Reading Resources

Updated 10/29/11 - Story Guides re-linked

Harcourt Textbook Resources Note: Links will be checked and repaired as my class gets to the units/stories.
Theme 1 "Look Inside Yourself"	Theme 2 "Team Work"	Theme 3 "A Changing Planet"
Theme 4 "Express Yourself"	Theme 5 "School Rules"	Theme 6 "American Adventure"
Reading Practice Checklist		Miscellaneous

Theme 1 "Look Inside Yourself": The Hot and Cold Summer Story Guide Harcourt Reading Skills Rocket - Prefixes, Suffixes, & Roots Harcourt Test Tutor - Prefixes, Suffixes, & Roots Pet Bird Page - Parrots Fact Monster - Mimosa tree Harper Collins Author Johanna Hurwitz Sees Behind Trees Story Guide Compare & Contrast Genres - Historical & Realistic Fiction Harcourt Reading Skills Rocket - Narrative Elements Harcourt Test Tutor - Narrative Elements Harcourt Building Background - Sounds Native American information Native American culture and photographs Nearsightedness Scholastic Author Michael Dorris Poetry: When Birds Remember, Limerick, & Haiku Giggle Poetry - How to write a Limerick Limerick Lesson Another Limerick Lesson Limerick History Haiku History Giggle Poetry - How to write Haiku United Streaming - Haiku instructional video - 10 minutes Yang the Third and Her Impossible Family Story Guide Harcourt Reading Skills Rocket - Prefixes, Suffixes, & Roots Harcourt Test Tutor - Prefixes, Suffixes, & Roots Violin Makers Shop Tour Teacher Resources - violins Johannes Brahms Author Lensey Namioka Dear Mrs. Parks Story Guide Harcourt Reading Skills Rocket - Make Judgments Friendly Letter Template National Geographic - Rosa Parks Scholastic - Rosa Parks Great Women - Rosa Parks Grandtimes - Rosa Parks Aesop's Fables Aesop's Fables and History of Aesop Aesop's Fables - six animated fables Elena Story Guide Harcourt Reading Skills Rocket - Narrative Elements Harcourt Test Tutor - Narrative Elements Pancho Villa Harper Collins Author Diane Stanley Mexican Revolution of 1910 Mexican Immigration Author Diane Stanley Top Theme 2 "Team Work" We'll Never Forget You, Roberto Clemente Story Guide Harcourt Reading Skills Rocket - Draw Conclusions Harcourt Test Tutor - Draw Conclusions Official Roberto Clemente Website Baseball Hall of Fame & Roberto Clemente History of Baseball Earthquakes 1972 Managua Earthquake Roberto Clemente Statue at Pirates' Stadium (panoramic view) Folk Tales from Asia Story Guide Harcourt Reading Skills Rocket - Summarize and Paraphrase Harcourt Test Tutor - Summarize and Paraphrase Harcourt Test Tutor - Figurative Language American Folklore Folktales, Myths & Legends Peace Corps Folktales from other cultures Scholastic Folktale writing Whootie Folktales to read online Iditarod Dream Story Guide Harcourt Reading Skills Rocket - Draw Conclusions Harcourt Test Tutors - Draw Conclusions Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Official Site Scholastic Iditarod Mushing Videos Junior Iditarod Official Site Woodsong Story Guide Harcourt Reading Skills Rocket - Summarize and Paraphrase Harcourt Test Tutor - Summarize and Paraphrase Harcourt Test Tutor - Figurative Language PBS Sled Dogs Random House Author Gary Paulsen Eduplace Author Gary Paulsen Island of the Blue Dolphins Story Guide Harcourt Reading Skills Rocket - Narrative Elements Harcourt Test Tutor - Narrative Elements Harcourt Test Tutor - Figurative Language Story Map Narrative Elements San Niolas Island Tour, Village, Animals Chumash Indians Sea World Busch Gardens Info on animals and animal sounds. Monterey Bay Aquarium plants and animals and sea otter webcam Monterey Bay Aquarium -Video Library Watch abalone being feed. San Diego Zoo Sea otter video. Dolphin sounds. Colorado State Animal Info Enchanted Learning Plant Printouts Enchanted Learning Animal Printouts Yahooligans Animals Kidsplanet Animal Fact Sheets Top Theme 3 "A Changing Planet" Everglades Story Guide Vocabulary Words Spelling Words Everglades PowerPoint Introduction (Poem & Pictures) Reading Skills Rocket Prefixes, Suffixes, & Roots Test Tutor Prefixes, Suffixes, & Roots Oakland Zoo - Use this index to search for information about different zoo animals. St. Louis Zoo -Use this index to search for more information about different zoo animals. Georgia Southern University's Raptor Center Click on "Animals" and select from animals such as eagles and raptors. Wild Bird Photography Library - Hawks and Falcons Live Eagle Cam Animal Bytes Animal Sounds Small Wonders Baby Animals Summer of Fire Story Guide Vocabulary Words Spelling Words Test Tutor Text Structure Sequence Yellowstone National Park Smokey Bear wildfire Eduplace Author Patricia Lauber NPS Geysers Geyser Facts & Video - Watch a geyser erupting! Animation of Geyser Smoke Jumpers Smoke jumpers Oceans No Story Guide (Sorry, but I have not written one.) Vocabulary Words Spelling Words Reading Skills Rocket Text Structure: Main Idea and Details Test Tutor Text Structure Main Idea  Details Test Tutor Text Structure Sequence Enchanted Learning - Oceans Oceans Alive Author Seymour Simon Eduplace Author Seymour Simon Climate and Seasons Climate and Seasons Seeing Earth from Space Story Guide Vocabulary Words Spelling Words Space Video Solarviews images and astronauts Apollo 8 Images Amazing Space - Interactive space info and trading cards NASA kids' activities Enchanted Learning solar system and astronomy Eduplace Author Patricia Lauber Poem - Earth Songs The Case of the Flying Saucer People Story Guide Vocabulary Words Spelling Words Reading Skills Rocket Text Structure: Main Idea and Details Test Tutor  Text Structure Main Idea & Details Test Tutor Text Structure Sequence Fantasy and Science Fiction Author Seymour Simon Eduplace Author Seymour Simon Top Theme 4 "Express Yourself" Hattie's Birthday Box Story Guide Vocabulary Words Spelling Words Wyoming Tails & Trails - lots of information and pictures of soddies Nebraska Agriculture Conestoga Wagon & Quiz PBS Frontier House Information Harper Collins Author Johanna Hurwitz Greek Myth - Pandora's Box William Shakespeare and the Globe Story Guide Vocabulary Words Spelling Words Globe model to make History & structure of the globe, audience & actors Biography, chronology, Elizabethan actors Quick Time virtual tour of the Globe Animated tour of The Globe Theatre Shakespeare Biography Official Globe Theatre website Proverbs - African Proverbs Proverbs from many countries including Africa Commonly Used Proverbs - Includes games and quizzes African Proverbs, Sayings, and Stories - Proverbs in African language and English. Links to countries of origin. The World of William Joyce Scrapbook Story Guide Vocabulary Words Spelling Words Disney's Rolie Polie Olie - Games & Music Crayola Art occupations Timeline of art Harper Collins Author William Joyce Author/Illustrator William Joyce and links to other illustrators Satchmo's Blues Story Guide Vocabulary Words Spelling Words Theme 4 Project Jazz Musician Newsletter & Website Resources (Note: My website location listed inside this project has changed. All other links are functional as of 10-29-10) Music Samples at Amazan PBS Kids Jazz biographies and activities Library of Congress biographies and pictures of jazz greats Red Hot Jazz Profile of Louis Armstrong Smithsonian history of jazz Profile of Louis Armstrong See and hear brass instruments Brass Instruments See and hear brass instruments Wikipedia - Brass Instruments Evelyn Cisneros, Prima Ballerina Story Guide Vocabulary Words Spelling Words Evelyn Cisneros biography and pictures San Francisco Ballet Official Site School of American Ballet Official Site Biography and quiz Poetry - Celebration & Eagle Flight Top Theme 5 "School Rules" Off and Running Story Guide Vocabulary Words Spelling Words Elections lesson plans Ben Franklins guide to government Picture and info of the Virgin of Guadalupe The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Cesar Chavez Wake Forest University collection of political speeches Eduplace Author Gary Soto Author Gary Soto Little by Little Story Guide Vocabulary Words Spelling Words History of polio President Franklin Roosevelt Blindness Kids' questions on blindness Kids' site on blindness Author Jean Little Poem - About Notebooks Dear Mr. Henshaw Story Guide Vocabulary Words Spelling Words Create a burglar alarm for your lunchbox Lesson plans Inventors and inventions Journey North butterfly site Hwy 152 Author Beverly Cleary The Chinese Language Puzzle Interactive Chinese Language Puzzle Frindle Story Guide Vocabulary Words Spelling Test Quia Interactive Quiz Discussion guide for book Frindle Jeopardy game Author Andrew Clements Word Central Create your own words Scholastic Author Andrew Clements Anecdote - Children and Poetry The Fun They Had Story Guide Vocabulary Words Spelling Words Encarta Isaac Asimov Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame Information about life and schools from 1912 and 1945 to more recent times Author Isaac Asimov Pictures of old punch cards Fantasy and science fiction Top Theme 6 "American Adventure" Across the Wide Dark Sea Story Guide Vocabulary Words Spelling Words Mayflower Virtual Tour Mayflower passenger list and Pilgrim history Author Jean Van Leeuwen Eduplace Author Jean Van Leeuwen Name This American Story Guide Vocabulary Words Spelling Words Library of Congress famous Americans More Famous Americans Rules for writing a play and example Uncle Sam Statue of Liberty More Statue of Liberty Gutzon Borglum Maria Mitchell Dolley Madison Sacagawea Elizabeth Cady Stanton Babe Ruth Queen Lilioukalani and Aloha Oe - Listen to Aloha Oe Tall Tale - Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett Read Sally Ann and other tall tales and take quiz. What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? Story Guide Vocabulary Words Spelling Words Ben Franklin Biography and links PBS Ben Franklin time line and info Eduplace Author Jean Fritz Ben Franklin with electricity More Ben Franklin with electricity Ben Franklin time lin, bio, quotes, interesting facts Lewis and Clark Story Guide Vocabulary Words Spelling Words PBS Interactive trail map National Geographic Go West with Lewis and Clark Lewis and Clark mapping the West Lewis and Clark writings Lewis and Clark Virtual Field Trip Song - America the Beautiful America the Beautiful - Music and words to sing along Black Frontiers Story Guide Vocabulary Words Spelling Words Plainsfolks - Sod house Biographies of Black pioneers Conestoga wagon diagram Nicodemus Baseball player Satchel Paige Top Miscellaneous West Allegheny Schools - Excellent link to activities for all Grade 5 Harcourt Reading selections. Cyberguides: Grades 4-5 Flat Stanley Poetry - Read poems on-line Literary Graffiti Music - Orchestra & instruments Persuasion Map - On-line graphic organizer for persuasion essay Plot Diagram - On-line graphic organizer with beginning, middle, end Time Line - On-line tool to create Venn Diagram - On-line tool to create Book Reports - Ideas for nontraditional book reports Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site - Teaching resources Absolutely Whootie - Stories to Grow By Reader's Theater Editions - Plays Reader's Theater Scripts and Plays - More plays Animals, Myths, Legends, Fables - Stories Beauty & the Beast - Story Literature Ladders -  Book & Technology Connections Reading Plans - Summarizing, Sequencing, Structure Score - Literature Guides & Phonics - Cyberguides lesson plans for novels Text Structure - Activities and lesson plans Poetry - Poems, lessons, & activities Idioms - Funbrain games to choose meanings of idioms Top