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literacy, the Earth, Internet safety, crafts, and more!

Sites to See In the Digital Classroom
    
SIX STEPS
www.big6.com/kids - imageImprove the way kids complete big tasks -- problem solving, science experiments, homework, and projects. Share with them this site's "Big Six" information literacy steps. Click on each step for researching strategies, then use the "know how" arrow to print forms, checklists, and organizers. Kids in grades K-2 should see Super3: Plan, Do, and Review!

GIRL TALK
http://gos.sbc.edu

imageWhen these women talk, people listen. Search this database to read the words of famous women of the past and present, including Sojourner Truth, Helen Keller, Golda Meir, and Mother Teresa. Print famous historical speeches such as Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman?"

imageStop unsafe surfing! Send kids to this site to learn six safe surfing tips from SafetyBot, a robot and online safety expert. Have them click "Game" to take a safety test with feedback and "Toon" to view a safety video. Check the chalkboard to print the safety tips in PDF and "Sites" to preview other safe URLs.

SCIENCE LAB
http://education.jlab.org

imageMake learning about atoms and elements elementary! Click on "Teacher Resources" for science-fair physics experiments, student handouts, and vocabulary lists. Then send kids to the "Student Zone" to play online science, math, and word games, including "Element Hangman."

BOOKHIVE
www.bookhive.org

imageKids will stick to this Web site like bees to honey. By using this guide to children's literature, students can read book reviews, listen to audio stories, create a "Booklist" of personal favorites, take trivia quizzes, and print out a designer bookplate, among other special projects. Teachers can print the "Top 20 Reading Lists" of recommended books for students in grades K-6.

LINK TO LITERACY
www.readwritethink.org

This K-8 literacy Web site contains standards-based reading, writing, communication, and critical-thinking activities. Search the lesson index by grade level, subject area, topic, and instruction method (read-aloud, paired activity, etc.). Find plans such as "Name Talk" to explore letter-sound awareness, "Can You Convince Me?" to teach persuasive writing, and "Found Poems/Parallel Poems" to spark creative writing. Have kids check "Highlights" for fun activities that include an interactive calendar of literary events and fun bookmaking projects such as "stapleless" books.

DECODING DISCIPLINE
www.disciplinehelp.com

imageNeed help handling classroom behavior? Take charge by logging on to this MASTER Teacher Web site. Read the causes of misbehavior and motivators of good behavior. Then check the profiles of behavior types, including "the Agitator," "the Blurter," and "the Snoop," and approaches to dealing with each.

EARTH VIEWS
http://earth.jsc.nasa.gov

imageSee amazing sights from outer space using this database of over 400,000 images of the Earth, collected by NASA. Use a "clickable" world map or browse by topic -- cities, landscapes, weather phenomena, geographic regions, etc. Select a thumbnail image and then zoom in to view hi- and low-resolution photos and read full-text captions.

MATH CHALLENGES
www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org/aunty

imageAunty Mathilda's math problems challenge her niece and nephews, and they can test your students' skills, too! Read about Aunty Math and print her illustrated problem-solving strategies for kids. Click on "Try today's challenge" to print the story problem. Then have kids send Aunty Math their solutions.

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