Fun activities - by girls....for girls. READING SITES
Scholastic For Kids http://www.scholastic.com/kids/
Homophone Game http://alexandria-es10.lausd.k12.ca.us/Staff_Pages/Henry_Anker/Mr_Anker_Tests_New/Language/Homophones/Homophones_Set_11a.swf
Tumble Books http://kids.nypl.org/reading/Childrensebooks.cfm
Games to reinforce skills http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_5th_original.htm
Types of Writing Examples and descriptions http://library.thinkquest.org/J001156/forms%20of%20writing/formwriting.htm
Story Books Read Aloud...Check it out! Elijah Wood reads one about a boy and a cat. http://www.storylineonline.net/
See if you can find the states! GEOGRAPHY
Even more state facts!!! http://www.netstate.com/states/index.html
Explore the states Learn all about your country. http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/es
Revolutionary War AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Road To Liberty Game http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/road.html
The Boston Tea Party http://education.jlab.org/reading/boston_tea_party_01.html
National Geographic for Kids ENVIRONMENTAL SITES
Rainforest Action Network http://www.ran.org/
World Wildlife Fund http://www.worldwildlife.org/earthday/
ECO Kids http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/browse_topics/environmental_issues.cfm
Kids Conservation Site http://members.aol.com/bowermanb/conservation.html
EEK Kids...Environmental Issues http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/earth/index.htm
Environmental Site http://www.everybodygreen.com
TREES!!! http://www.historictrees.org/ht_m/treenv_co.htm
More trees http://www.michigan.gov/mikids/0,1607,7-163-15943_20521---6,00.html
RAN Network http://ran.org/what_we_do/rainforests_in_the_classroom/curriculum/download/?domain=ran&update=t&source=rh%5fcurriculum&first_names=Kristy&last_name=Taylor&email=ktaylor%40dallassd%2ecom&Email=error%40ran%2eorg&phone=570%2d510%2d9221&address_line1=83+Hildo
Social Studies Social Studies
Take a tour of New Orleans!! http://www.teachervision.fen.com/slideshow/monuments/61481.html?page=1&detoured=1
Migrant camps LITERATURE CIRCLES
Esperanza Rising http://www.scholastic.com/esperanza/journal/index.htm
Mexico for Kids!
American Revolution http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.php?lid=356&type=student
Revolutionary War Unfair Taxes http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/sugaract.htm
Reasons for the American Revolution http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/americanrevolution/p/stampact.htm
Boston Massacre http://kidspast.com/world-history/0360-boston-massacre.php
watersheds http://www.pawatershedsdatasystem.psu.edu/
Endangered Ecosystems http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/explorer/ecosystems/index.htm
ECOSYSTEMS
Research Biomes and Ecosystems
Food Chain Game http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/games/foodchaingame.htm