Language Arts
Students in the gifted resource program may be a part of regular, differentiated classroom instruction and/or small group reading instruction with the gifted resource teacher. Literary analysis techniques are taught using novels, non-fiction texts, poems, and short passages pulled from a variety of sources, including the Jacob's Ladder Reading Comprehension program.
LINKS
Biography Internet Resources
Biography.com http://www.biography.com/search/index.html A searchable database of 25,000 famous people, from the folks who produce the TV show Biography.
The Biographical Dictionary http://www.s9.com/biography/search.html Biographies of more than 28,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day.
Dead People Server http://dpsinfo.com/dps.html Search for, um, "dead-certain" answers to the question, "Is this person still alive?" A directory of "interesting celebrities" who are no longer with us.
World Biographical Index http://www.biblio.tu-bs.de/acwww25u/wbi_en/ This site is based on the 7th CD ROM edition of the World Biographical Index containing about 2.8 million short biographical entries for "eminent individuals."
Specialized Biography Search Sites
Chiefs of State http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/chiefs/
People On Stamps http://www.philately.com/philately/biographies.htm
British Royalty http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/gedx.html
Biblical Characters http://bible.crosswalk.com/Dictionaries/HitchcockBibleNames/
Nobel Laureates http://www.nobel.se/
Distinguished Women http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/
Prominent Anarchists http://flag.blackened.net/liberty/libertarians.html
Classical Composers http://www.classical.net/music/mstrindx.html
Famous Artists http://www.askart.com/
Annie Oakley
www.biography.com/people/annie-oakley-9426141
PBS
Eleanor Roosevelt
www.biography.com/people/eleanor-roosevelt-9463366
Albert Einstein
www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1921/einstein-bio.html
Joan of Arc
www.biography.com/people/joan-of-arc-9354756
www.ducksters.com/biography/women_leaders/joan_of_arc.php
A Christmas Carol
- Stave one www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hA5T1G7rxg
- Stave two www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwii8AMfgkA
2016's Battle of the Books List can be found here.
This year students are participating in a 30 book challenge for the year. Students are encouraged to read from a variety of genres and share their book recommendations.
SIGNPOSTS - fiction
Students are learning to identify signposts in their reading, and use the signpost to critically analyze the text.
SIGNPOSTS - nonfiction
- Contrasts and Contradictions
- Extreme and Absolute Language
- Numbers and Stats
Links
Book Adventure Book Finder - Use this link to help pick your next book
Scholastic Book Club - Scholastic offers many great games and activities to explore while reading a book.
Free Rice - Earn free rice for developing countries while building your vocabulary
Kidblog - See class blog & student blogs. You need permission in order to start a blog.
Vocabulary Merriam-Webster challenging vocabulary, misspelling, & visual games
Reading is Fundamental writing activities (story starter, poetry, etc) & many bilingual activities
Quiddler Play boggle-type game. Must sign up to try to be eligible to win prizes.
Playfic Online community that lets you write, remix, share, and play interactive text-based games with the world. Story starter lets you add lines and it follows up to change the story.
Book Adventure Book Finder - Use this link to help pick your next book
Scholastic Book Club - Scholastic offers many great games and activities to explore while reading a book.
Free Rice - Earn free rice for developing countries while building your vocabulary
Kidblog - See class blog & student blogs. You need permission in order to start a blog.
Vocabulary Merriam-Webster challenging vocabulary, misspelling, & visual games
Reading is Fundamental writing activities (story starter, poetry, etc) & many bilingual activities
Quiddler Play boggle-type game. Must sign up to try to be eligible to win prizes.
Playfic Online community that lets you write, remix, share, and play interactive text-based games with the world. Story starter lets you add lines and it follows up to change the story.