MyOwn+Alphabet

=**Pathfinder to** **//Making My Own Alphabet Book// ** = =Go to this link for example of student work:[| http://voicethread.com/share/ 458011/]=

1. What's a Pathfinder?
This page will give you directions on how to find information from books and other materials in your own school library, and on the Internet for your group project, "Making My Own Alphabet".

You will be given places on the World Wide Web to look up words, find animals, search for sounds and pictures, and locate places on Earth.

When you are done your group project,you will be able to share your work with your fellow classmates by recording your words and showing your alphabet pictures and drawings on your class Whiteboard.

2. These are some words you can use to look for information in search engines

 * = letter ||= vowel ||= consonant ||= word ||= sentence ||
 * = paragraph ||= story ||= alphabet ||= animal ||= vegetable ||
 * = book ||= verb ||= noun ||= adjective ||= person ||
 * = place ||= thing ||= action ||= description ||= feeling ||

===**3. T **** hese are some //fiction __ALPHABET BOOKS __ // found in your school library .**===

> each letter of the alphabet starts the name of a monster. > playing with an alphabet of toys and dreams of playing in an alphabet of countries. > by collecting animals and other things for each letter. > folding an "F", measuring the "M", and rolling the "R". > helps kids learn their alphabet by sharing her favorite fancy words. > 1987 - shows how A was in an avalanche, B was badly bitten, C was cut to ribbons, and how other letters suffered > similar mishaps. > in the shape of each letter.
 * **AYL** //Old black fly.// Aylesworth, Jim. 1992 - an old black fly has a busy day creating the alphabet and bothering a lot of people along the way.
 * **E MCL** //SuperHero ABC.// McLeod, Bob. 2006 - superheroes with funny names from //Goo Girl// to //The Volcano//
 * **E MAR** //Chicka chicka boom boom.// Martin, Bill. 1989 - an alphabet rhyme and chant begins as letters try to climb a coconut tree.
 * **E LEU** //Jeepers creepers: a monstrous ABC.// Leuck, Laura. 2003 - 26 monsters go to school and find that
 * **E BRU** //Poor puppy.// Bruel, Nick. 2005 - when Bad Kitty won't play with Poor Puppy, he amuses himself by
 * **E CAR** //ABC, I like me!// Carlson, Nancy. 1997 - an alphabet book that looks into self-esteem.
 * **E INK** //Kipper's A to Z.// Inkpen, Mick. 2001 - Arnold and his friend, Kipper the dog, go through the alphabet
 * **E FLE** //Alphabet under construction.// Fleming, Denise. 2002 - a mouse works through the alphabet by
 * **E OCO** //Fancy Nancy's favorite fancy words: from accessories to zany.// O'Connor, Jane. 2008 - Fancy Nancy
 * **E VAN** //The alphabet theatre proudly presents the Z was zapped: a play in twenty-six acts.// Van Allsburg, Chris.
 * **428.1 GER** //The absolutely awful alphabet.// Gerstein, Mordicai. 1999 - an illustrated alphabet of crazy characters

===4. ** T **** hese are some // non-fiction __ALPHABET BOOKS __ // found in your school library .**===

> arranged alphabetically. > illustrate the alphabet, coins, and the counting system. > facts and information about horses and the equestrian world. > reproducible cards with fun facts on them. > various animals and other items found in a zoo. > such inventions as a computer, a zipper, an umbrella, and a microwave. > 26 construction machines from A to Z. > photographs and brief descriptions using one word related to a pet for each letter. > grooming, K-9 dogs, and show dogs. > care, and behavior of cats.
 * **027 PRI** //B is for bookworm: a library alphabet.// Prieto, Anita C. 2005 - a series of words related to libraries
 * **411 HOB** //26 Letters and 99 cents.// Hoban, Tana. 1987 - color photos of letters, numbers, coins, and other objects
 * **428.1 ULM** //H is for horse: an equestrian alphabet.// Ulmer, Michael. 2004 - alphabet rhyming book featuring historical
 * **590 LEE** //ABC safari.// Lee, Karen. 2007 - rhyming alphabet book shows variety of animals from around the world with
 * **590.73 SMI** //Z is for zookeeper: a zoo alphabet.// Smith, Marie. 2005 - an A - Z alphabet picture book describing the
 * **600 SCH** //I is for idea: an inventions alphabet.// Schonberg, Marcia. 2005 - an A - Z rhyming book that introduces kids to
 * **624 PAL** //The construction alphabet book.// Pallotta, Jerry. 2006 - illustrated alphabet book with brief descriptions of
 * **636.088 DAH** //Pets ABC: an alphabet book.// Dahl, Michael. 2005 - an alphabet book that introduces pets through
 * **636.7 STR** //W is for woof: a dog alphabet.// Strother, Ruth. 2008 - an A - Z rhyming book with text describing dog behavior,
 * **636.8 WIL** //M is for meow: a cat alphabet.// Wilbur, Helen L. 2007 - an alphabet book with information on the history,
 * **780 KRU** //M is for music.// Krull, Kathleen. 2003 - an alphabet book introducing musical terms from allegro to zarzuela.

**5.. A/V Materials (Audiotapes/audiobooks, Videotapes, DVDs, CD’s, Playaways):**

 * **CD, DVD, Book** //Chicka chicka boom boom.// [|//http://www.teachingheart.net/chickaboom.html//]
 * **CD** //Mr. Al: Rockin' the Alphabet// //[]//
 * **Audiobook** //Alphabet Weekends (Unabridged) [] //

6. These links will take you to alphabet organizers, databases in all subjects, search engines, and lots of other stuff on the Internet.

 * ====**[|//Alphabet Action// from LearningPlanet.com]**====
 * ====**[|Community Alphabet Book]**====
 * ====**SC Discus Kids**====
 * ====**[|Alphabet Organizer]**====
 * ====**[|KidsSpace @ The Internet Public Library]**====
 * ====**[|National Geographic Kids' Animals]**====
 * ====**NASA Picture Dictionary**====
 * ====**[|Kids.Yahoo.com]**====
 * ====**[|AskKids.com]**====
 * ====**[|Kids.Quintura.com]**====
 * ====**[|Ask Jeeves for Kids]**====
 * ====**[|Create A Graph]**====
 * ====[|**Ivy's Search Engines for Kids**]====

7. Here are some links to magazines and news sites

 * ====**[|National Geograpic for Kids]**====
 * ====**[|Sports Illustrated for Kids]**====
 * ====**[|dig - Archaeology Magazine for Kids]**====
 * **[|FamilyFun Magazine]**
 * ====**[|KidsNewsroom]**====
 * **[|Time Magazine for Kids]**

8. StreamlineSC (Streaming Video): (It is important to use state educational provisions. For persons outside SC, your choice might be UnitedLearning.)

 * StreamlineSC - **[]**
 * UnitedLearning - **[]**

9. Online Educational Web Resources: (There are some great ones! Have you seen LOC (Library of Congress)?

 * ====**TeacherTube Video** - Each student in Mr. Swift's first grade class was assigned a letter of the alphabet. The class then toured the school to find items that began with each letter and took pictures of each item. They put together this sideshow and VoiceThread to describe their school alphabet. [|http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=28b47069ddfcaebdeb8]====
 * ====**TeacherTube Video** - This class created an animal alphabet book out of construction paper and pictures from the Internet. []====

10. Unique Materials: community resources that might be useful
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 * **Augusta (GA) Museum of History** - []
 * **Morris Museum (Augusta, GA) of Art** - []
 * **Riverbanks Zoo and Garden (Columbia, SC)** - [|http://www.riverbanks.org/education]