This site produced by the Screen Actors Guild presents streaming videos of of books being read to students by famous actors. Each book presented includes a book summary, several age appropriate activities, information about the author, and information about the reader. Teachers can also download a complete lesson plan to use with the book. The list of books appropriate for your grade on this site are as follows: Brave Irene written by William Steig, read by Al Gore Me and My Cat written by Satoshi Kitamura, read by Elijah Wood My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother written by Patricia Polacco, read by Melissa Gilbert A Bad Case of Stripes written by David Shannon, read by Sean Austin No Mirrors in my Nana's House written by Ysaye M. Barnwell, read by Tia and Tamera Mowry Thank You Mr. Faulker written by Patricia Polacco, read by Jane Kazmarek The Night I followed the Dog written by Nina Laden, read by Amanda Byrnes Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge written by Mem Fox, read by Bradley Whitford.
Grade 6. A site from Houghton Mifflin English that reviews many basic grammar skills such as prepositional phrases, complex sentences, modifiers, clauses and many others.
Combining the contents of an encyclopedia, a dictionary, an atlas and several up-to-the minute almanacs loaded with statistics, facts, and historical records, Infoplease places the resources of an entire reference information center at students fingertips. This web site continuously updates and refines this enormous body of information as well as adding new discoveries and identifying trends so they have the most reliable and authoritative information.
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DAILY WORD SEARCH
A timed Word Search puzzle that changes daily – list is composed of
approximately 20 words. Good practice for intermediate grades.
