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Author & Book Sites Reading Writing G.U.M.S. Research Strategies
Author & Book Sites
Andrew Clements - - Frindle
Avi - - Crispin and Poppy
Beverly Cleary - - Ramona and Ralph S. Mouse books
Chris Van Allsburg - - The Polar Express and The Stranger
Dan Gutman - - My Weird School, The Homework Machine, and Baseball Card Adventure books
Dav Pilkey - - Captain Underpants books, Ricky Ricotta books, and The Paperboy
David A. Adler - - The Babe and I and picture biography series
Debbie Dadey - - The Bailey School Kids
DyAnne DiSalvo - - The Sloppy Copy Slipup
Flat Stanley books by Jeff Brown
Gary Paulsen - - Lawn Boy and Hatchet
Gail Gibbons - - nonfiction books
J.K. Rowling - - Harry Potter books
Joyce Sidman - - This is Just to Say
Judy Blume - - Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Kate DiCamillo - - The Tales of Despereaux and The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Kevin Henkes - - Lily's Purple Plastic Purse and Olive's Ocean
Kristin O'Connell George - - Old Elm Speaks
Lemony Snicket - - A Series of Unfortunate Events
Louis Sachar - - Holes and Sideways Stories books
Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne
Margie Palatini - - Sweet Tooth
Marcia Thornton Jones - - The Bailey School Kids
Mary Pope Osborne - - Magic Tree House
Megan McDonald -- Judy Mood and Stink books
Mem Fox - - Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge
Michael Buckley -- The Sisters Grimm and N.E.R.D.S. books
Patricia Polacco - - Thundercake and The Lemonade Club
Patricia Reilly Giff - - Pictures of Hollis Woods
Rick Riordan -- Percy Jackson and Kane Chronicles books
Roald Dahl - - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James and the Giant Peach
Ron Roy - - A to Z Mysteries and Capital Mysteries
Shel Silverstein - - Where the Sidewalk Ends and The Giving Tree
The Sisters Grimm by Michael Buckley
Tony DiTerlizzi - - The Spiderwick Chronicles
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Reading
Books and Reading
BookAdventure.org - sign up to create your own book lists, take quizzes to earn point and prizes
Children's Storybooks Online - read free stories
Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Read Diary of a Wimpy Kid online!
James Patterson's ReadKiddoRead.com - Find great reading recommendations from author James Patterson
KidsReads.com - learn about new books, read reviews, take trivia quizzes on your favorite books, find out how to contact your favorite authors, and more book and reading fun
Share What You're Reading - Read a great book? Well, submit a review to encourage others to read it! Need a recommendation? Find recommendations from other kids!
The Stacks for Kids - find books, authors, games, and other activities to go along with your favorite Scholastic books.
Storyline Online - listen and read along popular books with your favorite actors or actresses
Storynory - listen and read along classic and original stories
ZoomPlayhouse - plays you can read and act out
Genres
Fables
AesopSITE - watch animated fables
Folktales
Mystery
MysteryNet - find a wide variety of mystery stories
Poetry
Poetry for Kids - read, take lessons, play games, and submit your own poetry
What Rhymes with Squirrel? - online poetry activities
Nonfiction
Tall Tales
Story Elements
Comprehension Strategies
Resources
Activities
Into the Book - sign up for resources and activities to help you practice all 8 comprehension strategies
Deduction - You're Trapped! Play these deductive reasoning games and escape from the tower!
Words
Antonyms and Synonyms
Antonyms - Line Match
Antonym or Synonym - Which One?
Squanky the Toothtaker in Quiet Quest for Opposites - antonyms
Squanky the Toothtaker in Tooth Tally- synonyms
Synonyms and Antonyms - Volume 1
Word Frog - practice antonyms, synonyms, or homonyms
Word Jungle - identify the synonym of a given word
Homophones
Word Confusion - which homophone correctly completes the sentence
Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots
It's Greek to Me --Learn how you can still find the Greek language in English today.
Jelly Fish - classify the prefix, base/root words, and suffix
Rooting Out Words - choose what the root means in series of words
Word Works - create and use new words
Vocabulary
Analogies - Learn About Analogies
Analogies - Learn About Types of Analogies
Analogies - Which One?
Lemons for Literacy - Test your knowledge of words. For every answer you get right, you help raise money to buy materials to help someone in need learn to read!
Word Central - build your own dictionary and learn more about word meanings
Zoo Crew - play this game to learn the special name for groups of animals
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Writing
Comic Creator - write your own comic strip
Limerick Factory - this website helps you to create a limerick but you can also learn about the patterns found in limericks
MakeBeliefsComix.com - Create your own comic strip
Writing Fun - Use text organizers to help with the writing process
Craft
Paint by Idioms - practice using idioms to add details in a story
Wizards and Pigs - using rhyme, rhythm, and alliteration
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G.U.M.S.
Grammar
MadLibs - use the categories to fill in words to make a story
MadLibs Junior - another fun version of MadLibs!
Noun Dunk - identify whether a word is a common or proper noun
Schoolhouse Rock - Grammar Rock lyrics
Wacky Web Tales - Mad Libs stories
Usage
Flamingos - which matches the meaning -y or -ly
Mechanics
Sentence Clubhouse - types of sentences, capitalization, and punctuation
Spelling
Make A Word - See how many words you can make from the main word.
Spell Check - find and correct misspelled words
SpellaRoo - find the misspelled word
Revising and Editing
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Research Strategies
click here for some reminders about types of research resources
Online Resources
Fact Monster - an online almanac, dictionary, and encyclopedia
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary and Thesaurus
Visual Dictionary.com - don't know a word? This dictionary helps you to connect a word with a picture.
Research Practice
Big Babies' Private Popper - Dictionaries help you to understand what words mean. Help Big Babies' Private Popper to match up the definitions.
