March Web Sites
This year we celebrate Read Across America
on Monday, March 2nd!
http://www.nea.org/readacross/
NEA's Read Across America is calling for every child in America to be reading
in the company of a caring adult on March 2, 2005 in celebration of Dr. Seuss's
birthday. Pledge to participate!!
Some sites of interest:
American Library Association (ALA)
http://www.ala.org/ala/librariesandyou/recomreading/recomreading.htm
Jan Brett
http://www.janbrett.com/
Jan Brett is the author/illustrator of The Mitten and many others. Her web
site is one of the best as she is very generous with her illustrations, and
is constantly adding new activities.
Children's Authors & Illustrators on the Web
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html
teachers@random
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/
Mrs. McDonald's Author Web Page
March is Women's History Month--Since 1910, March 8 has been observed as International Women's Day by people around the World. That is why March was chosen to be National Women's History Month in the United States.
Scholastic-Women Who Changed History
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/women/index.htm
This site has a very good unit featuring five women, a History Mystery
Challenge, a Math Hunt Adventure based on the accomplishments of women, and
a Women's History Cyberhunt.
Scholastic-Women's History Research Tools
http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/articlearchives/womhst/index.htm
This is an excellent resource for Women's History, including
profiles of dozens of notable women.
EduHound--Everything for Education K-12
http://www.eduhound.com/ "We Tracked
it down so you don't have to!" is their motto. Be sure to bookmark this site.
It's another great resource of links to sites for many, many subjects. Click
on Social Studies- Women's History for many links to sites covering every aspect
of women's history.
The Women's History Hall of Fame has bios and pictures http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php
St Patrick's Day-- March 17
Happy St. Patrick's Day from Billy Bear
http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/stpatty/fun.htm
has great St. Patrick's Day games, coloring pages, clip art, a card to
send to a friend, and more.
EduHound--Everything for Education K-12
http://www.eduhound.com/
"We Tracked it down so you don't have to!" is their motto. Be sure to
bookmark this site. It's another great resource of links to sites for many,
many subjects. Click on Holidays- St Patrick's Day for links to 16 good St.
Patrick's Day sites, covering Irish history, stories, songs, recipes, clip
art and activities.
St Patrick's Day activities at Enchanted Learning
http://members.EnchantedLearning.com/crafts/stpatrick/
Holiday Activities For Kids-St Patrick's Day
http://www.dltk-holidays.com/patrick/index.html
GrandpaTucker's Rhymes & Tales
http://www.night.net/tucker/
On Grandpa Tucker's St. Patrick's Day Page you can read the story of Sammy
McSnake: be sure to click on Irish music to read by. Join Sammy the Snake
on a holiday adventure. This rhyming story tells the tale of Sammy's ancestors
finding their way to America.
St Patrick's Day Holiday Fun
http://www.primarygames.com/holidays/st.patricksday/stpatricksday.htm
Speaking of Snakes!
Eduscapes--4 2 Explore
http://eduscapes.com/42explore/snake.htm
is a wonderful unit on snakes with research links and project suggestions.
And speaking of Leprechauns!!
If you want to further explore Myths, Folktales & Fairy
Tales visit Scholastic at
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mff/index.htm
and
Folktales on the Web at http://teacher.scholastic.com/fieldtrp/childlit/folk.htm
