MRS. TELL'S LINK OF THE MONTH ARCHIVE!

Thinking Cap

Clip art licensed from the Clip Art Gallery on DiscoverySchool.com

Try these links for a trivia warm-up!

Trivia Quiz Set	Brain Quest
Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader	Thinking Cap Quiz Bowl     (Information)

Link to Thinking Cap Dodge BLOG

BlueZones


The Dodge Blue Zone Team is committed to making healthy changes in our lives
that will help us look and feel better.  We are taking the Blue Zones Challenge! 
For one month, we are trying to:

    * Eat more fruits and vegetables
    * Get plenty of physical exercise
    * Drink fewer sweetened beverages
    * Watch less TV, and replace it with reading

We challenge you to join the Dodge Team. 
If you complete one month of taking the Blue Zone Challenge,
we'll add you to our board!

Get your forms by going to the Blue Zones web site or
ask one of the team members from the media center to help you get started.

The current Dodge Blue Zone Team consists of 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students, led by
Their Classroom Teachers: 
Mrs. Riley, Mrs. Taylor, Ms. Smith, Mrs. Vanicek, Mr. Bohling
Mrs. Carter, Ms Davis, Mrs. Decker, Mrs. Schleicher
Mrs. Deines, Mrs. Maly, Mrs. Meyer, Mrs. Patsios
PE Teacher:  Mr. Hansen
Media Team:  Mrs. Tell, Mrs. Yeager, Mrs. Vassar
With Support of:
Food Service Staff
Counselor:  Mrs. Henri Nemechek-Glatter
Friends in our Community
and
Dodge School Parents!

Running count of people who have completed the challenge at Dodge:
133!

Please join us today!

During the month of February, we have a team participating in the Blue Zones Quest.
Take a look at our Dodge Team Blog!


Chess Club
Featuring:  Chessica
Practice your chess skills this summer by playing against Chessica.  Dodge School will start a chess club during the 2005 / 2006 school year with some opportunities for tournament play.  Thanks to Dodge PTA and ADK Epsilon Chapter, we have all the club materials ready to go at school!
Learn how to play at Chess Kids Academy.
 Internet Chess Club has the basic chess moves.


MAY
Featuring: Concrete Poetry
At Candlewick, there is a downloadable activity kit on writing concrete poetry.
Link this web site with the book A Poke in the I: A Collection of Concrete Poems, edited by Paul B. Janeczko.
Curriculum Links

MATH	SCIENCE
Triangle is a sample of a concrete poem which might spark an idea.	Books by Douglas Florian, such as Insectlopedia, contain concrete poems.

APRIL
Featuring:  Jane Goodall
Symbols of Hope

What have we learned from animals?
Use these new books to find out.

What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? By Robin Page

Actual Size by Steve Jenkins

Do Whales Have Wings?  By Michael Dahl

Here is a site that will help keep data:
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives for
Interactive Mathmatics


MARCH
Featuring:  Dr. Seuss
from
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
Be sure to check out her listing of Dr. Seuss Sites.
My favorite related link is Seussville.
Students:  Play in their educational "Playground".
Older Students:  You might also enjoy the challenge of "StoryMaker" or learning more about the unusual life of Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss) in  "Biography".
Teachers:  It also has endless teaching ideas in the section "Read Across America".


FEBRUARY
JUNIOR IDITAROD
Pair this web link with the Golden Sower book:
"Togo" by Robert J. Blake
A NEW book in our Dodge library which could be paired with that book:
 "The Great Serum Race:  Blazing the Iditarod Trail" by Debbie Miller
Here are classroom resource pages for those who want to extend activities for students:
Scholastic:  Iditarod Race Across Alaska
Great site for students!
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race:  Official Site of the Last Great Race
Students:  This site has information on all the 2005 Mushers.
Teachers:  Be sure to check out the Teacher Resources Section.
The Iditarod Dog Sled Race
This has ideas for a teaching unit centered around the Iditarod.


JANUARY

What role do animal dads play in raising offspring?	Why do animals migrate?
Web link:  Animal Dad information from Fact Monster	Penguin Adaptation
Scavenger Hunt Activity:  Animal Dads	Sandhill Crane Migration
Music link:  Listen to the Animal Dad song.	Monarch Watch
Movie link:  Watch the March of the Penguins movie trailer.	Songbird Migration Podcasts:  Birdsong Wanes with the Season Migration: Following the Stars

DECEMBER FUN!

Visit our Kindergarten Snow Art Gallery!


FOLK TALES

Japanese Kamishibai Integrating Japanese folk tales into the classroom using  Japanese Kamishibai

Folk Tales Lesson plans for folktales by teachervision

African Story Telling This opens a pdf file of ideas

Sea World/Busch Gardens Animal Bytes One page fact sheets about some of the most interesting creatures found in the animal kingdom.

PBS Critter Guide Search for fun facts about animals.

National Geographic Creature Feature Get to know some of the most unusual members of the wild world.

  Now try this!