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    • Fun
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    • Online Resources
    • Policies
    • Teacher Help
    • Tutorials
    • Virtual Field Trips

Books, Awards & Fun

Fun Links 

Kahoot! 
Shelver!  (library practice)

NetSmartz (internet safety)
Brainpop, Jr.  (variety)
Telescopic Text (creative writing)
National Geographic for Kids (nature)
NASA Kids (space)
iCivics (government)
Smithsonian Kids (variety)
Poetry4Kids
​Digital Passport


Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay
where we are." - Mason Cooley

grade level links

Mrs. DiGregorio's Flipgrid
​Ms. Marchi's Flipgrid
​Mrs. Basler's  Flipgrid
Mrs. Fenwick's Flipgrid

Mouse and 
Keyboarding Games

Typing Rockets
Cup Stacking
Dance Mat Typing
Keyboard Climber
Fridge Magnets (mouse)

Book Trailers

KidLit TV
Mr. Schu Reads 
The STACKS (Scholastic book site)
Mark Twain Award trailers

Online Books and 
Story Makers

Unite for Literacy
Epic! Free eBooks for Kids
Tumblebooks  
(log in available at library)
Storytime Online

Storybird
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Award Winners

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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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2015-2016 MARK TWAIN WINNING AUTHOR, CHRIS GRABENSTEIN
The Show Me Reader Award 
​(
grades 1 -3)
The Mark Twain Award (grades 4 -6)
The Caldecott Medal
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 (illustrations in a picture book)
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The Newbery Medal (outstanding children's literature)
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205-2016 Show Me Winning Illustrator, E.B. Lewis

Fun Book and Author Sites

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
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