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  • Home
    • Schedules and Quick Links
    • Student Responsibilities
    • About Me
  • 6th Grade
    • Gossamer
    • Freak the Mighty
    • A Long Walk to Water
    • Myths, Tales, Legends, Fables
    • Small Group Research
  • 8th Grade
    • Poe
    • Holocaust Unit
    • Poetry
  • Public Speaking
  • Cheerleading
  • Large Group Speech
  • Prom
Mrs. Rusk
  • Home
    • Schedules and Quick Links
    • Student Responsibilities
    • About Me
  • 6th Grade
    • Gossamer
    • Freak the Mighty
    • A Long Walk to Water
    • Myths, Tales, Legends, Fables
    • Small Group Research
  • 8th Grade
    • Poe
    • Holocaust Unit
    • Poetry
  • Public Speaking
  • Cheerleading
  • Large Group Speech
  • Prom
  • More
    • Home
      • Schedules and Quick Links
      • Student Responsibilities
      • About Me
    • 6th Grade
      • Gossamer
      • Freak the Mighty
      • A Long Walk to Water
      • Myths, Tales, Legends, Fables
      • Small Group Research
    • 8th Grade
      • Poe
      • Holocaust Unit
      • Poetry
    • Public Speaking
    • Cheerleading
    • Large Group Speech
    • Prom

6th Grade

Testing Sites:

  • FastBridge - aReading

  • Iowa Assessment practice

Classroom Sites: 

  • IXL - level H

  • CommonLit

  • ReadWorks 

  • Actively Learn 

  • BoardWorks

  • TweenTribune 

  • FlipGrid 

  • Spellingcity.com 

Online Reading:

  • eLibrary:  Sioux Central Library (allows you to put a hold on books)

  • EPIC: 

  • Libby: probably my favorite way to read online...

  • BookSeer: Helps you pick out a book you might enjoy! The homepage makes me happy

  • Which Book? Another great site to help you pick out your next book!

  • MackinVIA

  • Open Library: no library card needed! 

  • Iowa AEA Online - BookFlix, TruFlix, lots of great reading info! 

  • Sioux Central Media Center - online books

  • EyeWitness to History 

  • Loyal Books - Audiobooks

  • AudioBooksForFree - hundreds of audiobooks

  • Project Gutenerg - FREE online book site

  • Biographies: Short bio's of famous men and women through history

 Vocab games: 

  • Boddle

  • Grammarly - proofreads your work!

  • COBUILD Dictionary - Dictionary with easy to understand definitions

  • Dictionary.com 

  • Thesaurus.com - synonyms and antonyms

  • FreeRice: Language Vocabulary, Grammar, Famous Quotations, Literature (change difficulty level if it's too easy!)

  • Main Idea practiced

  • Language Skills: ABCYA.com

  • Text Twist: Create as many words as possible with letters you are given. Stuck? TWIST the letters around!

  • Word Me: how many words can you make in 3 minutes? 

  • Word Puzzle:  Unscramble letters to find the word

  • Stay Afloat: how much do you know about different topics? Hangman style!

  • Letter Boxed

  • Shiritori: like 'Last Letter' that we play in class

  • Spell Bee: New York Times spelling game

  • Spellerz: online spelling game

  • Word Scramble

  • Wordle (unlimited)

  • Wordle Game

  • Word Surge

  • Grabble

  • Word Race

  • Pyramid Scheme

Book Review Sites: check out a book review, if you're just not sure it's for you! 

  • Common Sense Media: great for books, music, and TV/Movies

  • GoodReads: great place to track your reading, too! 

  • Shelf Reflections

  • EpicReads: also has fun book quizzes! 

  • The Literate Mother

  • Sweet On Books: this one is sensory overload, but lots of info.

  • Plugged In: another great site for all types of media

Imagery

  • Drawing

Story Elements

  • Point of View 

Figurative Langauge

  • Metaphor

Allusion:

  • Video

Irony

  •  Situational

  • Dramatic

  • Verbal  

  • Lego Movie

  • Emperor’s New Groove

  • Little Mermaid

Summarizing

  • KU Writing

  • KU Sentence examples 

  • Told by Olaf

    • All. Disney. by Olaf - might be the best thing EVER

WRITING

KU 

    • Sentence examples 

    • Paragraph Guide 

  • Adverbs

  • Adjectives & Adjective Descriptions 

  • Clause

  • Nouns

  • Phrases: Gerund, Prepositional...

  • Transitions

  • Verbs 

  • Thesaurus.com - synonyms and antonyms

Writing Style

  • MLA 

  • Narrative Writing 

  • Expository Writing

  • Descriptive Writing

  • Persuasive Writing

  • Thesis Statement (2)

  • Bibliography 

  • StoryDice

  • Emoji Prompts 

For Fun! 

  • ONLINE PLANNER: super nifty online planner to help you get organized!

  • Letter Boxed: game

  • Shiritori: like 'Last Letter' that we play in class

  • Spell Bee: New York Times spelling game

  • Instructables: instructions on how to do practically anything

  • Online Jigsaw Puzzles

  • Online Word Search

  • Online Dot to Dot

  • USA Today Word Games

  • Word Games: TONS of online word games

  • GoodTyping: free online typing site: must log in! 

  • Typing Course: free typing site

  • War of the Words: Typing Skills

  • AutoDraw: fast drawing for everyone

  • Sketch Swap: draw something, then swap!

  • Art for Kids Hub: learn to draw

  • WeaveSilk: create something gorgeous!

  • This Is Sand: more creations

  • How Stuff Works: literally how things work

  • Hour of Code: interesting in computer coding?

  • KenKen: Math puzzle similar to Saduko, but using mathematical operations instead!  

SPELLING:

  • Word Mayhem: Compete against other players as you try to create as many words as possible with the letters you are given.

  • Text Twist: Create as many words as possible with letters you are given. Stuck? TWIST the letters around!

  • Word Me: how many words can you make in 3 minutes? 

  • Word Jack: make as many words with 200 tiles as possible. 

  • Word Busters 2: how many words can you find that start with the first 3 given?

  • Word Puzzle:  Unscramble letters to find the word

  • Word Forge: make as many words as possible

  • Stay Afloat: how much do you know about different topics? Hangman style!

DIY: 

  • Online Rubics Cube

  • Coin Eater

  • Balancing Coin Bridge

  • Cup Stacking

  • Nail Balancing   

  • Rubrics Cube

  • Dice Stacking

  • Juggle

  • Card Throwing

  • Paper FlipBooks

  • Paper Airplane folds

  • Spin Basketball on Finger  

  • Draw a 'whole' in your paper

  • Origami Butterfly Ball

  • Draw a 3D City

  • Paper Airplane! 

  • How to Tie Knots (with rope)  

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