Amberly Media Center

Kindergarten/First Grade.

• Pilkey. Hallo-wiener.

Second Grade

• DiCamillo. Mercy Watson, Princess in Disguise.

• FactMonster Campaign 2008
  http://www.factmonster.com/us/government/presidential-election-campaign-2008.html

• KidsPost Election
  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/kidspost/election08/

• Nickelodeon Kids Pick the President
  http://www.nick.com/shows/specials/kpp_07/

• Scholastic News Election 2008
  http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/election2008.htm

• Time for Kids: Debating the Issues
  http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/election08/candidates.html

• Weekly Reader
  http://www.weeklyreader.com/election/

Kindergarten

• Beck. Happy Birthday, Monster!
• Stevenson. That Terrible Halloween Night.

First Grade

• Hoberman. You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You.
• Pinkwater. I Was a Second Grade Werewolf.

Second Grade

• DiCamillo. Mercy Watson, Princess in Disguise.

(PARENTS: A folder is being created with screenshots and tips for parent volunteers in each computer lab. If you use one of these sites, let us know what you think. Click on the COMMENT link above and share your feedback or suggest additional sites.)

• ABC Interactive Games
  http://mikids.com/K/ABC.html
• Arthur Games
  http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/index.html
• BBC – CBeebies – Old MacDonald
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/somethingspecial/songs/oldmac.shtml
• BBC – CBeebies – Mr. Tumble
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/somethingspecial/mrtumble/
• BBC – CBeebies – Tumble in the Jungle
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/somethingspecial/games/jungle.shtml
• BBC- CBeeebies – Weather Safari
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/somethingspecial/songs/weather.shtml
• BBC Education – Who Said That? (animal sounds)
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/snapdragon/yesflash/who-said-that-1.htm
• Building Language for Literacy- Nina the Naming Newt
  http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bll/nina/index.htm
• Farm Animals
  http://www.magickeys.com/books/farm/page1.html
• Fun & Games – Big and Small
  http://www.meddybemps.com/9.692.html
• Kindersite Games
  http://www.kindersite.org/Directory/DirectoryFrame.htm
• Learning Planet.com – 123 Order
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/snapdragon/yesflash/who-said-that-1.htm
• Learning Planet.com – Mr. Elephant’s Matching Game
  http://www.learningplanet.com/act/mre/index.asp
• Learning to Read at Starfall
  http://www.starfall.com/
• Noggin Games
  http://www.noggin.com/
• Writing Guide and Alphabet Archive with Spinner the Spider
  http://www.meddybemps.com/letterary/guide_and_archives.html

Kindergarten

• Arnosky. Every Autumn Comes the Bear.
• Fleming. Time to Sleep.
• Shecter. When Will the Snow Trees Grow?

First Grade

• Graham. How to Heal a Broken Wing.
• Tankard. Grumpy Bird.

Second Grade

• DiCamillo. Mercy Watson Princess in Disguise.

In addition to 12 desktop computer stations we are fortunate to also have a cart of laptops for use in the media center. This makes teaching a lesson on research sites to an entire class much easier. However, laptops have a few drawbacks, so we take time in 2nd grade to learn about their use and care.

2nd grade is also the year that students in Portage get their very own network account, so one of the first tasks is practicing how to successfully type in their username and password (secretly a lesson in patience for everbody!).

Next we need to practice using the trackpad instead of the mouse. To do this we opened up several folders on the network and then used the KidPix typing and paint tools to design a bookmark. In the next few weeks we will also use the Kidspiration graphic organizer to work with different concepts about books such as character, setting, and plot.

Kindergarten

• Bruel. Melvin Bubble.
• Shannon. No, David.
• Shannon. David Goes to School.

First Grade

• Berger. Little Yellow Leaf.
• Lachenmeyer. The Origami Master.

Second Grade

• DiCamillo. Mercy Watson Princess in Disguise.