Eastford Elementary School's Library Catalog Online

My mission at Eastford Elementary School is to meet the academic needs of students while promoting enthusiasm and enjoyment for reading. I guide in the development of research skills through the use of print and technology resources and I  encourage students to be life-long readers.

Summer Reading Packet

      2017 Connecticut's Nutmeg Book Nominees

Elementary Nominees

Hilo:The Boy WHo Crashed to Earth by Judd Winick

Grandma in Blue with Red Hat by Scott Menchin

Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin by Chieri Uegaki

Hamster Princess:Harriet the Invincible by Ursula Vernon

In a Village by the Sea by Muon Van

Lulu's Mysterious Mission by Judith Viorst

Mr. Ferris and His Wheel by Kathryn Gibbs Davis

One Plastic Bag  by Miranda Paul

Phineas L. MacGuire...Gets Cooking! by Frances O'Roark Dowell

Quinny &Hopper by Adriana Brad Schanen

Ranger in Time:Rescue on the Oregon Trail  by Kate Messner

Skateboard Party by Karen English

Star Stuff by Stephanie Roth Sisson

Winter Bees & Other Poems of the Cold by Joyce Sidman

Queen of the Diamond by Emily Arnold McCully
Intermediate Level:

Boundless by Kenneth Oppel

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein

Gaby,Lost and Found by Angela Cervantes

Masterminds by Gordon Korman

The Misadventurs of the Family Fletcher by Dana Alison Levy

Eddie Red Undercover:Mystery on Museum Mile by Marcia Wells

Red Berries, White Clouds, Blue Sky  by Sandra Dallas

Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson

A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd

Space Case byStuart Case

For complete results, see http://www.nutmegaward.org

Link for creating QR codes:

Vocaroo This is an online voice recorder

http://vocaroo.com/ 

Grade 4 Researching

Native American Sites

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/indian-tribes-today 

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/native-american-contributions

http://www.bigorrin.org/iroquois_kids.htm

http://www.ducksters.com/history/native_american_tribes_regions.php

http://www.learner.org/interactives/historymap/indians5.html   northeast Native Americans

http://www.native-languages.org/connecticut.htm
http://www.bigorrin.org/pequot_kids.htm       Pequot tribe
http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/daily_life/  compare and  contrast Wampanoag and Pilgrims
http://www.pbs.org/circleofstories/wearehere/placenames_map.html  locations with map

http://www.mrdonn.org/nativeamericans.html      

http://www.pbs.org/circleofstories/stories.html   stories from Native Americans

Here are more than 450 photos to add to your reports, posters, or PowerPoint presentations. These photos are "copyright friendly," Please remember to cite your sources.

Links for Grade 4 Researching

Sites for Famous People in CT.

http://www.factmonster.com/us-states/connecticut.html

http://www.netstate.com/states/peop/ct_peop.htm

http://www.infoplease.com/us-states/connecticut.html

http://www.wildlifeofct.com/mammals.html

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html

mbgnet.net/sets/temp/index.htm

blueplanetbiomes.org/deciduous_animal_page.htm

How to Evaluate a Websites sites to use

http://descy.50megs.com/akcj3/bmd.html

http://city-mankato.us/

http://www.umbachconsulting.com/miscellany/velcro.html