Links

Mathletes vs. Athletes: The Big Debate

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/walt_gardners_reality_check/2011/07/academics_vs_athletics.html

http://dc.etsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2557&context=etd

http://www.texastribune.org/2011/02/03/athletics-where-budget-balancers-fear-to-tread/

http://www.osaa.org/docs/osaainfo/08CaseForHSActivities.pdf

http://www.deltacostproject.org/sites/default/files/products/DeltaCostAIR_AthleticAcademic_Spending_IssueBrief.pdf

Readtheory

http://www.readtheory.org/auth/login

http://quizlet.com/70938/word-within-a-word-list-4-flash-cards/

Word Within the Word

http://quizlet.com/1075329/word-within-a-word-unit-1-flash-cards/

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skill_builders/reading_comprehension_language_arts_sixth_6th_grade.htm Teaching Non-fiction

THIEVES http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/using-thieves-preview-nonfiction-112.html?tab=4#tabs

Evaluating Websites http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/inquiry-internet-evaluating-pages-328.html?tab=3#tabs

Hodgepodge http://asd1-middle-school-common-core-connections.wikispaces.com/Nonfiction+Reading+Strategies

SMARTBOARD lesson...actually kind of cool http://exchange.smarttech.com/details.html?id=9c1a1e0f-8c6a-414c-9e2e-a342cf52e904

Find a poem...

www.poets.org

www.famouspoetsandpoems.com

www.poetryfoundation.org

http://poetry.eserver.org/

www.100-poems.com

Create a poem...

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/acrostic-poems-30045.html

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/diamante-poems-30053.html

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/letter-poem-creator-30019.html

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/riddle-interactive-30024.html

When you have extra time...

http://www.drawastickman.com/

http://www.chompchomp.com/

http://storybird.com/create/

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/crossword

http://robertswriters.edublogs.org

http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/index.asp

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/states_experiment_drag-drop_Intermed_State15s_500.html

http://www.citycreator.com/

http://www.funbrain.com/kidscenter.html

Grammar Activities

1. http://www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/hme-quiz-directions.cgi?Grade=5&Unit=2&Topic=Nouns

2. http://www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/hme-quiz-directions.cgi?Grade=5&Unit=3&Topic=Verbs

3. http://www.funbrain.com/brain/ReadingBrain/Games/Game.html?

GameName=MadLibsSchoolRules&Brain=reading&GameNumber=1&Color=FFFFFF

4. http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/index.html

5. http://www.funbrain.com/brain/ReadingBrain/Games/Game.html?GameName=MadLibsSchoolRules&Brain=reading&GameNumber=1&Color=FFFFFF

Figurative Language

http://www.newton.k12.ks.us/tech/fling3.html

http://www.quia.com/quiz/155626.html

http://www.quia.com/hm/80390.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112392/

http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz2436841be67e8.html

figurative language game

Halloween

http://www.classbrain.com/artholiday/publish/carve_a_virtual_pumpkin_halloween.shtml

http://www.angelfire.com/goth/billythe3rd/frightnightkids.html

http://www.1halloween.net/html/stories.html

http://www.bry-backmanor.org/holidayfun/weenghoststory.html

http://www.apples4theteacher.com/games/adventure-pumpkin.html

Al Capone Does My Shirts

Al Capone

http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Capone__Al.html

http://www.alcatrazhistory.com/cap1.htm

Alcatraz

http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Alcatraz_Island

http://www.alcatrazhistory.com/mainpg.htm

http://www.abovephotos.com/alcatrazmap1.jpg

Autism

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/aut.html

http://kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/brain/autism.html

Prohibition/Life in the 1930's

http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/pr/Prohibition

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/learning_history/children_depression/depression_children_menu.cfm

http://www.kidsnewsroom.org/elmer/infocentral/frameset/decade/1930.htm

Padlet Links

Block One

http://padlet.com/svallely/o61nq17h5ilh

Block Two

http://padlet.com/svallely/i8er6vs2sas1

Block Three

http://padlet.com/svallely/Bookmarks

Block Four

http://padlet.com/svallely/mbxmbzvyd77c

MYTHOLOGY

http://www.mythweb.com/gods/index.html

FREAK THE MIGHTY

http://sites.google.com/a/essex.k12.ia.us/king-arthur-webquest/

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