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La Bamba
You can play the song "La Bamba" for students at this site that teaches Spanish through music (p. T15)
http://www.musicalspanish.com/Canciones.htm
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Research-It!
Have students use the Internet to translate the story's Spanish words. At iTools,
they can scroll down to the translator tool and choose Spanish to English. (p.
T31)
http://www.itools.com/lang/
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Online
Interviews
Involve your students in an online interview. They
can take part in one of Scholastic.com's interviews
with well-known children's authors. (p. T47) http://www2.scholastic.com/teachers/authorsandbooks/
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Week 2
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Absolutely Whootie: Stories to
Grow By
You'll find folktales from countries around the world, including China, at
Absolutely Whootie: Stories to Grow By.(p. T53)
http://www.storiestogrowby.com
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Authors Online: Laurence Yep
Students can read more about author Laurence Yep in the Authors Online area of
Scholastic.com. They'll learn how the author struggled as a young writer. For
instance, he was paid just a penny a word for his first short story! (p. T73)
http://www2.scholastic.com/teachers/authorsandbooks/
authorstudies/authorhome.jhtml?authorID=101&
collateralID=5309&displayName=Biography
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Scholastic
News Zone
To prepare students for the writing activity, guide them to Scholastic News
Zone. Have students identify an article that is a human-interest story. (p. T73)
http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/index.asp
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FunBrain.com
Students can try taking language arts tests at FunBrain.com. Here you'll find
quizzes organized by grade and subject. Show students how to answer the questions online. (p. T85)
http://www.funbrain.com/quiz/nopass.html
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Week
3
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African-American
Trailblazers
Introduce students to other African-American trailblazers at Scholastic.com. (p.
T97)
http://teacher.scholastic.com/barrier/home.htm,
http://teacher.scholastic.com/rosa/index.htm,
and
http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/articlearchives/
honormlk/index.htm
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Kids Connect
Students can post homework questions for librarians at ICONNect. A librarian
will get back to the student in a day or two with suggestions for where to look
for answers. This would be a good place for students to post questions about the
history of jazz. (p. T115)
http://www.ala.org/ICONN/kidsconn.html |
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Marian
Anderson
Students can learn more about the life of Marian Anderson online at The National
Women's Hall of Fame. (p. T119)
http://www.greatwomen.org
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Duke
Ellington
At this Web site, you'll find music to share with
your students. (p. T119)
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Floyd Cooper
Students can visit illustrator Floyd Cooper in the Authors and Illustrators
section of Penguin Putnam's Young Readers Web site. Students will learn why
Cooper feels picture books are an important way of counteracting the negative
and violent media images of today's society. (p. T139)
http://www.penguinputnam.com/static/packages/us/
yreaders/appear/bios.htm
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Online Dictionaries and
Reference Resources
Explain to students that dictionaries and other reference resources are available on the Internet. A collection of links to such resources can be found at Yahooligans! and Kids Info. (p. T149)
http://www.yahooligans.com, and
http://www.kidinfo.com.
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Week
4
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Classical Music Tour
Conduct a musical tour of the Internet. Both CBC
4 Kids and the American Symphony Orchestra Leagues
Web site, take a playful approach to instruments
and classical music. (p. T155)
http://www.playmusic.org
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Worlds of Fantasy Online
Take your students on an Internet Field Trip with Scholastic.com. At Worlds of
Fantasy Online, they'll find links to sites about Alice in Wonderland, The
Wizard of Oz, and the world of Narnia. Ask students to identify
characteristics of fantasy literature. (p. T175)
http://teacher.scholastic.com/fieldtrp/childlit/fantasy.htm
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Optical
Vocabulary
You can expand students' optical vocabulary on the Internet. First have them go
to the Optical Research Associates Web site and click on Optics for Kids. Then
send them to Bob Miller's "Light Walk" at the Exploratorium. Challenge
students to find the vocabulary words used in context. (p. T193)
http://www.opticalres.com and
http://www.exploratorium.edu/sln/light_walk/index.html
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Week 5
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Yahooligans
History Place
Students can use the Internet to research the Civil War, starting with a search at www.yahooligans.com. They can also go directly to a good history resource such as www.historyplace.com. (p. T202)
http://www.yahooligans.com
http://www.historyplace.com
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