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Reading and Spelling

This page is especially designed to help students find activities
that will co-ordinate with the books used in Literature Based Reading Lessons.

THE CHALK BOX KID

by Clyde Robert Bulla

FLAT STANLEY

by Jeff Brown

Read about Mailing May , the true story of a little girl
who in 1914 was "mailed", and rode the train to visit her grandmother.

Biography of Gertrude Chandler Warner

We made dioramas showing scenes from The Boxcar Children



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STONE FOX

by John Reynolds Gardiner

Stone Fox links and review questions.
See pictures of Samoyed Dogs

LILY AND MISS LIBERTY

by Carla Stevens

Statue of Liberty
Emma Lazarus learn about the author of The New Colossus.
Statue of Liberty facts
Photo Tour of the Statue of Liberty
Paper Cutout of the Statue of Liberty

HELEN KELLER

by Stewart Graff

Famous Leaders for Young Readers ,Helen Keller

THE TREE THAT WOULD NOT DIE

by Ellen Levine

(The Tree That Would Not Die
is available in paperback edition from Scholastic.)

"Texas Our Texas" click on the title to hear the song
See a picture of The Alamo painted by Mrs. Stevens' mother,
Vera Griffin.
Texas Leaders
Postcards from America (search for Texas)
Texas History Movies
This is not a movie, but a book about Texas History which was written in 1926. It is now available again.

LITTLE HOUSE IN THE BIG WOODS

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Perkins Family Little House in the Big Woods unit
Little House in the Big Woods Activities trivia questions from Easy Fun School

How to Make Maple Syrup

Read the story of Mrs. Stevens' grandmother,
who also lived during the pioneer days.

Memories by Jessie Carrell

OTHER HELPFUL LINKS
FOR READING AND SPELLING

Book Adventure read books, take tests online and win cool prizes

Spellzone help with spelling

Phonogram Cards rhyming words on cards illustrated by Jan Brett

Little Explorers picture dictionary for children
translates into 5 languages

Student Dictionary from Word Central

Writing Games activities at Writing Fix

Fake Out guess the meanings of words

Paint by Idioms find the meaning of popular phrases

Compound Words choose the correct word to form a compound word.

Rats! play this fun game to learn the parts of speech

Parts of Speech Games you will find a lot of games here.

Spell Check spelling game

Spell a Roo find the misspelled word

Plurals choose the level of difficulty

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