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Stacie Noisey
MSN Reading Specialist
Sixth Grade Reading and Language Arts
Teacher Links:
Professional Resources
Rebecca Caudill Official Website
http://www.rebeccacaudill.org/nominees/2005/
New Rebecca Caudill Nominees
http://www.champaign.org/kids/caudill_nominees_2006.html
ALA Award Winning Books Lists
booklists
International Reading Association
http://www.reading.org/
Illinois Reading Council
http://www.illinoisreadingcouncil.org/
NCTE
http://www.ncte.org/
Sixth Grade Novel Links
Book Title
Grade level
Readability
Related Links
Adam of the Road
6
6
SCORE CyberGuide
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/adam/adamtg.html
WebQuest
http://www.berksiu.k12.pa.us/webquest/culbert/
Bridge to Terabithia
(6) supplemental
4.6
Official Website for Katherine Paterson
http://www.terabithia.com/
Study Guide
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/litlibrary/pdf/bridge_to_terebithia.pdf
Cathrine Called Birdy
6
7
Resource Site
http://www.carolhurst.com/titles/catherinecalledbirdy.html
WebQuest
http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/cimpullitti/webquest.html
SCORE CyberGuide
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/ccb/ccbtg.html
Author's Spotlight
http://www.eduplace.com/author/cushman/
D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths
6
7
Greek Myths WebQuest
http://www.iwebquest.com/greece/greece.htm
Mythology WebQuest with rubrics
http://www.berksiu.k12.pa.us/webquest/dulrich/#info_sheet
Door in the Wall
6
3
SCORE CyberGuide
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/door/doortg.html
WebQuest
http://www.deangeli.lapeer.org/lessons/webquest/
Ella Enchanted
(6) supplemental
6.4
Resource Site
http://faculty.ssu.edu/~elbond/ella2.htm
Discussion Questions
http://www.harperchildrens.com/rgg/rggella.htm
Lesson Plans with questions
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/reading41/ella_enchanterd/ella_enchanted.htm
From the Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
(6) supplemental
5.6
SCORE CyberGuide
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/fris/fristg.htm
Online Scavenger Hunt
http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/tg/basil.html
Golden Goblet
6
5
SCORE CyberGuide
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/gob/gobtg.html
WebQuest
http://www.geocities.com/magiquecc/GoldenGobletWebquest.html
Gonna Bake Me a Rainbow
6
Performance Poetry
http://www.poetryteachers.com/poetclass/performpoetry.htm
Poetry Alive
http://www.poetryalive.com/
Poetry Links for Kids
http://www.kidskonnect.com/Poetry/PoetryHome.html
Hatchet
6
5.7
Comprehension Questions
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/survival/hatchet/hatchet.htm
Webquest
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/hatch/hatchettg.htm
Study Guide
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/litlibrary/pdf/hatchet.pdf
Webquest
http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/dcronin/hatchet/
Webquest
http://www.millville.org/Workshops_f/revised_hatchet/hatchtxt/welcomefis.html
Teaching Guide, Questions, Quizzes, Activities
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/hatchet
Island of the Blue Dolphins
6
5.4
Score CyberGuide
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/blue/bluetg.html
Joey Pigza Swallows a Key
(6) supplemental
Resource page
http://faculty.ssu.edu/~elbond/joey.htm
Jack Gantos' Webpage
http://www.jackgantos.com/index.html
Julie of the Wolves
6
5.8
Teacher's Guide
http://www.harperchildrens.com/schoolhouse/TeachersGuides/julieofwolves.htm
Glenco Teacher's Guide
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/litlibrary/juliewolves.html
Online Wolf Activities
http://www.nancypolette.com/LitGuidesText/julieofthewolves.htm
Mara, Daughter of the Nile
6
8
SCORE CyberGuide
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/nile/niletg.html
Ancient Egypt Resource Site
http://www.kidskonnect.com/AncientEgypt/EgyptHome.html
Mummies, Tombs, and Treasure
6
5
Online Activities
http://www.mhschool.com/reading/2005/student/activity.php3?story=218
Cross Curricular Activities
http://www.dia.org/education/egypt-teachers/socstud/index.htm
National Geographic Mummies Website
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/9906/mummies/mummy_making.html
Music of Dolphins
(6) supplemental
Resource page
http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/dolphinsong/
Discussion Guide
http://www.multcolib.org/talk/guides-music.html
Karen Hesse Links
h
ttp://www.indiana.edu/~reading/ieo/bibs/hesse.html
MacGillivray Freeman’s
Dolphins
http://www.dolphinsfilm.com/
Not Just Anybody Family
6
4.7
Review and Activities
http://www.eduplace.com/tview/pages/n/The_Not-Just-Anybody_Family_Betsy_Byars.html
Betsy Byars Web Page
http://www.betsybyars.com/
Phantom Tollbooth
6
6.7
Teaching Guide and Activities
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/tollbooth/
Lesson Ideas-Figurative Language
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=79
Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver
6
6.7
Middle ages links and activities
http://www.kathimitchell.com/middleages.htm
Skeleton Man
(6) supplemental
Discussion guide
http://www.multcolib.org/talk/guides-skeleton.html
Joseph Bruchac Web Page
http://www.josephbruchac.com/
WebQuest
http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/crc/webquest/skeleton/
Discussion Questions
http://www.biblio.org/nutmegaward/2005/skeleton1.htm
Song of the Gargoyle
6
7.2
Resource Links to Middle Ages
http://www.kidskonnect.com/MiddleAges/MiddleAgesHome.html
Resource Links to Gargoyles and Cathedrals
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listgargoyles.html
The Egypt Game
(6) supplemental
6
SCORE Cyberguide
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/egyp/egyptg.html
Ancient Egypt Resource Site
http://www.kidskonnect.com/AncientEgypt/EgyptHome.html
Tuck Everlasting
6
5
SCORE Cyberguide
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/tuck/tucktg.htm
Social Dilemma Questions
http://cspace.unb.ca/nbco/pigs/novel/
Cross-curricular Lesson Plans
http://www.ocdsb.edu.on.ca/teacher_res/integrated/tuck.htm
Glencoe Teacher's Study Guide
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/litlibrary/tuckeverlasting.html
Wrinkle in Time
(6) supplemental
4.7
Web Resource Guide
http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/lausd/offices/di/Burleson/Lessons/Wrinkle/index.htm
Glencoe Teacher's Guide
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/litlibrary/wrinkleintime.html
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