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Volcanoes Click on the link above to watch a background video on Volcanoes from National Geographic.

The Human Machine Click on the link above to watch a background video on the Human Body from National Geographic.

Electricity Click on the link above the watch the background video on Electricity from BrainPOP.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 110%;">Rocks and Minerals <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 110%;"> Click on the link above the watch the background video on Rocks and Minerals from BrainPOP.

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<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 130%;">The story Going Home, Coming Home by Truong Tran takes place in Saigon, Vietnam. Click above learn a little about what this city looks like and to view the market.

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<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 130%;">Click above to watch the book trailer for //The Tapper Twins Go to War// by Geoff Rodkey.

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<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 130%;">Click above to watch the book trailer for //The Lemonade War// by Jacqueline Davies.

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<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 130%;">Click above to watch the book trailer for //Spaceheadz// by Jon Scieszka.

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<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 130%;">media type="youtube" key="-M8Usw4OSxY" width="560" height="315" <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 130%;">Click above to watch the book trailer for //Deep and Dark and Dangerous// by Mary Downing Hahn.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 130%;">media type="youtube" key="R8rnfyRh5Gs" width="560" height="315" <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 130%;">Click above to watch the book trailer for //Among the Hidden// by Margaret Peterson Haddix.

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<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 130%;">Click above to watch the book trailer for //Floors// by Patrick Carman.

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<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 130%;">[|Idioms Online] <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 110%;">Click on the link above to learn more about idioms.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 130%;">[|Readquarium] <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 110%;">Play these online games to improve your reading <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 130%;">.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 130%;">[|Learning Today] <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 110%;">Play these reading games and activities to help build key reading skills such as vocabulary and reading comprehension.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 130%;">[|Tumble Books] <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;,cursive; font-size: 110%;">TumbleBooks are animated, talking picture books which teach kids in a format they will love.

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