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Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann

Peggy Rathmann's Official Page
http://www.peggyrathmann.com/

Kid's Safety Center
http://legal.firn.edu/kids/kids.html

Extraordinary Dogs
http://www.wnet.org/extraordinarydogs/

Safety Webquest
http://www.monroe.k12.il.us/websites/blimestall/webquestcommunityhelpersandservices.ht
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Pepita Talks Twice by Ofelia Dumas Lachtman

Meet Ofelia Dumas Lachtman
www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/lachtman.html

Third Grade Spanish
http://www.vivaspanish.org/ThirdSpanish2.htm

Spanish Culture
http://www.uni.edu/becker/Spanish.html

Nate the Great, San Francisco Detective by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat & Mitchell Shatmat

Meet Sharmat
http://www.kidsreads.com/series/series-nate-author.asp

Visit San Francisco
http://www.sfgov.org/site/visitor_index.asp?id=7713

Detective Game
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/kids/games/

Allie's Basketball Dream by Barbara E. Barber

Meet the Author
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/book_buddy/allies_dream/author.html

Basketball Tips for Kids
http://www.prostar.com/web/northshr/bb-tips.htm

Woman's Basketball
http://www.wnba.com/

The Olympic Games: Where Heroes Are Made by Nicolas Camacho

Olympic Kid Zone
http://cbs.sportsline.com/u/kids/olympics/2000/

202 Winter Olympics
http://www.kidsturncentral.com/topics/sports/olympics2002.htm

Olympic History
http://www.journale.com/kodak/olympics/olympichistory/

What a Team!

Turtle Bay by Saviour Pirotta

Activities
http://www.nancypolette.com/LitGuidesText/turtlebay.htm

Meet the Author
http://www.hodderheadline.co.uk/authordetails.asp?author=3199

Sea Turtle Videos
http://www.cccturtle.org/turtleclips.htm

Sea Turtle Games
http://www.cccturtle.org/games.htm

Introduction to Sea Turtles
http://www.cccturtle.org/overview.htm

Balto, the Dog Who Saved Nome by Margaret Davidson

Meet the Author
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/book_buddy/balto/author.html

North Pole Web Cam
http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/gallery_np.html

Arctic Pictures
http://www.bergheims.com/hornsund/

Dog Sled Photo Gallery
http://www.dogsled.com/gallery/index.html

Slide Show of Iditarod Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarodtours.com/slideshow.htm

Wild Shots, They're My Life by Tui De Roy

Meet the Author
http://www.kiwirecovery.org.nz/extras/image_gallery/tui.php3?gallery=2

Galapagos Island Photo Gallery
http://www.galapagos-islands-pictures.org/

Overview of the Galapagos Island
http://www.galapagos-islands.net/

Little Grunt and the Big Egg by Tomie dePaola

Meet the Author
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/depaola.html

Little Grunt and the Big Egg Quiz
http://wilburnes.wcpss.net/technology/littlegrunt/littlegrunt.html

Volcano Virtual Field Trip
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/kids/vrtrips.html


Information an Volcanoes
http://www.fema.gov/kids/volcano.htm

Rosie, a Visiting Dog's Story by Stephanie Calmenson

Meet the Author
http://www.stephaniecalmenson.com/stephanie.htm

Video Clip of a dog with a job
http://dogswithjobs.com/dwj_tv/endal_f.htm

Different Jobs Dogs Have
http://dogswithjobs.com/about_dogs/dog_jobs/dog_jobs.html

The Stories Julian Tells by Ann Cameron

Meet the author
http://www.edupaperback.org/authorbios/Cameron_Ann.html

Literature Study http://www.kyrene.org/schools/brisas/sunda/litpack/julian_sample.htm

Ann Cameron's Ideas for Teachers http://www.childrensbestbooks.com/frames/teacherstext.htm#anchorjulian

Key Questions for all 6 Chapters PLUS Literacy Links at the Bottom
http://boston.k12.ma.us/lyon/pg_julte.htm

The Talent Show by Susan Wojciechowski

Meet the author
http://goose.ycp.edu/~swojciec/life.htm

Constellation Printable
http://www.stargazers.freeserve.co.uk/dottodotpage.htm

Constellation Mythology
http://www.coldwater.k12.mi.us/lms/planetarium/myth/index.html

Astronomy For Kids
http://www.frontiernet.net/~kidpower/astronomy.html

Centerfield Ballhawk by Matt Christopher

Meet the author with Questions and Answers
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/askauthor/Christopher.html

Related Web Link - Many about Baseball
http://www.murrieta.k12.ca.us/alta/grade3/ballhawk/links.html

Activities
http://www.murrieta.k12.ca.us/alta/grade3/ballhawk/

Romana Forever by Beverly Cleary

Meet the Author
http://www.beverlycleary.com/beverlycleary/index.html

Meet the Characters
http://www.beverlycleary.com/characters/index.html

Teacher Recourse Files
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/cleary.htm

Visit Romana at Portland School Garden
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/cleary.htm

Sayings We Share: Proverbs and Fables compiled by Norma Tong Lee

Aesop's Fables on Traditional and Modern Versions
http://www.umass.edu/aesop/

Proverbs From Around the World
http://staff.uscolo.edu/peterssl/topics/internatl/traditional-proverbs.htm

Activities With Proverbs for Kids
http://www.syvum.com/proverbs/kids.html

On Line Collection of Aesop's Fables
http://www.pacificnet.net/~johnr/aesop/

Books to Use Plus Activities
http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-2169.html

Tell Me A Story

 Papa Tells Chita a Story by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard

Meet the author - scroll down

http://kwr.co-nect.net/meet.html

Spanish American War - Cuba

http://www.historical-museum.org/history/war/war.htm

Coyote Places the Stars by Harriet Peck Taylor

Online reading of this story - slight variation, interesting!

http://neoscenes.net/sounds/stories/sounds/coyote_places.html

Faribault Blanket that illustrates this story

http://www.cellinifinegifts.com/fwm_coyotestars.htm

Coyote the Trickster Unit

http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/balboa/coyotetrick/teacher.html

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aardema

Meet the Authors

http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/dillon.htm

KidReach Reading Center Anticipation Guide Online for this story

http://www.westga.edu/~kidreach/mosquitos.html

Lesson Plan

http://etc.sccoe.k12.ca.us/i98/ii98Units/LngArts/stories/text/whymosq.html

African Animal Hunt - animals from the book used.

http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/supp/african_animal_hunt.htm

Lon Po Po by Ed Young

http://www.vickiblackwell.com/lit/lonpopo.html

http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-8005.html

http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-8005.html

http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/young.htm

The Crowded House by Eva Jacob

Folktales From Many Countries
http://archive.zine5.com/folktales.htm

Folktale Drama for the Classroom
http://www.kidsactiontheater.com/plays.html

Readers' Theater Ideas
http://www.proteacher.com/070173.shtml

Japanese Folktales Lesson Plans
http://www.indiana.edu/~japan/LP/LS25.html
 

Good Neighbors

Leah's Pony by Elizabeth Friedrich

PBS Surviving the Dust Bowl

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dustbowl/

Scott Foresman site for this book

http://www.sfreading.com/3/u5_leah/

McGraw Hill site for this book

http://www.mmhschool.com/student/reading/mhreading/activity.php3?story=136

Yipee-Yay! A Book About Cowboys and Cowgirls by Gail Gibson

National Cowboy Museum - interactive site for kids

http://www.cowboyhalloffame.org/diamondr/index.html

Boom Town by Sonia Levitin

Economic Lesson that goes with book

http://www.kidseconposters.com/bks2/2supply_demand/boom_town.html

California Gold rush by PBS

http://www.pbs.org/goldrush/

Cocoa Ice by Diana Appelbaum

 

Chocolate Games and Activities
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/chocolate/games/games.htm

Virtual Tour of a Chocolate Factory
http://www.scharffenberger.com/factory/virtual/index.php

Cocoa Bean and how it's used
http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sln/tf/c/cacao/cacao.html

If You Made A Million by Steven Kellogg

Lesson Plan

http://libweb.uncc.edu/cimc/integration/Units/IfMillion.htm

Teacher website

http://www.murrieta.k12.ca.us/alta/grade3/million/

Celebrate Our World

I'm In Charge of Celebrations by Byrd Baylor

Meet the author

http://www.kidstrek.com/1star/celebrate.html

Meet the author
http://www.kidstrek.com/1star/celebrate.html

Discussion Question and Activities
http://www.kidstrek.com/1star/celebrate.html


Ideas and Lyrics to Create a Celebration
http://www.songsforteaching.com/CarnivalParade.html

Southwest Culture
http://www.germantown.k12.il.us/html/southwest.html

Alejandro's Gift by Richard Albert

 

Lesson Plan Ideas
http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/byrnes-literature/rusk.html

Biography
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/albert.htm

Arizona Information
http://www.atozkidsstuff.com/arizona.html

 

Rocking and Rolling by Philip Steele

Lesson Plan Ideas
http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/byrnes-literature/rusk.html

Earthquake Literature Connections
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~ransomdd/Atpweb/earthquakelit.htm

Volcano Literature Connections
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~ransomdd/Atpweb/volcanolit.htm

Learning Unit
http://www.connected-learning.org/Products/cgloolu2.htm

Armadillo from Amarillo by Lynne Cherry

Interview with the Author

http://www.friend.ly.net/scoop/biographies/cherrylynne/

Webquest

http://www.scs.k12.tn.us/STT2000_wq/2-5/cunninghl/default.htm

Visitors from Space by Jeanne Bendick

Comets

http://www.frontiernet.net/~kidpower/comet.html

Meteors

http://www.frontiernet.net/~kidpower/meteorite.html

Go to space sites on the 3rd grade science site!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Updated Feb., 2003