3-5 Library

• Slime Experiments in space

• International Space Station science activities

• Storytime from Space - choose any of these books and listen to an astronaut read to you!

• Radiolab Podcast - The Dark Side of the Earth - 2 stories about the darkness of space, told by an astronaut

• Read aloud - Volcano Rising by Elizabeth Rusch

• Volcano Rising word search

• Other Volcano Rising activities - scroll down to 'Support Materials' and choose from several activities!

• USGS Volcano interactive map - click here look at and learn about the volcanoes monitored by USGS

• National Geographic Video

• Webcams from Hawaii's Volcano National Park

• ALA readers theater scripts - scroll down on this page and check out The Library Dragon, and The Chicken and the Librarian

• A ton of reader's theater scripts! These are for all ages but it doesn't say the age range for each story - explore and see what you can find

• Read Aloud - I Am Yoga by Susan Verde

• 5 Mindfulness Activities scroll down a bit and find the poster of activities, directions follow the poster

• Dream Sounds - Calming piano music from a friend of mine!

• Go to week 5 in the Physical Education tab for more mindfulness activities

• Read aloud - The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka. Read by the author

• Create your own interview for a fairy tale character - choose a character, decide what you would really like to ask them and think about how they would answer

• Take it another step - try to write your own fairy tale!

• Reader's Theater of the True Story of the 3 Little Pigs

• How to create your own comic in 5 easy steps!

• Learn to draw comics with Bad Kitty author Nick Bruel

• Watch an interview with graphic novelist Raina Telgemier

• Watch this interview with graphic novelist Jerry Craft

• Read aloud - an excerpt from Amulet read by the author Kazu Kibuishi

• Now go create your own!

• Kwame Alexander - explore his page, listen to his poetry, try his activities

• Found poetry

• Read some poetry - search Poetry Foundation by poet, age range, topic, and more

• Try some Haiku

Away from school now

Hot sun shining all day long

Keep our minds busy

• More poetry

• Two of my favorites: Harlem by Langston Hughes and Still I Rise by Maya Angelou (or this version)