Fun LinksKahoot! Shelver! (library practice) NetSmartz (internet safety) Brainpop, Jr. (variety) National Geographic for Kids (nature) NASA Kids (space) iCivics (government) Smithsonian Kids (variety) The Children's Poetry Archive Poetry Interactives from Read Write Think Digital Passport (digital citizenship games) How To Make Paper Airplanes Tinkercad (3D digital design) Scratch (coding) Pixel Art Canvas Uplifting Play Online Sketch Pad Interland (digital citizenship games) |
Mouse and Keyboarding Games |
Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay
where we are." - Mason Cooley
Award Winners
Each year, several of our fourth and fifth graders participate in the Mark Twain Challenge. These students all read 10 or more titles!
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The Show Me Reader Award
(grades 1 -3) The Mark Twain Award (grades 4 -6)
The Caldecott Medal
(illustrations in a picture book) The Newbery Medal (outstanding children's literature) |
Fun Book and Author Sites
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Mike Lupica (sports fiction) *
Mo Willems (Pigeon, Elephant and Piggie) Shel Silverstein (poetry) Peter Reynolds (The Ish, The Dot) Katherine Applegate (The One and Only Ivan) * Eric Carle (Brown Bear, Brown Bear) James Patterson (Middle School series) * Jack Prelutzsky (poetry) Dav Pilkey (Captain Underpants) Will Hobbs (adventure writer) * Peg Kehret (thrillers, adventure) * Avi (Poppy, Crispin) * Judy Blume * |
Kevin Henkes *
Sharon Creech (Love That Dog) * Beverly Cleary (Ramona books) * Dan Gutman (My Weird School, sports fiction) * Fancy Nancy Roald Dahl (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) * Gordon Korman (Swindle) * Laura Numeroff (If You Give a Mouse a Cookie) Lemony Snicket Jon Scieszka (Spaceheadz) * The Harry Potter Lexicon Andrew Clements * Gary Paulsen * * good authors for an author study |
