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Author and Illustrator Information -
Monalisa DeGross Excerpt from the Book - Teacher Review and Activities |
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| Vocabulary and Definitions | Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle |
| Proofreading Makes Perfect - Print and complete....Requires Acrobat. | Test Tutor - Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots Complete this activity online! |
| Building Background |
Dipping Into
Donovan's Jar New Ways to Learn Words |
| Word Wall Lessons - An Education World Lesson Planning Article....Click here for a Word Wall Resource page. | Graffiti Wall - Create your own word wall here!!! Wow! What fun....write online! |
| Click and Drag Poetry - This online version of refrigerator magnets allows you to experiment with words. Move the words around to create! |
Donovan's Word Jar Bloom Taxonomy Lesson Plan |
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My World of Words: Building Vocabulary Lists - Lesson Plan....This lesson affords students the opportunity to select personalized vocabulary words based on their interests and facets of their daily lives. Through cooperative group discussion, students will generate their own vocabulary word lists and research the words' meanings. Each student will create a "My World of Words Journal" that will include definitions and proper usage information. |
Word Turtle
- This is a custom seek and find word search
game. You give FunBrain a list of words which it then hides in the puzzle.
Select a level and whether you want to play against FunBrain or if you
want the puzzle to be printed out on paper so you can play it away from
the computer.
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| What's the Word - Online vocabulary game.....Match the word with the picture | Spin and Spell - Online game.......spin the wheel and then spell the word. Play against the computer or with a partner. |
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Learning Vocabulary Words Can Be Fun
Four interactive word games! |
Word Works - An online game where you can create and use new words. |
| Write a Book Review - Recommend this book to other students! | Bookmarks - Print these bookmarks and use to write down unfamiliar words as you read |
| Word Central - Daily buzzword, word games, and more! | |
| Postcards Connection | |
| Postcard Geography - Donovan's Grandmother collected postcard from faraway places....Join this great Internet Project and receive postcards from all over!! | Send a Postcard - Students can send an electronic postcard to a friend through the Library of Congress' America's Library. |
| Middle Atlantic Postcard - WebQuest | Latin American Postcard - WebQuest created for 6th grade but could be adapted to 4th grade |
| Washington D.C. WebQuest | Author Postcards - WebQuest |
| Senior Citizen Connection | |
| Entertaining Senior Citizens - Read how one school works with senior citizens. | Online with Senior Citizens - Students in a third grade class were paired with senior citizens from a local group, the Mature Minglers, while students in a fifth grade class at Della Lutes School were paired with senior citizens from the Waterford Drop-In Center. Students were assigned to write biographies of their keypals (senior citizens). |
| Students Share Computer Know-How with Senior Citizens - Education World Article | Ideas to Involve Senior Citizens - Seven ideas of how school can get involved with Seniors |
