Here are some wonderful language arts links! Have fun!
Chris Van Allsburg videos
Chris Van Allsburg's website-http://hmhbooks.com/chrisvanallsburg/
Two Bad Ants-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g3gupAbYXs&t=287s
The Stranger-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7NSj--t_UQ&t=980s
interview with author-http://www.teachertube.com/video/chris-van-allsburg-interview-126344?utm_source=google&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=preroll&utm_term=search&utm_content=video-ads
Read and practice literacy skills on I-Station! http://www.istation.com/
Practice Vocabulary with Quizlet!https://quizlet.com/
Facts about Asia
Ducksters Geography- http://www.ducksters.com/geography/asia.php
Video about Asia- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DMMofvq0gw
Asian folktales and fairytales
Keep Your Word from India https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMiEzSv18y4
The Little Horse Crosses the River from China-with English subtitles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mqn26MhTtlM
The Ugly Boatman from China https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcxvUt2fopw
Multiple meaning words game! Have fun! http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=191
Write some fractured fairy tales with this awesome site. http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/fairytales/
Meet the author/illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka! Go to his website for some fun activities. http://www.studiojjk.com/
Log in your reading minutes, answer questions, earn coins for your Owlvatar! Have fun reading! https://www.learn2earn.org/
Write letters to kids in Honduras using google translate.
https://translate.google.com/
Read real stories about World War II.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwii/
Read books online at STORIA! https://www.storiaschool.com/#/students/login
Read about the first moon walk and some astronaut biographies!
Neil Armstrong
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/who-was-neil-armstrong-k4.html#.VIAAUpPF9UN
Another Neil Armstrong Biography
http://history.nasa.gov/ap11-35ann/astrobios.html#Armstrong
Buzz Aldrin
http://history.nasa.gov/ap11-35ann/astrobios.html#Buzz
Michael Collins
http://history.nasa.gov/ap11-35ann/astrobios.html#Collins
Awesome site with TONS of poetry activities!
http://mrswarnerarlington.weebly.com/poetry.html
Play games with homophones!
http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/vocabulary-games/homophones-games/homophones-game.html
http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/vocabulary-games/homophones-games/homophone-definitions.html
http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/vocabulary-games/homophones-games/homophones-word-o-rama.html
http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/vocabulary-games/homophones-games/pick-the-homophones.html
http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/vocabulary-games/homophones-games/homophones.html
Smore! Use this site to make flyers and reports. We will use it for biography reports!
https://www.smore.com/
Pick the correct sentence! Super fun!!!!!!
http://www.savethecomma.com/game/
Have fun practicing grammar and escaping a haunted castle!!!!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/spelling_grammar/language_structure/play.shtml
Commas are cool!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/en29punc-game-going-to-work-with-commas
Write contractions and beat the clock!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/en29punc-game-beat-the-clock-apostrophes
Practice with possessives!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/en29punc-game-who-owns-what
Blow away the correct punctuation and capitals!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/en29punc-game-blown-away
Shoot at the correct ending punctuation!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/en29punc-game-sentence-shooter
Is this a complete sentence? Play and practice!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/en30stru-game-spot-the-sentence
Create cool messages with aerial views of buildings for letters!
http://www.geogreeting.com/main.html
Meet Phil Bildner. He was at our school on November 4, 2009 and should be returning this year to work with our fourth graders.
http://www.philbildner.com/index.html
Make your own word puzzles!
http://www.puzzlemaker.com
Make a time line of your life or the life of a character on the computer!
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/timeline/
Have fun making trading cards about your favorite characters!
http://readwritethink.org/materials/trading_cards/
Read pages of a journal written by a mountain climber on an
expedition of Mt.
Everest. What text structure is used or how does the journal
writer organize
his thoughts? Great writing and awesome photos of the trip!
http://www.everestquest.com/reading.htm
Learn more about Greek Gods!
http://www.rickriordan.com/greek_myths.htm
Practice punctuation with possessives and plurals with a fun
soccer kick-off!
http://www.firstschoolyears.com/literacy/word/punctuation/apostrophes/interactive/possapos.swf
It's Greek to me! Play with word parts! Very fun!!!!
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/athens_games/gameGreekToMe.htm
Clean up the trash on the beach and practice identifying nouns
and verbs.
http://www.missmaggie.org/scholastic/cleanup_eng_launcher.html
Write some cool poems!
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/flash_pie.htm
Write some SHAPE poems!
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/shape/
Read interesting fables and learn a lesson!
http://www.umass.edu/aesop/fables.php
Read about the first moon landing by Apollo 11!
http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/apollo11/index.html
Persuasive Map-Use it to plan your persuasive writing! http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/persuasion_map/
Learn about Media Literacy!
http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/advertisingtricks/betheaddetective_1.html
Practice with interactive lessons for the writing TAKS test.
Research Rosa Parks at http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/par0bio-1. Read more about Rosa Parks at http://www.grandtimes.com/rosa.html. Here's more information on Rosa Parks at http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4809
Research Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at http://www.thekingcenter.org/DrMLKingJr/. Read more about MLK Jr.at http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.html. Here's more information about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at http://www.biography.com/articles/Martin-Luther-King-Jr.-9365086
Research Coretta Scott King at http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/kin1bio-1. Read more about Coretta Scott King at http://www.biography.com/articles/Coretta-Scott-King-9542067. Here's more information about Coretta Scott King at http://www.thekingcenter.org/MrsCSKing/
Research Thurgood Marshall at http://www.biography.com/articles/Thurgood-Marshall-9400241. Read more about Thurgood Marshall at http://www.thurgoodmarshall.com/home.htm. Here's more information about Thurgood Marshall at http://www.biography.com/blackhistory/featured-biography/thurgood-marshall.jsp
Citation Maker-Use this to create your bibliography.
http://www.openc.k12.or.us/citeintro/citeintro.php?Grd=Elem
Explore Antarctica! http://www.discoveringantarctica.org.uk/resources.php?media=images&page_name=waves&#images Tons of great books organized by genre http://www.greatschools.org/cgi-bin/showarticle/678
10 of the best book series for grades 4-6 http://www.greatschools.org/students/books/slideshows/4117-best-kids-book-series-grades-fourth-fifth-sixth.gs Huge book list! http://home.comcast.net/~ngiansante/gradefive.html
Read about different types of poetry and write some of your own.
http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/poetry/narrative.html
Spanish Translator
http://www.spanishdict.com/translation
Endangered Species in Zoos
http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/endangered_species/zoos/index.asp?article=whatzoosdo
Pros and Cons of Zoos
http://animal.discovery.com/animal-facts/zoos-good-or-bad.htm
Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee
http://www.elephants.com/
Learn about Michelangelo, the artist
http://www.ducksters.com/biography/artists/michelangelo.php
Michelangelo Biography
http://www.michelangelo.com/buon/bio-index2.html
More information about Michelangelo
http://www.biography.com/people/michelangelo-9407628
Practice learning about story elements.
http://www.learner.org/interactives/story/
Images of the Brooklyn Bridge
https://www.google.com/search?q=brooklyn+bridge+history&client=firefox-a&hs=EPb&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=8LliUr2mINSr2AWoxIDwBg&ved=0CE4QsAQ&biw=1173&bih=556
Read about the Brooklyn Bridge.
http://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-brooklyn-bridge
More about the Brooklyn Bridge
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/brooklyn-bridge-opens
Use this link to help make your bibliography.
http://easybib.com/cite/view
