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Week #31 4/26/04 -4/30/04	Alternate Image Site Pics4Learning.com Copyright friendly images for use in education Rubistar .4teachers.org RubiStar is a tool to help the teacher who wants to use rubrics butdoes not have the time to develop them from scratch. Read more .Go to the tutorial (it includes information on changing categories, their headings and content).
Week #32 5/3/04 - 5/7/04	BCS International Week Yahooligans 'Around the World' Countries of the World All Our Neighbors (Sixth Grade Reports)
Week #33 5/10/04 -5/14/04	Author Tracy Kane, who writes the Fairy Houses Series, will visit BCS on 5/18/04 fairyhouses.com
Week #34 5/17/04 -5/21/04	Ben's Guide to Government U.S. Government Web Sites for Kids Incredible list of sites for kids on many topics
Week #35 5/24/04 -5/28/04	IN HONOR OF MEMORIAL DAY: The Story of Memorial Day Yahooligans: Memorial Day - The Big Picture The Story of Memorial Day Memorial Day Home Page Curtis Library Pejepscot Historical Society's Joshua Chamberlain Area
Week #36 6/1/04 -6/4/04	Fourth and Fifth Grade Student Research Site "Virtual library where you will find all the best resources in one place" Also links to sites for 1st, 2nd and 3rd grades Well organized- Worth checking out over the summer!   How Stuff Works
Week #37 6/7/04 -6/11/04	Fun-with-words.com 'The Word Play Site' "Fun-with-words.com is dedicated to amusing quirks, peculiarities, and oddities of the English language: wordplay. Playing with words and language is both entertaining and educational. Here you can have plenty of fun with words with over 500 pages of word puzzles, games, amazing lists, and fun facts."   Word a Day from Wordsmith .org
Week #38 6/14/04 -6/16/04	SOME PUZZLE and GAME SITES Discovery School's 'Puzzlemaker' Make X-word puzzles online JigZone.com: (Jigsaw Puzzles Online) Great variety in topics, numbers of pieces, style of puzzle and evels of difficulty Game Rules Rules for new games, old games, and children's games. From Rummy to Go Fish, find out how the games are played. Included is a short history of playing cards and a glossary of card playing terms.

Week #21 2/2/04-2/6/04	Enchanted Learning's Black History Month The History Channel's Black History Month Cornell Backyard Bird Count: 2/14 - 2/17 Fun, Easy, & Free
Week #22 2/9/04 -2/13/04	Happy Valentine's Day Valentine Fun at Kids Domain BETHANY ROBERTS' VALENTINE'S DAY FUN FOR KIDS (and the Young at Heart!) JanBrett's Valentines (e-postcards to send) PrimaryGames.com: Valentine's Day
Week #23 2/23/04 -2/27/04	Internet Public Library Presidents of the United States Presidents' Day: The Holiday Read Across America March 2, 2004 .......... Dr. Seuss's 100th Birthday!!
Week #24 3/1/04 -3/5/04	TAXES Federal Internal Revenue Service: 'The Digital Daily' Information & Forms, etc (a very useful site) Educator Expenses Deduction: State Maine Revenue Services Homepage
Week #25 3/8/04 -3/12/04	March is Women's History Month Women in History: a Page of Links •About the women's movement, •Biographies of famous women US Census Facts & Figures: Women's History Month Yahooligans Women's History Month
Week #26 3/15/04 -3/18/04	St.Patrick's Day A Wee Bit of Fun St Patricks Day at Primary Games St Patrick's Fun at Kids Domain Happy St Patrick's Day: Billy Bear's Playground Happy St Patrick's Day from Arthur Elementary School, Arthur, Illinois
Week #27 3/22/04 -3/26/04	Welcome Spring!! March 20 "Celebrate our Earth and spring with your class and the Maine DEP!" Jeepers/Peepers Report and track the progress of spring with your class Send in the date your class observes the emerging & returning animals and plants (robins, peepers, sugar maples, dandelion) Measure snow depth; record 'ice out' Plus lots of good information about spring...(Activities alligned to ME Learning Results) Journey North- Annenberg Site Tracking Spring Excellent information on migration and species. Springtime in Maine
Week #28 3/29/04 -4/2/04	April is Poetry Month BCS Poetry Pages •About Poetry •Poem Forms •How-To and Examples •BCS Kids' Poems •Famous Poets •Links
Week #29 4/5/04 4/9/04	Easter on the Net Happy-Easter.com A lot about Easter eggs Crew's Nest Easter - Good information about Easter and Easter traditions   KidsDomain Passover Passover on the Net Haskell by the Month: Passover - student page about this Jewish holiday.
Week #30 4/12/04 -4/15/04	TWO USEFUL REFERENCE SITES iTools......"Quick access to the best Internet tools" Search Tools:Find anything on the Web Language Tools: Look up words or translate them Research Tools: Find facts and theories about any subject Financial Tools: Convert currency Map Tools: See a map or get driving directions Internet Tools:Usenet working and web tools REF DESK.COM .....One of George's Favorite Links to Search Engines, Site, Thought, Word, etc. of the Day, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, other references News, Weather, Almanac, Tax Info, and much, much more!

Week #11 11/10/03 -11/14/03	CESAME Support Site for Investigations in Numbers, Data, and Space America Recycles Day: Friday, November 15 Planet Pals: Activities, Freebies, Lessons, clip art Veterans Day: Veteran's Day November 11:Veterans Day VFW Origins of Veterans Day
Week #12 11/17/03 -11/21/03	Plimoth Plantation Thanksgiving on the Net The Mayflower Web Clothing, Letters, Pilgrim children Kids' Domain Thanksgiving
Week #13 11/24/03 -11/25/03	Scholastic's First Thanksgiving Time Line; Life as a Plimoth Pilgrim; Life as a Wampanoag; Daily Life in 1621; Virtual Mayflower Voyage; Ask Kate Waters Sail 1620: Explore the Mayflower and much more Jamestown Adventure
Week #14 12/1/03 -12/5/03	Hanukkah (sunset 11/30 -12/7) Chanukah on the Net Hanukkah :Festival of Lights Virtual Chanukah Hanukkah (World Book ) (Scroll in right column to World History & Culture / Click on Holidays Around the World /Click on Hanukkah)
Week #15 12/8/03 -12/12/03	Christmas (12/ 25) Christmas on the Net Merry Christmas.com Christmas Around the World (World Book ) (Scroll in right column to World History & Culture / Click on Holidays Around the World /Click on Christmas/) Christmas Around the World (Kids Domain)
Week #16 12/15/03 -12/19/03	Kwanzaa (12/ 26-1/1) Kwanzaa Welcome Page Official Kwanzaa Web Site Kwanza (World Book ) (Scroll in right column to World History & Culture / Click on Holidays Around the World /Click on Kwanza/)
Week #17 1/5/04 -1/9/04	Two for New Years Kidproj Multicultural Calendar: New Year - children from around the world describe how their families celebrate the New Year BrainPop: New Years Watch an animated movie and see how people around the world celebrate the new year.
Week #18 1/12/04 -1/16/04	MARTIN LUTHER KING Martin Luther King Day on the Net Enchanted learning's All About Martin Luther King Printable Booklets, etc Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scavenger Hunt Holiday Zone: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Games, arts and crafts, discussion topics, songs, and other language activities Martin Luther King, Jr. Tribute Life magazine's tribute includes both pictures of Dr. King and excerpts from his writings. National Civil Rights Museum Virtual Tour Visit this site to re-live the civil rights movement from Brown v. Board of Education to the present day; tour is presented in pictures and text
Week #19 1/20/04 -1/23/04	Jennifer Richard Jacobson, author Visiting BCS Thursday 1/22/04
Week #20 1/26/04 -1/30/04	Enchanted Learning Mars Exploration Rover Mission data, pictures, great activities! Mars for Kids Mars for Students Mars for Educators

Week #1 9/2/03 - 9/5/03	Enchanted Learning Over the last couple of years we have used this site in many classes. If you aren't familiar with it, take a minute to check it out. It provides kid friendly info on many topics from explorers & inventors to pond animals & dinosaurs. It has great pictures, curriculum related craft ideas, and excellent printouts. Membership will give us some special privileges as well as support the good folks who do this page. I will tell you more in a future PC News.
Week #2 9/8/03 - 9/12/03	BrainPOP.Com Very rich site with information including short "movies" on many topics: health, science, technology, math, English, and (NEW) social studies (13 colonies, Am Revolution., govt branches, bullying, US Constitution, etc)
Week #3 9/15/03 - 9/19/03
Week #4 9/22/03 - 9/26/03	Hill Gardens of Maine Palermo, ME Great articles on a number of garden topics
Week #5 9/29/02 -10/3/02	Vocabulary University Upper Elementary to Adult A number of Learning Activities Vocabulary based on themes (elections, holidays, wizards, etc.), school calendar, root words
Week #6 10/6/03 -10/10/03	Columbus Day Celebrate Columbus Day The Explorations of Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus Time Line A second grade's illustrated timeline Extract's from Columbus's Journal (Medieval Sourcebook) 1492: An Ongoing Voyage Learn about America before European explorers arrived. Discover how the arrival of Columbus affected many different peoples and cultures. Columbus Day For Kids
Week #7 10/15/03 -10/17/03	Columbus Day Celebrate Columbus Day The Explorations of Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus Time Line A second grade's illustrated timeline Extract's from Columbus's Journal (Medieval Sourcebook) 1492: An Ongoing Voyage America before European explorers arrived; how the arrival of Columbus affected many different peoples and cultures. Columbus Day For Kids
Week #8 10/20/03 -10/24/03	Educators' Resources on the www: "Only a beginning..." An incredible list of amazing resources!
Week #9 10/27/03 -10/31/03	HALLOWEEN! 13 Pumpkin Avenue - Halloween info and fun! Costumes, decorating, recipes, party planning, jokes, games, coloring, music, and holiday history. Bear Country Halloween - Click around this haunted house Kids Domain Halloween Happy Halloween from Ben & Jerry's Yahooligans Search
Week #10 11/3/03 -11/7/03	RAMADAN: October 27-November 25 Ramadan:The Month of Fasting (FactMonster) Ramadan on the Net Welcome to Submission