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Behind Rebel Lines

1850's-1860's Timeline

Civil War Webquest

Other Civil War Links

PBS Civil War
Navigate through the website to look at pictures of the Civil War.
PBS Civil War Video
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Battles of Bull Run Photos
History.com: Civil War Battles
Navigate through the pictures. You may watch the videos if you have headphones.
Civil War Photo Gallery
American Memory: Selected Civil War Photographs

News

Poetry

Alliteration, Rhythm, and Rhyme Game
Travel through the game using the arrow keys on the screen and the map to banish the monsters with the different potions!
Poetry and Word Games
Poetry Madlibs
Fill-in-the-blank poetry
Poetry Terms Wordsearch
Cupcake Game
Figure out the word before the dog eats all the cupcakes!
Poem Hunter
Look for poems that interest you!

SOL Review

Interactives/Games

Skill Builder
Choose a skill and then click on an interactive to complete.
Word Confusion
Select the correct word.
Rooting Out Words
Do you know your root words?
Grammar Gorillas
Parts of speech
Quia SOL Review
Click on a link to complete a Quia SOL review activity
Reading Passages
Click on any of the 5+ reading passages. Read and answer the questions with the passage.

SOL Camp

Drawing Conclusions

Fact or Opinion?

Main Idea

Figurative Language

Tuck Everlasting

Fountain of Youth Myth

Genre

Natalie Babbitt

SRI (Scholastic Reading Inventory)

Fiction

Cinderella Elements of a Story
Navigate through this interactive to learn more about the elements of fiction.

LA Links

Free Rice
Complete either English Vocabulary or English Grammar to donate rice to hungry people all over the world.
Sheppard Software Games
Play any Language Arts games on this site.

November 29

The Iditarod Race

Question 1
What is the object of the Iditarod Race?
Questions 2 and 3
2. Where does the Iditarod Race take place? 3. How many miles is the Iditarod Race?
Question 4
How many mushers have signed up to run the race this year?
Question 5
What breed of dog is widely used in the Iditarod Race? Why are they chosen?
Question 6
Who is Zuma?
Question 7
Name three qualifications a musher must have to submit an entry to the Iditarod. You may have to download and scroll to page 3.
Question 8
According to Martin Buser, what makes a good sled dog?
Question 9
Who won the 2004 Iditarod Race? How long did it take him to complete the race?
Question 10
Who gets awarded a red lantern?

Explore the Iditarod Race

The Holocaust

Anne Frank House
Navigate through the website to learn more about Anne Frank and the Secret Annex
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Navigate through the website to answer questions you have about the Holocaust
Anne Frank Timeline
Timeline of Anne's life by Scholastic
Yad Vashem
Explore Yad Vashem in Israel
Yad Vashem - Avenue of the Righetous
Read and look at pictures about The Avenue of the Righterous
History Channel Videos
CAUTION. MAY BE GRAPHIC. Watch videos about the Holocaust
Concentration Camp Pictures
CAUTION. MAY BE GRAPHIC. Pictures from different concentration camps during the Holocaust.
Scholastic: We Remember Anne Frank
Read through Scholastic's website dedicated to Anne Frank