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Storytown Online
Time For Kids magazine
A Website about World War 2
Reading Workshop:
This year we will be using two programs in reading workshop. We will be using a
newly implemented ELA program by Harcourt. This program will be used for reading, some writing, and spelling.
We will also be using some parts of the Guided Reading Program.
Get more information, including games, at the Harcourt Website
Go to the Scholastic site to learn more about Guided Reading.
The following are sites that have practice for reading comprehension
A website that has some reading comprehension tests
A website that has proofreading quizzes
Our first Read Aloud this year will be The Wayside School is Falling Down, by Louis Sachar. This is a very entertaining
book. It is only one in a series of books, so if you're enjoying it, look for the others.
Visit Louis Sachar's Homepage
Visit Roald Dahl's Website.
This site has reviews about Matilda and trivia quizzes.
A Matilda quiz
Our third read aloud will be The Watson's Go to Birmingham, 1963, by Christopher Paul Curtis. This is a
moving story about a family who goes to Birmingham, Alabama to visit their grandmother. The story is set during the
Civil Rights movement and blends fictional and non-fictional elements.
Christopher Paul Curtis's homepage
A biography and interview with Christopher Paul Curtis
A quiz for Watsons
The following are Poetry Sites
Suessville
Jack Prelutsky
Giggle Poetry
Listen to Shel Silverstein
Read, listen, and vote for poems
Jump Rope Rhymes
More poems, a rhyming dictionary, and more
Poems to read
Magnetic Poetry
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