Some examples of titles include: Ancient Times, Bugs, Dinosaurs, The Earth, Outer Space, The Sea, The Weather
Students write the words or stories to the video viewed. Max the Mouse stories from the Society for Visual Literacy are examples of one-episode stories.
HyperHistory Online presents a variety of timelines for famous people and key events
www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html
Max, the koala, has a series of adventures where the reader points and clicks. The site also lends itself to writing.
www.scribbles.com.au/max/bookmain.html
Kids Web – The Digital Library for K-12
Links to major topics in science, social studies, and the arts
www.npac.syr.edu/textbook/kidsweb/
By filling out a form students can get help researching a project
Students need to allow 2 days for a response
For immediate info students can use Kids Connect Favorite Sites which contain an extensive list of resources
www.ala.org/ICONN/kcfavorites.html
Poetry Reading (then writing )
Children’s poetry is published on the Poetry Gallery
Use Filemaker Pro or Microsoft Works to keep track of books in your classroom library
Publish Student’s
Work
Create a homepage with your class where they can post their work. Have students read other students work on other homepages Beril’s Best Sites is a listing of homepages created by students and resources for you for creating your own
www.db.cochran.com/li_toc:theoPage.db