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

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
​ (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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