Great Websites!

If you are looking for some great books to read, check out these sites....

Leveled Reading Books           

bookwizard                      

Adventures with books   

bookhive

scholastic...stacks

books by and about Native Americans

Native American Book Lists

Sites for boys' books:

http://www.guysread.com/

http://www.boysread.org/books

FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADERS

POETRY:

childs_garden_of_verses

writing a poem

KidLit

poems to read

poetry magnets

EXPLORER FUN....

creating your own comic strip

memory games

directory of heroes

thinking games

http://kids.nationalgeographic-games

http://kids.nationalgeographic-countries in the world

ANIMAL RESEARCH SITES:

animal research sites

animal research sites

biomes:  animals, plants, and climate

THE BRONX ZOO:

the bronx zoo

wikipedia:  Bronx_Zoo

smithsonian national zoo

san diego zoo

oregon zoo

alaska zoo

oakland zoo

north carolina zoo

central florida zoo

houston zoo

mondozoo game

switchazoo

FOURTH GRADE EXPLORERS:

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/kids/history-kids/native-americans-kids/

Native Americans

http://learner.org  (click "historical map")

stories from many tribes                                                

map of Native Am. tribes in US

pictures                                                                                   

The Plains Indians

who were the 1st Americans?                                             

map of Eastern Indian Nations                                   

http://www.plainindians-teepees

1990 population of tribes

Navajo and Cheyenne             

Native Americans

Native Am regions in the US                                             

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comanche  website

 seneca  websites

seneca  tribe

creek  tribe

 creek_tribes

Muscogee (creek)Indians

 http://www.encyclopedia.com-Nez_Perce

SLAVERY:

a young slaves's account               

Who was Langston Hughes?                                        arriving in America

 A Virtual Museum of Slavery                                     working on the plantation

 Historical Readings - stories, plays

you are a slave

FIFTH GRADE EXPLORERS:

WELCOME TO THE WORLD!

World_Continents game

world quiz

interactive world connections

christopher columbus

Primary or Secondary source???

Maya, Inca, Aztec Cultures:

http://ifip.com/Machu-Picchu.htm

great links to other Aztec sites

All about the Aztec culture

Aztecs

the Fall of the Aztecs

The Aztecs

http://www.indians.org (aztec)

http://library.thinkquest-aztecs

http://www.aztec-history.net/

http://www.questconnect.org/mexico-geography&climate

http://www.wsu.edu/aztecs

http://www.aztec-history.com-contributions

http://www.kidskonnect.com-aztec

great links to other Maya sites

Maya and Incan Myths

The Mayan Calendar

[Link]http://www.localhistories-maya

http://www.innvista.com/maya

http://www.everyculture.com/maya

http://www.newworldencyclopedia-Maya

http://www.omniglot.com-mayan writing

http://www.kidskonnect.com-maya

great links to other Inca sites

http://www.kidskonnect.com-inca

The Inca Empire

The Conquest of the Incas

Inca culture

Incas - encyclopedia

http://www.localhistories-inca

http://www.newworldencyclopedia-Inca

ancienthistory

worldhistory-powerpoints

mystery of the crystal skulls

http://www.crystalinks-incas

http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/incas/collier.htm

http://www.westirondequoit.org/

     has information on all three cultures

Slavery (use the sites above in the fourth grade section)

Africans in America

LANGUAGE ARTS

CHARACTER TRAITS Awesome Analogies	Handwriting practice	Gigglepoetry
unscramble the words	handwriting worksheets	poetry
Brainteasers	Antonym match ups synonyms & antonyms	some more poetry poetrysplatter
hangman games  madlibs	matching game with synonyms flashing game with      synonyms	writing an acrostic poem
verb tenses game		world of words-poetry
		Who was Henry    Wadsworth Longfellow?
Compound word match up	Grammar sentences	power proofreading
wacky tales language arts games	Fact or opinion?	how to write a story

 build your vocabulary   fifth grade vocabulary          hangman

 Michelangelo   

writing:  proofreading, revising, editing practice

Want to study spelling words correctly?  Try this site:

www.spellingcity.com 

Our World

PLACES	PEGS
Journey to Atlantis	US Government for Kids

Seaworld games	Historical view country's flags
Egypt fun games	flags	buildacoaster.html
The Wild Arctic	world geography	ThrillRides.aspx[Link]
	state geography	rollercoasters

Current Events

                                        

time for kids	kidspost	cnn-student news
weeklyreader	nationalgeographic	studentnews

presidents of the United States	fun facts about the White House	Nat'l Geographic Magazine
presidents-key facts	presidents	U.S states game
president for a day game	historical documents	history

                                                

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