Wednesday, March 25, 2009

These are a few of my favorite sites...

1. Storyline: A site that will read stories to you!

http://www.storylineonline.net/

2. Citation Machine: A site that will help you generate bibliographic entries

http://www.citationmachine.net/

3. Mrs. Wetherell’s Blog (Weekly update to media specials)

http://www.mrswetherell.blogspot.com/

4. Kevin O’Malley’s Home Page (Author and Illustrator)

http://www.booksbyomalley.com/

5. World Book Online Encyclopedia

http://www.worldbookonline.com/

6. Christmas Time

http://www.classbrain.com/artholiday/publish/tracking_santa.shtml

7. The Solar System

http://www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm

8. Ben Carson, M.D.

http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/car1bio-1

9. My Hero Project

http://www.myhero.com/myhero/

10. Historical Fiction Site/Resources

http://bookgirl3.tripod.com/historicalfiction.html

11. Annotated list of historical fiction for children and teens

http://lexicon.ci.anchorage.ak.us/guides/kids/booklists/historicalfiction/

12. Historical Fiction Booklist

http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson404/DiseasesBooks.pdf2

13. Historical Fiction Definition/Explanation

http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson404/HistoricalFictionDefn.pdf

14. Questions to think about while reading Historical Fiction

http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson404/HistoricalFictionQuestions.pdf

15. Historical Fiction Reflection Questions to consider

http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson404/HistoricalFictReflection.pdf

16. PRINTING PRESS: Create your own brochure, newspaper, booklet or flyer online

http://interactives.mped.org/view_interactive.aspx?id=110&title=

17. Civil War Booklist

http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson779/booklist.pdf

18. Civil War Information/Portraits

http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/cwimages/

19. National Geographic Underground Railroad Information Website

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/

20. Spy Letters of the American Revolution

http://www.si.umich.edu/spies/index-gallery.html

21 American Revolutionary Webquest

http://library.thinkquest.org/11683/High.html

22. Famous Men in the American Revolution

http://library.thinkquest.org/11683/High.html

23. Amazing Women in War and Peace (different times in history)

http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/femvets.html

24.American Revolutionary War Quiz

http://www.quia.com/quiz/100643.html

25.. GOOGLE

http://www.google.com/

26.. Dr. Seuss Sites:

http://www.seussville.com/ (Play games and learn)

http://www.catinthehat.org/

http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/dr__seuss.html

27. Iditarod

http://www.iditarod.com/ (Official Website)

http://www.randomhouse.com/features/garypaulsen/ (Gary Paulson, Author)

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/Iditarod/ (Great site for everything Iditarod)

http://themes.pppst.com/iditarod.html (Many PowerPoint presentations)

http://mrstedeschi.tripod.com/id3.html (PowerPoint as short example)

http://www.dogsled.com/iditarod-2007/lance-wins.html (Lance with lead dog winner 2007)

http://www.ultimateiditarod.com/about.html (To learn about food and equipment that mushers use in the race)

www.ultimateiditarod.com/DogsledF.htm (anatomy of a dogsled)