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Book clubs and Book lists (and reviews): Book Clubs Spaghetti Bookclub. Book reviews
written
by kids FOR kids: Book
Lists (and places to find reviews of books for children) The Book Hive: Children's Peace Bibliography:
Guys Read: A literacy initiative
for boys Reading Rainbow Richland County Public Library's
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Library friends: Library Organizations South Carolina Association of
School Librarians: American Library Association:
Links
to other libraries/ librarians South Carolina State Library:
Richland County Public Library:
http://www.lex.lib.sc.us/
School of Library and Information
Science
at the University of South Carolina: Check out the STORYTELLING page
from SLIS School Library Media Services
from the
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Authors and Illustrators : Brod Bagert (author visit 2005-2006) http://www.brodbagert.com/ Jan Brett: www.janbrett.com Eric Carle http://www.eric-carle.com/ Tomie De Paola: http://www.tomie.com/ Ezra Jack Keats Jarrett J. Krosoczka (author
visit 2007-2008) Jean Marzollo Jerry Pinkney Jack Prelutsky Peter H. Reynolds Jon Scieczka Maurice Sendak http://www.seussville.com/seussville/ Shel Silverstein Charles R. Smith, Jr. (author
visit 2004-2005) Lemony Snicket Mike Thaler |
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Curriculum Connections:
Information Literacy Big 6 "Information Literacy for the Information Age" http://www.big6.com/ Reading Rockets. Fantastic ideas
and research
to get your kids reading: Media Literacy Clearinghouse: The Nine Information Literacy
Standards
for Student Learning: Looking
for lessons or other materials ETV/ITV
webpage Federal Resources for Educational
Excellence
(or FREE): Great site for teachers!
Edsitement: Teacher's Domain HPR-TEC Great
sites for Language Arts Teaching Books, a fantastic
source for
teachers, parents, and anyone else who wants to learn more about
children's
literature: Reading A to Z Explore the world of young,
classical musicians!: New York Philharmonic: Great
sites for Social
Studies Information about each of the 50
states: Information about elections and
our U.S.
government: http://www.teachersdomain.org/special/civil/ Sled dog information http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/sleddogs/multimedia/sleddogs-game.html America's Library http://www.americaslibrary.com/cgi-bin/page.cgi Great sites for Science National Geographic Young Explorer*Recommended by our InTec Specialist! Great for 4K and kindergarten! http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngyoungexplorer/readstory.html Electricity/Magnetism links: http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/electric.html All about frogs for kids and teachers *Recommended by our Science Coach! http://kiddyhouse.com/Themes/frogs/ Weather! *Recommended by our Science Coach! (especially great for storm research and learning about weather-related careers) http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/edu/ CyberBee: Do the Dewey!:  Back to top |
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Fun Stuff (including fun poetry links!): Listen to Jack Pretlutsky and
write your own poems! Splat poems with RIF! Magnetic poetry Jazz Fly. Super Thinkers! Fun games and
activities-make
books, posters, and more: Kid Click! A great search engine
for kids: Games that are fun and MAY make
you smarter: Learn all about popcorn!: Story Place:
Web Monkey for kids LISSA explains it all: http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/kidsweb/ |
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Research/homework help: Need help? Here's a few websites
to try: DISCUS, South Carolina's Virtual
Library: |
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Copyright: From PBS TeacherSource. Copyright Resources: http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/copyright/copyright_resources.shtm Copyright and Fair Use in the
Classroom,
on the Internet, and the World Wide Web. From University of
Maryland
University College: The Educator's Guide to Copyright
and Fair
Use. From Education World: Copyright Management Center. From
Indiana
University: The Educator's Guide to Copyright
and Fair
Use. From Tech Learning: |
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Places for kids to publish writing: Kids.com http://www.kidscom.com/create/write/write.html Cricket Magazine http://www.cricketmag.com/ About getting published in Cricket Magazine... http://www.cricketmag.com/faq_display.asp?CatId=9 Kids Bookshelf http://www.kidsbookshelf.com/index.asp Scholastic's Writing with Writers http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/index.htm White Barn Press http://www.whitebarnpress.com/ |
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Links about careers (suggested by Mrs. Beckman): Knowitall-Kids Work! http://www.knowitall.org/kidswork/ Go here to see a model community and listen to real people at work telling about jobs in our area. Information about careers from FirstGov http://www.kids.gov/k_careers.htm Has many links to fun websites about jobs that may interest you! Target-Start Something http://sites.target.com/site/en/spot/page.jsp?title=startsomething This website is sponsored by the Tiger Woods Foundation. Click on Student to enter and go to Online Tools, followed by Interest Survey to answer questions that will tell you about the types of jobs you might like. |
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Good links to use with a SMARTBoard: Julie Thompson Educational Resources http://www.juliethompson.com/SMART.html GREAT math activities! Interactivate http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/ GREAT for primary teachers to teach colors, letters, etc. Literacy Center Education Network http://www.literacycenter.net/lessonview_en.htm Primary Resources for Interactive WhiteBoards http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Interactive.aspx SMARTBoard resources, lessons, and templates http://its.leesummit.k12.mo.us/smartboard.htm Rockingham County Public Schools Tips for set up, ready made lessons, and troubleshooting tips http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/howto/smartboard/smartboard.htm For SMARTy PANTS - Interactive Math Websites http://matti.usu.edu http://www.active-maths.co.uk http://www.interactive-resources.co.uk http://www.innovationslearning.co.uk/subjects/maths/activities/maths_activities_home.htm http://www.mathszone.co.uk http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/numeracy.htm http://www.crick.northants.sch.uk/Flash%20Studio/cfsmaths/Toolkit/Toolkit.htm http://www.counton.org http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/toftwood/resources.html http://www.bootslearningstore.com/ks2/heads.htm http://www.channel4.com/learning/microsites/P/puzzlemaths/games_menu.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/maths/index.shtml http://www.lgfl.net/lgfl/leas/enfield/schools/southbury/web/mw/x10%20x100/x10%20x100.swf http://www.funbrain.com/math/ http://www.aplusmath.com http://www.aaamath.com http://www.hbschool.com Fraction Frenzy http://www.learningplanet.com http://www1.center.k12.mo.us/edtech/edm/1.htm Language Arts Websites Kindersite http://www.kindersite.org Dr. Seuss http://www.seussville.com Awesome Stories http://www.awesomestories.com/ Everything ESL http://www.everythingesl.com/ Kids Kackle http://halife.com/family/kids/kackles.html Nursery Rhymes http://www.apples4theteacher.com/mother-goose-nursery-rhymes/index.html#1nurseryrhymes Energetic Minds http://www.energeticminds.com/ Scholastic http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/home.jsp |
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Some links found on www.readingwithmsbyrd.com are to web pages outside of the district's web domain. If would like to inform Mrs. Byrd Fort of possible problems with linked sites, please email her at vbyrd@lex5.k12.sc.us Valerie Byrd Fort, Dutch Fork Elementary School, and School District 5 of Lexington and Richland Counties are not responsible for the content of outside links and cannot control the content on outside links. Created October 2002 by Valerie Byrd Fort, Library Media Specialist All links checked May 24, 2007 Updated April 11, 2008 |
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