Volume 4, No. 19
29 April, 2005
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The Reading Omnibus
 Summer's almost here, and there's
time to read! Many teachers prepare summer reading
lists for their future students, and others use the
summer to find appropriate reading materials for the
next school year. In celebration of the coming
season, this edition of The E-Line includes a great
list of online resources in support of reading,
including a variety of by-grade summer reading list sources.
Our format for this edition is "back to normal," so
look below for free resources in support of the
other disciplines.
Ready, set, read!
-
 Dive Into Reading -
http://www.diveintoreading.org/
- Kentucky's own Vickie Owens and Elaine Barrett
produced this little gem, with browseable book reviews
for summer reading, grouped by grade. There are links
to other sites as well.
-
 Book
Talks -
http://nancykeane.com/booktalks/ - New Hampshire
library media specialist Nancy Keane has been
maintaining this resource for nearly a decade. "Book
talks" are not reviews - they're simple
descriptions
and synopses of books in a browseable or searchable
database. Lots of links to other book resources as
well.
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 TeacherViews
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http://www.eduplace.com/tview/ - Publisher Houghton
Mifflin maintains Eduplace, which is responsible for
this collection of teacher
reviews of hundreds of books, with included classroom
activities.
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 Book
Reporter -
http://bookreporter.com/summer/
- This one's for the teacher. Book Reporter is a
reader/author interface with summer reading
recommendations in a variety of categories.
-
 Education
World -
http://www.education-world.com/summer_reading/
- Education World's summer reading lists cover K-8,
and include a bunch of pages of activities associated
with book titles.
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 ALSC's
Boys and Girls Club -
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/alscresources/booklists/booksboysgirls.htm
- The American Library Association, through their
American for Library Service to Children site,
prepares this short list of recommended reading in
support of the Boys and Girls Club summer reading programs.
For adolescents, see ALA's Young Adult Library
Services Association (http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/booklistsbook.htm)
...Jeffrey L. Jones,
Editor, The E-Line
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Content Area
Resources |
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Music |
 Essentials
of Music
http://www.essentialsofmusic.com/
Publisher W. W.
Norton produces this informational
site on classical music, designed
as a support site for Sony Music's
Essentials of Classics CD series.
Besides historical and style
information, there are over 200
streamed musical excerpts from
compositions illustrating the
styles. |
Math/
Science/
Technology |
 NASA
Explores
http://www.nasaexplores.com/
This e-zine from
NASA provides a weekly lesson plan
for mathematics, science,
engineering, or technology. The
lessons are tied to national
standards, and come with
printables. You can subscribe, and
they'll send you a notice with a
brief description of the week's
plan. |
Science/
Math |
 National
Science Digital Library
http://nsdl.org/
Funded by the
National Science Foundation, this
site is an incredible collection of
informational and educational
resources for all levels of science
and mathematics (plus some others as
well) in education. Be sure to look
at the
interactive menu under
Collections - a very visual and
connected way to browse! Most of the
linked resources are off-site webs
with information, videos, and other
media. [Suggested by Elaine
Harrison.] |
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Social Studies |
 Ease
History
http://www.easehistory.org/
This quirky bit of
work is really quite a rich
resource! From Michigan State
University doctoral candidate
Brian Collins and colleagues, the
site provides a very easy to
navigate interface with a wide
range of video clips (news shorts,
campaign ads, etc.) and pictures
and on a variety of topics from
recent history. Clips and topics
can be easily compared in a
side-to-side format. "EASE" stands
for "Experience Acceleration
Support Environment," and the site
comes with a "Learner's Guide"
with instructional ideas for
grades 6-12. |
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Writing |
 Read-Write-Think:
Comparing Email to Letter Writing
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=299
E-Communications
has produced a completely
different way of expressing
yourself. This lesson plan was
recently featured on MarcoPolo's
newsletter, and it's an excellent
K-2 lesson on comparing email to
letters written by hand. |
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Software Resources |
 Learning
Technologies World Wind
http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/
Straight from NASA, this
software is completely free, open source,
and quite visually impressive. It allows you
to navigate the globe, and zoom in on any
earth feature or location, with 3D display
including horizontal eye level. The minimum
computer requirements are pretty stiff (PC
only, sorry Mac users!), and a good Internet
connection is required, though much of the
database of images is also downloadable.
There's an extensive Wiki community
supporting this project. Stunning! |
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