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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"
  • Penguin Chick - SchoolWorld an Edline Solution
Week 2 Spelling City list, "I Wanna Iguana"
  •  I Wanna Iguana - Teacher - Edline
Week 3 Spelling City list, "Prudy's Problem and How She Solved It"
  • Prudy's Problem and How She Solved It - Teacher - Edline
Week 4 Spelling City list, "Tops & Bottoms"
  • Tops and Bottoms - Teacher - Edline
  • Tops and Bottoms - Teacher - Edline

Week 5 Spelling City list, "Amazing Bird Nests"
  • Amazing Bird Nests - Teacher - Edline
  • Hummingbird Nest Cam

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

1.  How Do You Raise a Raisin? - Spellling City
  • Video: Raisin Growing and Harvesting - How It Works - YouTube
  • Where are California Raisins grown?
2.  Pushing Up the Sky - Spelling City
  • Pushing Up the Sky - Edline
3. "Seeing Stars"  
  • Seeing Stars Resources
4.  Symphony of Whales
  • Symphony of Whales - Edline
5.  Around One Cactus
  • Around One Cactus - Edline

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
  3. Spelling City -Fly, Eagle, Fly!
  4. 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

  • National Geographic Feature Film: March of the Penguins Game
  • Emperor Penguin: The Animal Files
  • KidZone Penguin Facts
  • Penguin Chick Rescue | National Geographic Channel
  • A Penguin Chick's Life | Scholastic.com
  • Penguin Chick - SchoolWorld an Edline Solution
  • Penguins by Species with an interactive map 
  • March of the Penguins: Protecting the Egg (1/4) 
  • March of the Penguins: Life Under the Sea (2/4) 
  • March of the Penguins: Family Reunion (3/4) 
  • March of the Penguins: First Steps (4/4)

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"

  • Beluga whales recently trapped in ice, December 2011 article
  • "Beluga whales trapped in ice floes of Bering Sea"
  • 100+ Whales Trapped in Icy Waters - Accuweather.com
  • Beluga Whales - Enchanted Learning
  • BBC Wildfacts: Beluga [Here is a fact sheet about belugas, including information about their physical description, diet, and behavior. Includes photographs.]
  • Now Playing: Beluga Whales
  • National Geographic -Beluga Whales
  • How far can whale song travel?
  • Whale Sounds - Why & How? 20 Questions and Answers about Whales
  • "And God Created Great Whales,"  Hovhaness - Orchestra with recorded whale song - video

"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
  • YouTube - How to tie an obi
  • How to tie an obi for a yukata - YouTube
  • How to use chopsticks - video
  • Japanese - Google Translate
  • Counting in Japanese - YouTube
  • Video: How to Count in Japanese | eHow.com

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
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