Good links to go with each story. Click on the story we are reading to read about the author. Click on 'eglossary' to look up vocabulary words. Click on 'ewordgame' to play a vocabulary game. Have fun! http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/index.jsp?grade=4
AKIAK Iditarod Race - Scholastic
Sled Dogs: An Alaskan Epic - go to Dogsledding 101 link
Learn about Alaska
Author Robert Blake tells how he wrote the story of Akiak
GRANDFATHER'S JOURNEY Learn About Japan
How to Use Chopsticks
How to write a Haiku poem
FINDING THE TITANIC Story of the Titanic
Titanic Facts
Titanic Exhibition from Encyclopedia Britannica
BY THE SHORES OF SILVER LAKE Virtual tour of Laura Ingalls home and life on the prairie.
Learning about Braille
Time-Line of Laura Ingalls life
Pioneer Supply List
A VERY IMPORTANT DAY Ben's Guide to Citizenship
Interactive Tour of Ellis Island
BOSS OF THE PLAINS Stetson hats and John Stetson
The history of making Stetson hats
TOMAS AND THE LIBRARY LADY Learn about Tomas Rivera
Learn about migrant workers
CENDRILLON Cinderella Stories from Around the World
Learn about the island of Martinique
HEAT WAVE Animated Tall Tales
Hot, Hot, Hot! - Learn about hot spots around the world
SING TO THE STARS Watch video and listen to violin, viola, cello and double bass
San Francisco Symphony for Kids - compose your own music
Learn about the Harlem Rennaisance
Learn about the jazz musician - James P. Johnson - mentioned in the story
Jazz Kids: Interactive site about jazz from PBS
THE LAST DRAGON Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year Stories
Chinese Dragons
Virtual tour of San Francisco's Chinatown
MARVEN OF THE GREAT NORTH WOODS Learn About Logging
Learn about the 1918 influenza epidemic
French for kids
THE STRANGER Chris Van Allsburg's website
Jack Frost stories
How autumn leaves turn color - short video
MY NAME IS MARIA ISABEL Christmas Traditions around the world
Read about Hannukah
GLORIA ESTEFAN Biography of Gloria Estefan
What is Multiple Sclerosis?
Kids biography of Fidel Castro
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR. KING Text and Video of MLK's "I Have a Dream Speech"
Learn about the Civil Rights movement
Kids biography of Martin Luther King Jr.
LOU GEHRIG Lou Gehrig Biography
What is Lou Gehrig's disease?
Official Website of Lou Gehrig
ROALD DAHL Roald Dahl website
Roald Dahl information and activities
More Roald Dahl Activities
OTHER RESOURCES
ASK FOR KIDS http://www.askforkids.com/
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC FOR KIDS http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
TIME FOR KIDS http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/
BBC Typing practice http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing
Learn to type http://kids.learn2type.com/Tots
Paragraph Writing http://www2.actden.com/writ_den/tips/paragrap/index.htm
Analogy of the Day http://www.factmonster.com/analogies
Parts of a Book http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/bookparts4.cfm
Possessive Nouns http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objid=wcn1601
Practice YOUR spelling list here! Spelling City
The Terrible Wave - Johnstown Flood
The Johnstown Flood (The Terrible Wave)
Links to Houghton Mifflin
A very fun site! Build Yourself WILD
Interactive e-books for kids