Online Literature-Based Resources
for Fourth and Fifth Grade Teachers
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Online Literature-Based Resources
for Fourth and Fifth Grade Teachers
A Sampling of How Fourth and Fifth Graders
Can Make A Difference With Technology
Exploring During Workshop Literature Extension Activities Classroom Web Pages Interactive Online Activities Resources for Teachers
Literacy Opportunity Resource to Explore Documenting Work, Constructing New Knowledge, and
Communicating Ideas with Technology ToolsKid Pix Studio:
Map Regions of Virginia, created by 4th graders
Responding to Art, by 4th graders
Civil War Timeline, by 5th graders
Art Extension with King Tut, and Egyptian people colored by 3rd graders
Water cycle learning template and student drawing
Martin Luther King Slide Show, created by 3rd Graders
Illustrate the setting of a story, draw by 2nd grader
Favorite parts of a story, created by 1st graders
Label maps from non-fiction texts, created by 3rd grader
Art Extension for Tiger Slippers, by 3rd gradersInspiration and Kidspiration
Animals in Our Backyard, created by 2nd Graders
Living and Non-Living Things
Student Work Samples: (by 5th graders) solve a murder mystery,
the earth's interior, summary outline of course's units
(See templates on the software program)HyperStudio:
Black History Projects, by 6th graders
Country Projects, by 6th graders
Simple Machines, interactive quiz (and others) designed by teachers
Animal Habitats, created by 3rd GradersPowerPoint:
Artist Slide Shows, created by 4th graders after reading From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Dutchess County, NY: created by fourth graders after doing an "I Love NY" webquest
Arctic Animal Slide Shows, by 4th graders
Biography Slide Show, by 4th grader
Teacher designed presentations for instruction
Back to School Night Slide Show, by 4th grade teacherNetscape Composer (Web Page Design):
Birds of Prey Project, designed by fifth graders
Pocantico Elementary School Curriculum Projects (Civil War, Tibet, Women, Presidents by fourth & fifth graders)
West Elementary Internet Projects (Rock Hounds)Word Processor: (ClarisWorks)
Colonial Mini-Book Template
Class Alphabet Book on the state of Virginia
Portrait Pairs, match drawing and description of students
Egypt Slide Show
Archeology Is..., poetry responses by 5th graders
Access to Age-Appropriate
and Current
Information
- Enchanted Learning: Age-appropriate information, visuals, Little Explorers Dictionary, Rebus Rhymes, Zoom Learning Units, Holiday Activities and Printables for Students
- Information Please Kids Almanac: Learning Network's Fact Monster includes an almanac, atlas, dictionary and encylopedia
- LycosZone: Easy to use reference materials for children including a kids almanac, encyclopedia, dictionary, atlas, animal locater, and kid's online library plus lots of categories of regular school topics
Internet Project Responses to Text (Fiction and Non-Fiction)
- Predicting: Sarah, Plain and Tall
- Point of View: The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
- Summarizing & Adapting: Holidays Around the World (with a followup of their own holidays)
- Art Extension: The Vingananee and the Tree Toad
- 3-D Model Extension: Shelter Models from Hatchet
- Personal Narrative: Sally Salamander Story by third grade student
- Responding to A Field Trip: Maple Sugaring book written by ESL students
- Online Storybooks with Clay Animation
- Summarizing Research: The United States Project - Study the states, draw a map, write ten facts and publish
- Authentic Writing: Log of a "Titanic survivor"
- Writing How-To Paragraphs
Literature-Based
Internet ActivitiesSCORE Cyberguides for Fourth and Fifth Graders Webquests for Fourth and Fifth Graders
- Ancient Egypt for Elementary School Students
- Rat Tales (Thinkquest Junior created BY students)
- Comprehension Development (for Teachers)
Anticipation Guides Anticipation Guides (read my Suite101 article)
- Definition and Generic Format Example
- Extended Anticipation Guide (includes written response)
- Example of agree/disagree anticipation guide
- Content Area Literacy Anticipation Guide for high school (with teacher's reflective comments)
- Examples for different literacy tasks (Fungi science textbook)
- Example of pre and post reading tasks in one anticipation guide
- Guide that stresses prediction and validation of chapter events
- Guide for an entire novel (Number the Stars)
- Example of electronic anticipation guide emailed back to teacher with link to text (part of electronic homework design with online pre-reading and post-reading activities)
Children's Author - Related Background & Activities Lois Lowry Eve Bunting
- Read Carol Hurst's Featured Author article
- Attend BookSense's Interview with Lois Lowry
- Access a personal letter written for her readers
Katherine Paterson
- Eve Bunting: Authors Online Project
- Eve Bunting Teacher Resource File: Many links to resources
- A Talk with Eve Bunting
Ideas for Projects
That Integrate Technology
- Tammy's Technology Tips: templates, rubrics, handouts, related resources and much more
- Plug-It In Resources: lots of project examples and a Toolkit and web page evaluation forms for teachers practicing the integration of technology
- ESSDACK online database of projects that integrate technology for grades 4-6 and all other grades. (ESSDACK: Educational Services and Staff Development in Central Kansas)
- Connecting Education and Computers Newsletter that reviews options for educators to address interdisciplinary skills and strategies with technology
- Midlink Magazine Project Integration Examples
- Virtual Classroom Ideas for integrating technology
Efficient Search Engines
for TeachersSafe Searching or Browsing with Children
- Yahooligans: use search feature or "browse" through topic-based menus designed and screened for children; websites with pictures, music or video are highlighted first; nice teaching integration ideas
- Ask Jeeves (just type in a question)
- KidsClick (get a suggested reading level for each website)
- Information Please Kids Almanac
Searching Lessons for Students
- KidsClick World of Web Searching Strategy Lessons
- Yahooligans Search Strategies or Safe Surfing Quiz
- PBS Kids TechKnow: earn your online web license to surf the Internet
Online Tools
for Creating
Literacy Activities
(see also my list
of online tools)
- Filamentality (click on start a new topic to make your own)
- Quia.com: tools and templates for twelve types of interactive online quizzes online; includes a database of quizzes already created
- TrackStar: use this template to easily compile your links into an instructional webpage
- 8th Grade Career Magazine
- Oral Presenations and African Folktales
- Building and Improving Comprehension
- Tennesee Language Arts Collection (scroll down to Language Arts)
- Discovery School's Puzzlemaker, Vocabulary Quiz Whiz, Instant Glossary Builder, and more
- QuizLab: tools for making, sorting, and assessing online quizzes for your students
Literacy Extension Activities
FOURTH GRADE
- Animal Habitats Reports by fourth graders
- Adaptations of the National Anthem
- Children's Encyclopedia of Women: ongoing project by 3rd & 4th graders
- Examples of third grade lesson plans (and student samples) using word processors, Kid Pix drawing tools, and spreadsheets. (Lessons for other grades available here too).
- Extended definitions of Landforms terminology by fourth graders
- Fairy Tale Unit (many mini-units of popular Fairy Tales)
- Forces of the Earth Research Project published as Website by 3rd & 4th Graders
- Fourth Grade Project Ideas
- Hot Air Balloon Race stories and integrated project plan
- If I Were There: online stories in Black History told by kids as if they had really been there
- I Have A Dream Too: dreams of 3rd and 4th graders inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Illustrated Space Adventure Story by a fourth grader
- Insect Poetry and Poems About Hunger, Acrostic Spider Poems, and published by fourth graders
- Interactive Text about The Legend of Black Hand Gorge
- Maple Sugaring Field Trip book written by ESL students
- Moon Rock Interactive Space Adventure by third graders
- Online Claymation Books by third graders
- Online Interactive Mad Libs created by fourth graders
- Pictoral Tour of Native American Literature Project
- Publishing Finished Products of Pirate Project
- * Swahili Alphabet book created as extension of the book Thunder Cave by Roland Smith
- Rainforest Website created by Fourth graders
- * Research response to Number the Stars by fourth graders
- State Report: ABC's of Georgia by fourth and fifth grade gifted students
- Thematic Units: lots for grade 3 through grade 5; this is a great resource for ideas and student work samples
- The Important Project by fourth graders
FIFTH GRADE
- Comprehensive Response to a Fifth Grade Field Trip to Florence, Italy
- Fairland Elementary School Student Projects: a great list of projects, many related to literature (eg. tall tales, circle stories, Native American storytellers, Old Yeller); also includes a Class Project Template for posting projects online
- Famous Americans Biography Book Reports by 5th Graders: book reports, stamp artwork and recorded summary comments in audio clips
- Fifth Grade Web Site from Ft. Apache Indian Reservation
- Goosebumps Scary Story Winners
- HTML Stories by 5th and 6th Graders in Australia
- Images of Greatness Website created by 4th and 5th Grade Gifted Students
- Investigation of Ancient Greece fifth grade unit
- Letters About Literature National Student Writing Contest
- Newbery Book Reviews by 6th grade students
- Opinion Pieces by 5th Graders: Can A Woman be President?
- Original Stories from an 11 year old girl who hopes to one day be an author
- PhotoTransfusion and HyperStudio Projects
- Fifth Grade Poetry Corner
- Revolutionary War ABC Book by fifth graders
- Tales from Camelot: a book of Arthurian legends written by 4th and 5th graders
- Web Weavers After School Web page projects by 5th and 6th grade girls and more Web Weavers from Christiansburg Elementary School
- WebLinked Activities for Students in Grades 3-5 by McGraw Hill
- Welcome to the Middle Ages fifth grade web page
- Oral History Unit on Women's History in Our Families
Classroom Web Pages
Online Interactive Activity Pages for Upper Elementary Students
- Great Project Ideas
- President's Day: Pretend to live the life of the President that you choose and write a book about yourself.
- CFSD Technology Literacy Projects (check out these projects developed by teachers for students from Grade 1 to Grade 5)
- Mr. Adler's 5th Grade Classroom Homepage (student webpages and class projects)
- Ms. Sunda's Gifted Resource Program (many award-winning examples of projects published by gifted third graders on topics like poetry, tall tales, mysteries, biographies, fables, and even verbs)
- Endangered Species Reports by 5th Grade Students and Unit Lesson plan from teacher
- KidzPagePoetry for Older Readers
- Washington DC Technology Lab Integrated Project Ideas for Grade 4 and Grade 5
- Fifth Grade Literature List
- Middle School Magnet Schools, Redwood, CA
- Peace Builders: Students and teachers creating a "peaceable school" through conflict resolution using literature, games, discussions, and peer mediation. (lots of other elementary school projects listed here too)
- Mr. Leahy's Class Webpage: great projects from many years
- Great Links for Fourth and Fifth Grade Topics
- Fredonia Web Site links
- Fourth grade geography and culture links
- Miscellaneous links from a fourth grade classroom list
- Discover what interests you at DiscoveryKids.com
- Solve A Mystery at The case.com
- University of Illinois Extension Activities
- Just for Kids: Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
- Flat Stanley Project
- Spywatch Comic Strip Adventure With Reading for 7-9 year olds; after popular BBC program
- Treasures @ Sea: Exploring the Oceans Through Literature
- Lunaland.com: explore interactive fantasy stories
- Language Arts for Kids: online community of kids, parents, and teachers interested in language, writing, reading, and more. (example of one fifth grader's poetry entries)
Teacher Literacy and Technology Resources
- Texas Bluebonnet Books (1999-2000) (2000-2001) Great third grade books with lots of Internet extensions. (Great ideas for many grade levels.) This web site promotes the belief that "children's literature provides powerful learning and entertainment opportunities that are catalysts to creativity and research."
- Four Blocks Literacy Center from Teachers.net
- Thematic Links Grades 3-5 from EdTech Department in Kennessaw, Georgia: what begins as a simple list emerges into an incredible resource for upper elementary teachers
- Dr Amy McClure's website from Ohio Wesleyan Univerisity on Children Literature Activities with students
- A Picture's Worth a Thousand Words: Using Digital Images in Teaching
- Scholastic: Home of many wonderful projects, ideas, lesson plans and teaching resources
- StudyWeb's Resource Index for Children's Literature and Reading and Literacy
