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Helpful Links
Helpful Links
On this page you will find a lot of recommendations for how stay engaged and keep your brain busy. For weekly suggested assignments and activities, be sure to watch Ms. Meehan's morning videos and read the morning messages!
To access activities and assignments, you will need to access either Google Classroom or the NPS Grade 5 Learn from Home Website.
Podcast Recommendations
Podcast Recommendations
The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel
A scripted podcast for middle grade kids, performed by middle grade kids. It is a fun, high-quality, serial mystery that can be described as Goonies meets Spy Kids meets Stranger Things. Eleven year old Mars and his 3 friends go off on an adventure in search of their 2 missing friends. Ms. Meehan has listened to the first 5 episodes and highly recommends!
Smash Boom Best!
A debate show for kids and families. Each episode takes two cool things and smashes them together and you decide which is best. The debaters use facts and passion to make their case… teaching listeners how to defend their own opinions along the way. Ms. Meehan has listened to: movies vs books (she votes books!) and pizza vs tacos (she votes pizza).
Greeking Out
A kid-friendly retelling of classic ancient Greek myths as featured in the Nat Geo Kids book Zeus the Mighty. Ms. Meehan enjoyed listening to the episode on Narcissus and Echo (it was very similar to the Storyworks play we read this year).
Ms. meehan's current book recommendations
Ms. meehan's current book recommendations
Please log any books you read in your reading log on Google Docs. Ms. Meehan would love to know what you are reading!
Front Desk by Kelly Yang
Realistic fiction novel about 10 year old Mia Tang who lives in the motel her parents manage. Her parents hide immigrants and the rude motel owner, Mr. Yao, cannot find out or the Tangs will be fired and left with no job or place to live. On top of that, Mia wants to become a writer, but her parents see a different future for her. Will Mia be able to help her family escape Mr. Yao while also helping the guests and immigrants that have become like family to her? And finally, will Mia pursue her dream of writing despite what her parents think?
Level: U
Sophia's War by Avi
Historical fiction novel about 12 year old Sophia Calderwood who lives in New York City in 1776. Sophia's older brother, an American soldier, has been missing since the Battle of Brooklyn. A British soldier is quartered in Sophia's family's home and they begin to form a friendship of sorts and she hopes he can help her find her brother. Later on, she is recruited to become an American spy and begins working as a maid in a British General's house. Sophia soon learns of a traitor who could destroy the entire Patriot cause. Will Sophia be able to stop them and will anyone believe a girl? Or will she be caught and severely punished?
Level: Y
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling
Fantasy novel about an orphaned boy named Harry who is taken in by his awful aunt and uncle and forced to live under the stairs. On his 11th birthday he receives a letter to attend Hogwarts, a school for witches and wizards. Harry escapes into a world of goblins, magic, Quidditch, and two new best friends. During his first year at Hogwarts he learns something powerful is hidden at the school and he must do something to stop it from getting in the hands of someone evil.
Level: V
where can i access or acquire books?
where can i access or acquire books?
Wellesley Books (local book store)
Brookline Booksmith (local book store)
Newton Free Library (for ebooks and audiobooks)
Websites like Epic Reading and Audible are also offering free access to audiobooks.
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