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CSD Literacy Curriculum
Town of Colchester 
Burnham Memorial Library  
The Colchester Sun 

Language Arts

AUTHORS

• Roald Dahl

• Lois Lowry

• Katherine Paterson

• Misc. Authors

• Kids Konnect Authors

LITERATURE

• Biographies

• Bio Cube

• TumbleReadables

• Character Trading Cards

POETRY

• Giggle
• Shel Silverstein
• Poetry 4 Kids
• Poem Types
• Jack Prelutsky
• Poetry Writing with Jack Prelutsky
• Poetry Idea Engine
• Acrostic Poem
• Diamante Poem
• Shape Poetry
• Seussville

MATH

• Everyday Math

• Funbrain

• A+ Math Games

• Understanding Fractions

• Time & Money

• Lemonade Stand

• ClassBrain

• Flash Cards

• Apples 4 The Teacher

• Timed Math Facts

• Various Topics

• SurfNetKids.com (many math games)

• Divisibilty Rules

• Multiplication Flash Cards

• Kids Konnect Math

• Division Games

• Math Minutes

• Sheppard Software Math

• Think Math

• Math Live

• Create A Graph

• Math is Fun - Math Resources

• EveryDay Math games

• EveryDay Math Resources

• More EveryDay Math games

• Online Math Dictionary

• Math Manipulatives

• XtraMath

• Super Maths World

• MathsMaster videos

• Maths Zone

• Math Playground

• Cool Math

Teaching Time:

• Telling Time

• Clock Shoot

• Stop the Clock

• Math Games: Telling Time

ANGLES

• Math Playground

• Class Brain

• Ambleside Primary

LANGUAGE ARTS

• Grammaropolis

ART

• Picturing America

• Picassohead

• Haring Kids

• Classroom Architect

ONLINE BOOKS

• Thought Audio

• Read Print

• Planet ebook

• Free Book-s

Science

• Science Animations

• Bill Nye

• Cool Science

• National Geographic Kids

• Kids Konnect

• Exploratorium-Science Museum

ANIMALS

• Animal Planet

• Animal Fact Guide

• Kids Planet Animals (and Endangered Species Act)

• Kid Zone

• National Zoo

• Ocean Animals

• The Wild Ones

• ZoomSchool

• Scholastic Dirtmeister

• Eco Kids

Arctic Animals

• A-Z Animals

• Animals of the Arctic

• Arctic Wildlife

• Tundra Animals

HUMAN BODY

• Cells Alive

• Let's CELLebrate

• Cell Inspector

• Kidsknowit

• Anatomy Arcade

• Cell Games

PLANETS

• Nine Planets

• Nine Planets for Kids

• NASA for Kids

• NASA

• Fact Monster Planets

• Kids Konnect Planets

• Astronomy for Kids

• Exploring the Planets

• Inner Planets

• Planetary Fact Sheets

• Solar System Exploration

• JPL  Solar System

• Kids Astronomy

• Samoset Elementary

• Enchanted Learning

• Your Weight on the Planets

• Solar System WebQuest

• Build a Space Mission

• 8 Wonders of the Solar System interactive site

• The Phases of the Moon (YouTube)

• Nat'l Geog. Birth of the Solar System (YouTube)
   

PLANTS

• Entering the Plant Cell (YouTube video 2min.)

ROCKS AND MINERALS

• Rocks for Kids

• Mineralogy Society

WEATHER

• Fact Monster

• Hurricanes

• NOAA

• Web Weather for Kids

• Weather Wiz Kids

Social Studies

• Fact Monster

GEOGRAPHY

• Sheppard Software
• Geography Quiz
• Map Puzzles
• Online Interactive Maps

GREEK MYTHOLOGY

• Gods, Heroes, etc.
• Johnny's Story Page: Greek myths
• Starfall: Greek myths

NATIVE AMERICANS

• Cheyenne, Inuit, Navajo, Kwakiutl
• Webquest
• Native Americans

REGIONS OF THE WORLD

Desert

• Great Places Namib
• Desert USA
• Botanical Gardens
• Berkeley Biomes
• World Desert Maps
• Blue Planet
• Cyber Zoo
• Arizonensis
• Think Quest Sahara
• Sahara
• Think Quest Kalahari
• Animal Planet
• Britannica Arabian Desert
• Wildlife of the Gobi
• Enchanted Learning
• Desert Vocabulary
• Desert USA

Polar and Arctic Lands

• Facts on North Pole
• Arctic Animals
• Adventure Life
• Map of Antarctica
• Cold Facts about Antarctica - Univ. of Chicago
• Arctic Library
• Arctic Animals
• Tundra
• Enchanted Learning Arctic
• Enchanted Learning Antarctica

Rainforest

• Blue Planet Biomes

• Enchanted Learning

• Radford

• CalTech

• Tropical Rainforests

• Missouri Botanical Gardens

• RainTree

• Rainforest Education

• San Diego Zoo

• Tropical Plants

US STATES

• US State Information
• States and Capitals
• 50 States
• State Quiz
• US Flag Interactive

13 COLONIES

• 13 Colonies
• Original 13 Colonies
• Wintek
• Time Page

VERMONT

• Green Mt. State
• Wikipedia Vermont
• State Symbols
• VT Secretary of State

Black History

• Scholastic Underground Railroad
• History of Slavery
• Slavery in Maryland
• National Geographic Underground Railroad
• Artifacts
• Harriet Tubman
• Underground Railroad in VT
• African American History
• Frederick Douglas
• Encylopedia Britannica
   
• Revolutionay War
• Civil War
• Civil War (YouTube ~2min.)
   

• Presidential Interactive Map

Homework Helper Links

• American Library Association

• AOL@School

• Ask For Kids

• Awesome Library

• CNN News for Students

• Crossword Puzzle Maker

• Dictionary

• Enchanted Learning

• Encyclopedia Smithsonian

• Fact Monster

• Kids Click!

• Kids Konnect

• Kids Games

• National Geographic

• National Geographic

• Underground Railroad

• PBS Kids

• PuzzleMaker

• Quintura

• Scholastic 

• Starfall

• Sweetsearch

• Time for Kids

• Wikipedia

• Yahooligans

• Watch Know videos

Seasonal Websites

• History of Thanksgiving at History.com

• Plimoth Thanksgiving

• Thanksgiving Day Vocabulary

• The First Thanksgiving

• Who were the Pilgrims?

• ABC Teach Thanksgiving Resources

• Native American Crafts

• The Pilgrims Journey-a webquest

• Plimoth Thanksgiving

OLYMPICS

• Olympics 2010

• NBC Olympic Site

Educational Games

• Fuel the Brain

ELL Sites

• Repeat After Us

• Type It

• Voxy

• Eye On Idioms

• Idiom Dictionary

• Learning Chocolate

• Smart.fm

• Vocabulix

• Forvo

• CAPL

• The Story Place

• Verbs online

• Wordsteps

• Kindersay

• ESL Basics

Avatar Creators

• Lego mini-mizer

• Wild Yourself

• Wimp Yourself

Sites for Teachers

• Family Education

• Teachers First

• Teacher Vision

• Teachers Domain

• Kahn Academy

• Newspaper archives 1707-2004

• Podcasting: AudioBoo

   Online Timers:

• Online Stopwatch

• Online Egg Timer

• Timerr

MISC

• Picturing America

• Kerpoof

• Make a Snowflake

• Nutrition

• Earth Day Bags

• Wordle

• Crayola

BULLYING INFO

For Students

• Bullying.org- Where You are Not Alone (Games, Resources, Support Groups)

• Let's Talk About Bullying

• Youth Crime Watch of America

• Report Someone and Save Lives

• Verb: It's What You Do

• Stop Bullying Now

• SafeKids USA

For Parents

• Bully Free Kids: How to Prevent Your Children
  From Becoming the Victim of a Bully

• The NetLingo Top 20 Internet Acronyms Every Parent Needs to Know

• Text Message Abbreviations

• The Lion and Lamb Project

•  Alliance for Parent Centers

• Safe Child Program

• A Parent's Guide to FaceBook