Day+Two

=Making Connections & Building Background Knowledge =
 * ===I**mages & Video** === ||
 * [|Picassa] || [|istock] ||
 * [|Flickr] || [|TeacherTube] ||
 * [|Flickr] || [|TeacherTube] ||

Not a large data base, but it gives you an approximate reading level of each site. || [|OneKey] Google's "safe search" for kids. || Get "tracks" or hotlists of sites other teachers have used. || [|Filamentality] A free resource for teachers to post hotlists or create web quests. || No place has a better collection of primary resources! || [|Wikibooks] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">A free library of online textbooks anyone can edit! And trust me, if there is incorrect information, someone will edit it! || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">A great resource for finding text to complement your units. || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Literature Learning Ladders] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">A great resource for novel and genre studies! || The elementary site for the Library of Congress. || [|Bens Guide] A great government site for K-12 students. || Explore cell membranes, damns cracking and more! || [|Science Simulations] Everything from plants to electricity. ||
 * ===<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Online Text & Interactive Websites** === ||
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Kidsclick]
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Trackstar]
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Digital Collections from the Library of Congress]
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Infoplease]
 * [|America's Library]
 * [|Sim Science]



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<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">A quick comprehension check for content area teachers. The text is at the student's **independent reading level** if they had 55% or more correct. The text is at the student's **instructional reading** **level** if they have between 38% and 55% correct. The text is at the student's **frustration level** if they had less than 38% correct. =<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Resources for Vocabulary** =

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