Reading to Kids

Reading to Kids

Sea Turtle Week!

Here's some information to help us get educated on sea turtles:

NOAA facts, pictures, questions/answers...

Print out this free book on sea turtles-color the pages, too!

Great Party!

I hope everyone enjoyed themselves and their treats! I can hardly wait to read the Titanic book.

Hopefully, you enjoyed the beach-themed items and Ugly Doll stuff. Here's a link to the characters you asked about. Ugly Dolls.com

P.S. Six days and counting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

P.S.S. The Ugly Doll pictured is our class mascot, Jeero. :) Hooray for Jeero!

Lice

Kids' Health - Lice

Headlice for Kids

Facing West Novel Study

Here's some quick links to some of the references we've read in the novel:

• https://www.nps.gov/scbl/index.htm
• http://www.historyglobe.com/ot/chimneyrock.htm
• http://www.nebraskastudies.org/0400/frameset_reset.html?http://www.nebraskastudies.org/0400/stories/0401_0145.html
• http://oregontrail101.com
• https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/scotts_bluff/chimney_rock.html
• http://scienceviews.com/parks/chimneyrock.html  
• http://www.historynet.com/oregon-trail
• http://www.historyglobe.com/ot/otmap1.htm
• http://www.legendsofamerica.com/ne-plattevalleyoregontrail.html

http://www.hmhco.com/at-home/featured-shops/the-learning-company/oregon-trail     Free Game!

Happy May!

Yay for Love That Dog, Hate That Cat and Love That Mom! :)

Look what's happening this month:

Star Wars Day and Bike to School Day are BOTH on 5/4!

Space Day 5/6  Lockheed Martin   NASA     NASA - Students   Hubble Telescope   space.com
Print a pinwheel galaxy

Free Comic Book Day 5/7 freecomicbookday.com

Mother's Day 5/8 Free Mother's Day Poems

Mercury's Transit 5/9  Position of Earth and planets during Mercury's transit  

KAPOW visitor 5/10

We have our KAPOW trip on 5/11 with Chic-Fil-A lunch.  If you have allergies, bring your lunch! :)
Career Day-City           Mayor           Vice Mayor               Councilman                   Councilwoman  
First Councilwoman Elected         Councilwoman's Fight for Women's Equality   City Manager
City History

It's Feynman's Birthday! 5/11   Basic Feynman         R. Feynman videos

Edward Lear's book of nonsense (Limerick Day)   Limericks for Kids     Egyptian Museum 5/12

May 14, 1804 - Lewis and Clark begin their 28 month expedition to the Pacific Ocean and back.

Lewis and Clark Trail      Lewis and Clark journals     Lewis and Clark mapping 
NatGeo Lewis and Clark      lewis-clark.org   lewisandclarktrail.com/ 
10 Facts about the Louisiana Purchase


Hurricane Preparedness Week: Hurricane Awareness for Kids

Future Field Trip and date TBA (Probably5/31- after Memorial Day)

Memorial Day Holiday, 5/30!

End of Year event 6/1!

My, how time almost "literally" flies! lol 


BTW

There's another new Wimpy Kid book coming soon! The cover was just released!

Preview cover and/or preorder

April is Military Kids, Earth, Poetry, & Autism Awareness Month!

Here's A Shout Out to All of The Great Military Kids We Know-You Rock!


Here's some ideas for recycling projects:
53 Ideas for Kids
More Ideas
NASA Satellites - Recyclable/Repurposing Ideas

Meteor Shower 4-21-16
EarthSky: Meteor Pictures and Guides
Stardate: Meteor Shower Guide

Moon Journals/Moon Log:
Watch NASA's Time Lapse video of Moon Phases
NWF for KIDS
FREE Printable Moon Log
How to record your observations
Directions and another free journal

Shakespear's 400th Anniversary
Shakespeare for Kids

Autism Awareness Activities and Videos
Autism Speaks
Read about autism
A booklet on having friends with autism. :)

Love That Dog, Hate That Cat by Sharon Creech

Click and enjoy:
Poems Studied by Jack and "inspired by" Jack in Love That Dog (All the poems & his inspirations)
Poems Studied By Jack in HATE THAT CAT

Do you agree with Jack's uncle that poems need to rhyme? Song, "Before I Could Rhyme"

Poem: The Space on The Page (audio) -
What do you think of Michael Rosen's poem? Does his POV match Jack's POV?

• The Bells sung by Phil Ochs
• Edgar Allan Poe - Free book from NPS

• T.S. Elliot's The Naming of Cats (audio)
• T. S. Elliot's Biography for kids

• Valerie Worth's Poems and Biography

• Tennyson's The Eagle, video of what one person visualizes

• Walmart-Hate That Cat and Love That Dog (order and pick up in store)
• Scholastic Reading Club has the new cover to Love That Dog

• Book trailer for Love That Dog

• William Carlos Williams
• WCW recital, The Red Wheelbarrow
• WCW's recital with animation
• WCW recites, This is Just to Say
• This is Just to Say in American Sign Language, ASL

• Robert Frost
• Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (animation)
• The Pasture sung by a school choir (The video shan't be long-you come too)

• Valerie Worth, Small Poems
• Turtle

• Arnold Adoff
• Street Music, Performed by 4th Graders in Wisconsin

• Walter Dean Myers
• Reading Rockets interview with WDM

• Christopher Myers
• Reading Rocket Interview with Chris Myers

Sharon Creech
Discussion between Creech and her editor
An interview about reading, writing, and her book, The Unfinished Angel

Happy Spring Break!

Remember to relax and practice great habits like going to bed early and having a healthy breakfast. :)

Keep learning from your mistakes and growing in knowledge!

Remember:

• IReady is READY for you if you need to catch up.
• Review your FSA packets and test question types.
• Practice Fact Families.
• Click links provided on the blog for FSA and more!
• READ!

Enjoy your break and return rested and ready! :)

Disney bookmark: firstbook.org / be inspired

Happy Pi Day!

Here's a link to the song - scroll down...videos included

The Great Backyard Bird Count

Register for this weekend-Learn all about it.

Great Bird Count site to sign up

Great Bird Count - Get started

You can count Mockingbirds, Blue Jays, Morning Doves, Crows, Cardinals, Orioles, Hawks as some of the most popular birds.

Oops, the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. post was accidentally deleted.  What does Dr. Martin Luther King day mean to you? How do you serve your family or others? What does Dr. Martin Luther King mean to you?