Class Connections & Assignment Links

Media Staff Suggestions for Students
Try the Lonely Planet for basic info about countries for geography class. Try this Black History Hotlist for a great place to start your celebration of Black History Month
Mr.William Shakespeare and the Internet will keep fans busy. Poetry in Motion shows all kinds of poetry forms and ideas
Visit the Ashland Shakespeare Festival Look at this History of China Timeline
Look to Multnomah County Library's Outernet Resources for Young Adults on books & writing, homework help, careers, entertainment/sports

42Xplore site on Ancient China, all kinds of things to learn and do
Chinese NewYear and the Chinese Zodiak are always popular
Check out the Science & Technology Reference Desk This History for Kids site links to all the ancient civilizations including the Greeks.
Look at the National Library of Medicine for health topics This Encyclopedia Mythica site lists Roman gods and goddesses and links to information.

8th graders studying Marine Science visited the Hatfield Science Center

 Check out Yahooligans...Around the World...Countries for links for world research
This Flashback site gives you fun facts about the last 4 decades, including news, sports, music, movies, and lots more. Learn all about Ancient Egyptian culture on this great site that is part of the e-museum at Minnesota State University
Webgrammar is a good on-line writing guide that covers grammar, writing mistakes, and style questions. The British Museum has a marvelous site to explore many aspects of the ancient Egyptian life.

To cite your sources correctly for projects and reports .Go here for how to do it right. All kinds of media formats are available: from secondary OSLIS bibliographic citation maker format
or from Elementary OSLIS: Works Cited Forms

Useful Parent Sites
Kidbibs is a gateway to many helpful sites once you get past the commercialism.
Visit Jim Trelease - the expert on Reading Aloud to kids of all ages.
The Center for Media Literacy is a good source for information on this hot topic. Especially helpful are the links from this page. 

Useful Teacher Sites
The site from the Oregon State Dept. of Education will help you with Lexiles and is loaded with lots of info about the State Standards.
This article about plagarism gives some hints on how you can check to see if a student has copied.
National Geographic list of interactive sites. Some require new plug-ins.
Peter Milbury's site says it is for librarians but there are many useful instructional links.
Look here for a Multi-Cultural Calendar for holidays around the world, organized by month, country, holiday, author.
Looking for Writing Prompts? Try these new links
Workout Room: These writing prompts, organized by grade level, encourage students to use
their spelling and proofreading skills.