Mill Creek Elementary School

Storytime From Space

http://storytimefromspace.com/books-2/books-approved-for-launch/

Ready to listen to a terrific book? Go to the Storytime From Space and read one of the Books Approved for Launch! In the “Approved for Launch” section, browse the list of books and find one that says “Read in space by…” and click on that link to listen. Enjoy these stories…they’re out of this world!

Tumble Books

http://buckslib.org/

Ready to listen to a terrific book? Go to the Tumble Books websiteand choose any one of their wonderful trade books to listen to on yourcomputer. It's like having your very own listening center right at home! Youcan find Tumblebooks website as a link off the Bucks Countly Library web page, http://buckslib.org/ along with many otherliterary resources. Go to the link, click on "Kids", chooseTumblebooks, and start the fun!

Storyline Online

http://www.storylineonline.net/

On this fantastic website, brought to us by the Screen ActorsGuild Foundation, you will find several of our favorite books, read by popularactors. Make sure you look for The Polar Express, read by Lou DiamondPhillips, Stellaluna, read by Pamela Reed, and Dad, Are You the ToothFairy?, read by Jason Alexander. These stories online are like having alistening center right at home!

Book Adventure

http://bookadventure.com/

Each student has his/her own password for this site. Children canread and enjoy books, log onto the website, and then take a quiz on the book.They earn points, which can be traded for incentives, for questions they getcorrect on the quizzes.

Starfall

http://www.starfall.com/

This site is filled with wonderful activities that reinforcereading, alphabet knowledge, and writing.

ABCya.com

http://www.abcya.com/

Visit this exciting site to explore lots and lots of great gamesthat help reinforce reading and language skills!!

Spelling City       

http://www.spellingcity.com/

At Spelling City, you can type in your spelling words and: take aquiz on them, practice them, and play games with them. It is a lot of fun!!This is a great resource for practicing spelling/word wall words, which we willuse from time to time for homework assignments.

Story It

http://www.storyit.com/wgames/wgames.htm

On this site you can play word games. What fun!

Parts of Speech

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games_vocab.htm

Practice using nouns, adjectives, verbs, commas and more with these fun games!!

Enchanted Learning

http://www.enchantedlearning.com

This is a great site with many free resources for studentresearch, learning, and play. While some aspects of the site require amembership, many of the wonderful resources are free to use. Our class has usedthe "animal printout" page to find information on the animal chosenas the topic of the books we are writing. Just scroll down to the picture ofthe panda...and have fun!

Learning Science

http://www.learningscience.org/

From this site you can get more information about many scientifictopics. There are several links to more educational and research based websites for exciting science information.

PBS Kids

http://pbskids.org/

http://www.littlecritter.com/

We have enjoyed many of Mercer Mayer's stories! His website hasseveral exciting activities to try! We especially like his musical retelling of There's An Alligator Under My Bed and My Momma Said. Both ofthese can be found in the Sing-A- Long section.

Robert Munsch's Website

http://www.robertmunsch.com/

Are you ready for a good laugh? If you are, you have come to theright place. Enjoy one of Robert Munsch's funny stories. They are great toshare with a friend!

Dr. Seuss' Website

http://www.seussville.com

Enjoy your visit to Seussville as you explore and all of Dr.Seuss' many wonderful stories!

Jan Brett's Website

http://janbrett.com/

Jan Brett has so many wonderful stories! We will be enjoying manythem as we prepare for the holidays. Some of our favorites are The Mitten,The Hat, The Three Snow Bears, and The Umbrella.

Eric Carle's Website

http://www.eric-carle.com/home.html

In our second author study we will be looking at the works of EricCarle. This year marks the 40th anniversary of The Very Hungry Caterpillar,one of our favorites and part of the first grade curriculum.

Kevin Henkes' Website

http://www.kevinhenkes.com/

In our first author's study, we are reading several storieswritten by Kevin Kenkes. At his site, you can explore more about Mr. Henkes andhis wonderful stories.

Frank Asch's Website

http://www.frankasch.com

One of the first books we read as a class was Moonbear's Books, byFrank Asch. Mr. Asch's website is filled with many fun activities to explore.

Ezra Jack Keats' Website

http://www.ezra-jack-keats.org/

Explore the wonderful world of Caldecott Award winning illustratorand author, Ezra Jack Keats. Explore the world around us with Peter, one of hispopular characters, in books such as The Snowy Day, Whistle for Willy, Goggles,The Pet Show, and many more!

Gail Gibbons' Website

http://www.gailgibbons.com/

We have shared Gail Gibbons passion for non-fiction storiesthroughout the year. She includes many facts in her stories and is a great exampleof labeling illustrations in order to add to the readers understanding. We lovethe books Pumpkins, Apples, and Stargazers. We hope youenjoy her many stories as much as we do! Here is an interview with Mrs. Gibbonsthat you can watch and enjoy! http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/gibbons

Laura Numeroff

http://www.lauranumeroff.com/