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Unit 1 Living and Learning  “Which skills help us make our way in the world?”

Week 1 Spelling City List for When Charlie McButton Lost Power
Week 2 Spelling City list for What About Me?   
Week 3, Spelling City, Kumak's Fish  
Week 4, Spelling City, Supermarket
Fresh from the World... Where Your Food Comes From 
Week 5, Spelling City, My Rows & Piles of Coins 

Unit 2: Smart Solutions  “What are smart ways that problems are solved?

Week 1 Spelling City list, "Penguin Chick"Week 2 Spelling City list, "I Wanna Iguana"
Week 3 Spelling City list, "Prudy's Problem and How She Solved It"
Week 4 Spelling City list, "Tops & Bottoms"
Week 5 Spelling City list, "Amazing Bird Nests"

Unit 3: People and Nature  “How are people and nature connected?”

1.  How Do You Raise a Raisin? - Spellling City
2.  Pushing Up the Sky - Spelling City
3. "Seeing Stars"  
4.  Symphony of Whales
5.  Around One Cactus
Puffin Sounds
Nesting Puffin - YouTube
Puffin Nest Cam

Unit 4 "One of a Kind"

  1. Spelling City - The Man Who Invented Basketball
  2. The Man Who Invented Basketball - Edline
  3. Spelling City--Hottest. Coldest. Highest. Deepest
  4. Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest - Bourne Public Schools
  5. Edline--Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest
  6. Spelling City -Rocks in His Head
  7. Edline - Rocks in His Head
  8. Rock Identification Chart
  1. SpellingCity -America's Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle
    2. Edline - America's Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle
  2. Spelling City -Fly, Eagle, Fly!
  3. Edline - Fly, Eagle, Fly An African Tale

Week 4.1 "The Man Who Invented Basketball"

Popular Inventors - Top Ten Most Popular Inventors

Week 4.2 "Hottest. Coldest. Highest. Deepest."

Links to other Record Breaking Sites - recordholders.org
2011's Records: Wet and Dry - weather.com
US Sets Extreme Weather Records in 2011 | USA | English

Week 4.3 "Rocks in His Head"

Rocks for Kids
  1. AAA Spell - Practice your spelling list, "Rocks in His Head." 
  2. SpellingCity - "Rocks in His Head."

Week 4.4 America's Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle

Sports Illustrated: Women - "Gertrude Ederle: Swimming"
Gertrude Ederle Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life StorySports: Breaking Records, Breaking Barriers | Gertrude Ederle
AAA Spelling - "America's Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle"
SpellCity -   "America's Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle"

Penguin Chick Links

Alice Ramsey Tour

Week 4.5 "Fly, Eagle, Fly!"

Decorah Eagles Nest Cam
AAA Spelling - "Fly, Eagle, Fly!"
Spelling City - "Fly, Eagle, Fly!"

"Seeing Stars"

Virtual Solar System

"A Symphony of Whales"

"Around One Cactus: Owls, Bats and Leaping Rats"

Desert Biome/Habitat - Enchanted Learning
Deserts -- National Geographic
Desert Habitat Facts - Defenders of Wildlife
Giant saguaro cactus
  1. Saguaro Cactus Fact Sheet
  2. Saguaro Cactus - YouTube

Unit 5  “What happens when two ways of life come together?”

"Week 5.1 Suki's Kimono

AAA Spell - "Suki's Kimono"
Spelling City - Suki's Kimono"
Edline - Suki's Kimono

Kids Web Japan 
Japanese Culture - Costume - Kimono
African Clothing - Ancient Africa for Kids!
Ancient Africa for Kids - The Fascinating Kingdom of Benin

Week 5.2 "I Love Saturdays y Domingos"

AAA Spell - "I Love Saturdays y Domingos"
Spell City - "I Love Saturdays y domingos"
Edline - I Love Saturday's y Domingos
Google Translate 
Duolingo | Learn Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian and English for free

Week 5.3 "Good-Bye, 382 Shin Dang Dong"

AAA Spell - "Good-Bye, 382 Shin Dang Dong"
Spell City - "Good-Bye, 382 Shin Dang Dong"
Edline - Good-Bye, 382 Shin Dang Dong
Time for Kids: South Korea

Week 5.4 "Jalapeno Bagels"

Spell City - "Jalapeno Bagels"
AAA Spelling - "Jalapeno Bagels"
Edline Activities - Jalapeno Bagels
Jalapeno Bagels - Ms. Smith's Classroom Activity Page 
Story and Recipe doc. JALAPEÑO BAGELS
Jalapeno Bagels Recipe from CDKitchen.com

Week 5.5 "Me and Uncle Romie"

Spell City  - "Me and Uncle Romie"
AAA Spell - "Me and Uncle Romie"
Edline - Me and Uncle Romie