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All Those Secrets of the World

When four-year-old Janie's father goes off to war, the rest of the family moves to the grandparents' on the Chesapeake Bay, where Janie learns a secret of the world which helps her understand her father's long absence.


Why are we featuring this book?

All Those Secrets of the World is a book featured in Five in a Row, a literature-based unit study curriculum. Many families use FIAR for all but the Grammar / Reading and Math, and others use it in conjunction with other resources. Below you will find information about the author and illustrator, story summaries, and links to lesson plans and websites that are great go-alongs for All Those Secrets of the World. Please note that these resources are meant to complement, not replace, the Five in a Row units. The Five in a Row volumes are inexpensive and well worth the investment. Digital downloads of the FIAR volumes and supplementary resources like Fold & Learn™ (paper manipulatives similar to lapbooks) are available to enhance your units.

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Jane Yolen


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Leslie Baker


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Online Units and Resources for All Those Secrets of the World

Vocabulary Mapping with All Those Secrets of the World
From Beacon Lessons (Y)


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Go-alongs about Oceans


A Jason-1 Oceanic Adventure - Voyage on the High Seas - Designed for children ages 9-13, this game offers a fun, learning opportunity for the entire family. In addition to being a game, it is an eye-catching poster showing continents, oceans and all of the major ocean currents. On the reverse, there are black and white educational activities designed to be reproduced directly from the poster for use in the classroom. (T,A)


Alaska Sea Life Center - Offers an unrivaled, up-close and personal experience with Gulf of Alaska marine wildlife. Witness a 2000+ pound Steller sea lion gliding past underwater viewing windows, puffins diving in a carefully crafted naturalistic habitat, and harbor seals resting on rocky beaches. Alaskan king crab, sea stars, and the Giant Pacific octopus also await you, as well as a whole variety of intertidal creatures and deep sea fishes. (Y, M, O, T)


Bridge - Sea Grant Ocean Sciences Education Center. The best marine education materials available on the Web. (Y, M, O, T)


Continents and Oceans Online Quiz - Test your geography knowledge of continents and oceans (Y, M, O, T)


Darling Marine Center - The marine laboratory of the University of Maine and the site of world renowned marine research. (Y, M, O, T)


EPA Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds Kids' Page - These are sites with information about water. (Y)


Exploring Nature Educational Resource - An award-winning website with natural science content and materials for educators, students, and parents. Free non-member entrance and a Member entrance. Students can use the animal databases to research animal reports, complete homework assignments, and find pictures of their favorite animals. Librarians, classroom teachers, and homeschoolers can use Exploring Nature to develop lesson plans for units on animals (mammals, birds, insects, spiders, sharks, fish, amphibians, reptiles, etc.), plants (wildflowers, trees, cacti, etc.), biomes (forests, deserts, oceans, polar regions, rain forests, wetlands, the tundra, etc.), adaptations (structure and function), farm animals, life cycles, food webs, ecology, the human body, genetics, space and the environment. (Y, M, O, T)


International Year of the Ocean - Kids and Teacher Corner (Y, M)


Marine Biology: The Living Oceans - Ology - American Museum of Natural History. Science-rich Website for Kids (Y, M, O, T)


Marine Biology: The Living Oceans - From Ology - American Museum of Natural History. (Y, M, O, T)


Marine Photobank - Marine Photobank is a free resource of ocean imagery that highlights pressing ocean issues and includes accompanying downloadable Photo Stories. Some subjects covered are Marine Pollution and Trash, Fishing Methods, and Reefs in Peril/Coral Bleaching. (Y, M, O, T)


MGBnet - What is it like where you live? - The MBGnet project is a series of videos about terrestrial biomes and aquatic habitats called What's It Like Where You Live?. The MBGnet website was based on these videos and gives additional information about the ecosystems. (Y, M)


National Marine Mammal Laboratory - (NMML) conducts research on marine mammals important to the mission of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), with particular attention to issues related to marine mammals off the coasts of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and California. (Y, M, O, T)


National Park Service - Explore Nature - Water Resources - Comprehensive resource off all NPS properties dealing with water. Includes Water Resources Webcams, USGS Water Quality Partnership, Implementing the National Park Service Ocean Park Stewardship Action Plan and more! (Y, M, O, T)


Ocean Fun! - The “Thank You Ocean” campaign was designed to instill in Californians a sense of personal connection and responsibility to our ocean and coast. ThankYouOcean.Org provides access to everything ocean in California including how to learn about and where to experience the ocean, the impacts of daily decisions on ocean life, ocean conservation issues, and what to do to help the ocean. (Y)


Partnership for the Delaware Estuary - Hi, kids! Do you know what an Estuary is? It's where the river meets the sea! Take it from me, it's an exciting and beautiful place to live. That's why we should all work together to protect places like the Delaware Estuary. To learn more, check out this website. These activities are lots of fun and they are sure to quench your thirst for knowledge! (Each of the activities on this Web page is a PDF file.) (Y, M)


Savage Seas - Use a wave simulator and explore tsunamis, freak wanes, and trade winds (Y,M)


Scripps Institution of Oceanography - One of the oldest, largest, and most important centers for marine science research, graduate training, and public service in the world. Research at Scripps Institution of Oceanography encompasses physical, chemical, biological, geological, and geophysical studies of the oceans. (Y, M, O, T)


Sea Life Poetry - Using Internet resources listed with the lesson plan, students explore oceans and sea life and learn to transform thoughts into different forms of poetry. Good way to integrate language arts into an ocean unit study. (Y,M)


Shedd Educational Adventures (SEA) - Contains a treasure trove of aquatic science resources for K-12 teachers and students. SEA brings the Philippines to life for your students with fact sheets and multimedia interactives based on the Wild Reef exhibit at Shedd Aquarium. (Y, M, O, T)


Steller sea lions research - North Pacific Universities Marine Mammal Research Consortium 200 (Y, M, O, T)


The Grave of the Titanic - Trace the Titanic's route, plot wreckage coordinates on a map, use percentages to calculate lifeboat capacity and more. (Y,M)


The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor - Activities and web resources developed as part of the Schools of California Online Resources for Educators (SCORE) Project, funded by the California Technology Assistance Project (CTAP). Students will learn to read and write informational material. They will learn to list facts, and write a simple informational paragraph. This will be done within the fun and exciting trip through the ocean visiting the animals and plants along the way. Grade 3 (Y)


Treasures @ Sea - Exploring the ocean through literature (Y)


Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution - WHOI is the world's largest private, nonprofit ocean research, engineering and education organization. (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

 

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Go-alongs about Veterans' Day


Arlington National Cemetary - Official website of the cemetery. If you can not visit the cemetery, check out the site map to this website or the historical information tab located on the home page. (Y, M, O, T)


Cool Facts About Veterans - From VA Kids, K-5th, Department of Veterans Affairs Kids Site. Grades K-5. (Y, M)


Kids Konnect - Veterans' Day - A safe Internet gateway for kids of all ages! (Y, M)


Remembrance Day or Veteran's Day Activities - DLTK's Holiday Activities for Kids (Y, M)


Salute to Veterans - From Kidsdomain.com (Y,M)


VA Kids, K-5th - Department of Veterans Affairs Kids Site. This site is for kids in the Kindergarten through 5th Grade. (Y, M)


Veteran's Day - From SunnieBunnieZZ. Veteran's Day history, information, poetry, and activities. (Y, M)


Veteran's Day Activities - From Apples4Teachers.com. Coloring pages, crafts for kids, and word searches. (Y, M)


Veteran's Day Crafts, Projects and Printouts - Veterans Day Crafts, Projects, Worksheets, Books, and Printouts. From Enchanted Learning (Y)


Veteran's Day Online - From Kids Turn Central (Y, M)


Veteran's Day Quiz - A quiz from FamilyEducation.com that includes explanations of each answer and links to activities and printouts at the end (Y, M, O, T)


Veteran's Day Word Search - This puzzle is dedicated to the memory of my late father, Kenneth R. Potter. Except for when he was proudly serving his country in the U.S.Navy during World War II, he lived his entire life in Mayhill, New Mexico. (Y, M, O, T)


VETERAN'S DAY: Interview with a World War II Veteran - Celebrate Veteran’s Day with a virtual field trip to Colorado. Hannah interviews a World War II Veteran and hears more about the history of World War II from a man who served our country in its time of need. (Y, M, O, T)


Veterans Day Lessons - From About.com. November Teaching Opportunities for Veterans Day (Y, M)


Veterans in my family - Students create a visual of family members who are/were veterans. Grades Pre-K-12 (Y, M, O, T)

 

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