a search of
"Appalachia" brings up encyclopedia and dictionary entries that
include the term. (p. T595)
http://www.infoplease.com |
Week
4
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Negro Baseball
Leagues
Information on the Negro Leagues and audio clips of Jackie Robinson can be found
at BlackBaseball.com. (p. T601)
http://www.blackbaseball.com |
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Breaking the Color Barrier
Have students find out who Jackie's heroes were at Scholastic's online project
Breaking the Color Barrier. (The answer is in the interview with Robinson's
wife, in Discover 30 Trailblazers.) (p. T613)
http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/
articlearchives/honormlk/rachelinterview.htm |
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ALA Resources for Parents, Teens, and Kids
Suggest that families look at the American Library Association's Web site for
parents, teens, and kids. Here they'll find tips for families to help their
children become better readers. They can also check the links for lists of
award-winning books and of great sites for children. (p. T619)
http://www.ala.org/parents |
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Scholastic Online Catalogue
Have students browse the online database of books
at Scholastic.com. Ask them to compare its features
to that of a printed catalogue. (p. T629)
http://www.scholastic.com/titles/ |
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Sydney Storm Glossary of
Baseball Terms
Your students can expand their baseball vocabulary at the Web site for
Australia's leading baseball team, AAPT Sydney Storm. Have them use the site's
glossary of baseball terms to find more words for the list. (p. T637)
http://www.storm.aapt.com.au |
Week
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Writing With
Writers: Folktale Writing
Students will find biographical information about Alma Flor Ada and other
authors at Scholastic.com's Writing With Writers project. (p. T651)
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/folk/bio.htm |
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How to Be Heard
Send students to the online news service Children's Express. Here they'll
find instructions on submitting their editorials for publication. They can also
respond to the monthly poll question. (p. T656)
http://www.cenews.org/report.htm |
