Steve Jobs commencement address. YouTube video. http://www.ted.com/talks/steve_jobs_how_to_live_before_you_die.html
Scholastic Author page. http://www.scholastic.com/kids/stacks/authors/all.htm
What's in a name? http://www.name-meanings.com/
Pompeii
Pompeii Eyewitness Account Pliny the Younger
Pyroclastic Flow
Set your level. Challenge yourself! Inference Battleship
Go through all of the inferencing sections. After you master those, go to main idea for extra practice. Inferences on Gamequarium
Inference Riddles
These are good for practice. They may be too easy for some of you. If so, move on to a different link. Main Idea
Author's Purpose
Wordmaster
Practice using homophones (words that sound alike, but have different meanings) correctly. Word Confusion
Information about the contest and links to winning letters. Letters About Literature Contest
How to write a newspaper blackout poem. Newspaper Blackout Poetry Video
Find out more about poets, the poetry, and the purpose of New York's Poetry in Motion project. Poetry in Motion
Iditarod Dog Sled Race http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/iditarod/iditarod.html
(Sample link) National Geographic for Kids http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
Enrichment:Rocks Link http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow1/oct98/expert/index.html
Enrichment: Volcano & Rock Link http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=Science%20Lab
Top 50 Cryptids from Around the World http://www.lorencoleman.com/top_cryptids.html
Chupacabra link. http://cryptozoo.monstrous.com/sightings__chupacabra.htm
Chupacabra on KVUE. http://www.kvue.com/news/top/stories/073107kvuechupacabrafind-cb.cc11e691.html
Chupacabra on CNN. http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/03/animal.mystery.chupacabra/index.html
http://cryptozoo.monstrous.com/index.htm
Loch Ness Monster http://www.nessie.co.uk/
This link has the most information. http://www.newanimal.org/
Jersey Devil http://theshadowlands.net/jd.htm
Official Jackie Robinson site
Jackie Robinson Tribute by Hank Aaron
ESPN Jackie Robinson Bio.
Traditional Literature Definitions http://web.gccaz.edu/~rbarstac/291Fall08/TradLit/TradLit1a.htm
American Folklore http://www.americanfolklore.net/index.html
Traditional Lit. organized by type. http://www.longlongtimeago.com/llta_folktales.html
Tales in alphabetical order by title http://www.rickwalton.com/folktale/folktale.htm
Animal group names. http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Pointless/AnimalGroups.html