Homework - 6th grade
A spelling packet is due every Friday. Required pages to be completed include the foldable, Word Meaning, and Editing for Spelling pages. There will also be a spelling test every Friday unless otherwise noted.
Homework - 7th/8th grade
A spelling packet is due every Friday. Required pages to be completed include the foldable, Word Meaning, and Editing for Spelling pages. There will also be a spelling test every Friday unless otherwise noted.
Wax Museum Resources
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Ask Kids
http://www.askkids.com/This is a search engine. Type in the name of your person and click "ask".
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Awesome Library
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/This is a search engine. Type the name of your person in the search box.
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Biographies
http://www.biography.com/A website where you may find biographies. Type the name of your person in the search box.
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Biography Reference Bank
http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com/hww/advancedsearch/advanced_search.jhtml;hwwilsonid=MX12MAFWRIAOTQA3DKDSFGGADUNGIIV0?prod= -
Encyclopedia Britanica
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LC High School Online Card Catalog
http://nwoca.infohio.org/opac/LC/LIBH/Use this card catalog to search for books available in the high school library.
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Madame Tussauds Wax Museum
http://www.madametussauds.com/NewYork/This is an actual wax museum website. Really cool to see. Check it out!
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Open Directory
http://www.dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/This is a search engine. Type the name of your person in the search box.
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World Book Encyclopedia
http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/home
Visual Presentation Tools
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Glogster
http://edu.glogster.comA method to visually present your information.
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Prezi
http://www.prezi.comA method to visually present your information.
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Links
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CNN reading activities
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Edmodo
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Inanimate Alice
http://www.inanimatealice.com/A Digital Novel
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Language Arts games
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/reading-and-language-arts/games/5831.html -
Language Arts games and activities
http://www.quia.com/web -
Mad Libs
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Making Comic Strips
http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Diagram/Explore interactive writing through the use of comic strips.
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reading resources
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spelling city
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study island
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Tween Tribune
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Virtual Middle School Library
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Word Tamer
http://www.wordtamer.co.uk/Sets students up to write creative stories with a focus on genre, characters, plot, setting, etc.