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Christmas Around the World

Spelling City: Practice all your spelling words here!

Social Studies Files: Click Here!


Mrs. McElwee is riding the train in Peru, and llamas hanging out at Machu Picchu.

Lewis Carroll Websites
Use these websites to complete the class activity about Lewis Carroll:
Lewis Carroll Society of North America: http://www.lewiscarroll.org/carroll/carroll-studies/ (Provides a set of links to other sites)
Biography.com: http://www.biography.com/people/lewis-carroll-9239598
Poets.org: http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/78
Lewis Carroll Society: http://lewiscarrollsociety.org.uk/pages/aboutcharlesdodgson/life.html

http://www.insite.com.br/rodrigo/text/lewis_carroll.html
UK National Archives
Find A Grave: http://www.findagrave.com (Beware of ads on this site!)


Review, Review, Review!!
CNN News Articles: http://www.literacynet.org/cnnsf/archives.html#cnn
TV411, Summarizing: http://www.tv411.org/reading/understanding-what-you-read/video-summarizing
TV411, Homonyms: http://www.tv411.org/vocabulary/understanding-how-words-work/video-homonyms
TV411, Figures of Speech (Metaphors and Similes): http://www.tv411.org/writing/grammar/video-figures-speech
Wild Word West: http://funschool.kaboose.com/time-warp/games/game-wild-word-west.html
Crickweb Review Activities & Games: http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2literacy.html
Rockin' the NWEA Skills: Click here!
MAP Reading: http://www.sowashco.k12.mn.us/ro/pages/studentlinks/map/reading.htm

Class Project Files
Access these files in order to complete class projects:

* Hats Off!: click here for a Power Point file or click here for a Libre Office file
* Vocabulary Word Map: click here for a Power Point file
* Nouns Activity: click here for a Power Point file
* Star Wars Action Verbs and Direct Objects: click here for a Power Point file
* Alphabet Organizer: click here

Treasures Book Technology Station Activities -- Use these links for class station work.

Educational Videos -- See ones made by past classes and many, many more!
Educational Review Games -- Use these games to review skills.
Past Projects
Looking for something we did in the past? Check this page...

Where May I Go When I'm Done?
If you've finished your work, you may visit any of these websites:

Kids' Star Wars: http://www.starwarskids.com
Valentine's Hangman (put on your headphones!):http://www.dedge.com/flash/valentines/
Vocabulary Games: http://www.vocabulary.co.il/
Spaghetti Book Club: http://www.spaghettibookclub.org/index.shtml
National Geographic: http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
Sports Illustrated for Kids: http://www.sikids.com/
Stone Soup: http://www.stonesoup.com/
Zoobooks Games: http://www.zoobooks.com/games.aspx?n=283216
Giggle Poetry: http://www.gigglepoetry.com/index.aspx
Kids Reads: http://www.kidsreads.com/

Your Favorite Authors & Books
Check out the websites of some of your favorite authors and books:

The Hunger Games: http://www.thehungergames.co.uk/
The Hunger Games: http://www.scholastic.com/thehungergames/
The Hunger Games Wiki: http://thehungergames.wikia.com/wiki/The_Hunger_Games
The 39 Clues:
http://www.the39clues.com/
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: http://www.percyjacksonbooks.com/
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: http://www.wimpykid.com/
Twilight series & Stephenie Meyer: http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/twilightseries.html
Tunnels: http://www.tunnelsthebook.com/
Harry Potter
(book):
http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/home.asp

Harry Potter (movie)
: http://www.harrypotter.com
JK Rowling (Harry Potter author): http://www.jkrowling.com/
Spiderwick Chronicles: http://www.spiderwick.com/

The Edge Chronicles: http://www.edgechronicles.com

The Chronicles of Narnia: http://www.narnia.com
Edgar & Ellen: http://www.edgarandellen.com/
Shel Silverstein: (put on your headphones!) http://shelsilverstein.com/indexSite.html
Lemony Snicket: http://www.lemonysnicket.com
Gary Paulsen: http://www.randomhouse.com/features/garypaulsen/

Christopher Paolini (author of Eragon): http://www.randomhouse.com/teens/eragon/
Louis Sachar: http://www.louissachar.com/
Jerry Spinelli: http://www.randomhouse.com/features/jerryspinelli/
R.L. Stine: http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/mostlyghostly/
Judy Blume: http://www.judyblume.com/menu-main.html
Roald Dahl: http://www.roalddahl.com/
Beverly Cleary: http://www.beverlycleary.com
Cornelia Funke & Dragon Rider: http://www.scholastic.com/dragonrider/index_flash.htm


Paul Stewart talks about his new book,
The Winter Knights.
Click here
to see more pictures of the book talk
by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell.

Paul Stewart

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