Mrs. Bromwich's Class

The mission of the Winfield R-IV School District is to create lifelong learners who contribute positively to a diverse society.

Mrs. Bromwich's Story Town Links

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Theme 1 - Facing Challenges
The Hot and Cold Summer Johanna Hurwitz Author Page National Geographic Article on Parrots Character Traits Chart Online Lemonade Stand Pizza Fractions Prefixes, Suffixes and Roots	Secret Talk Create Your Own Poems Online Friendship Interactive Magnetic Poetry
Mighty Jackie: The Strike Out Queen Jackie Mitchell - The Girl Who Struck Out Babe Ruth The Real Story of Jackie's StrikeOut Marissa Moss Author Page Babe Ruth Museum Online Character Trait Trading Card Bio-Cube Interactive	The New Kid Baseball Vocabulary Word Web Game Shape Poem Generator Make Your Own Baseball Card Online
Danitra Brown Leaves Town Nikki Grimes Author Page Narrative Poem - Casey at Bat Audio Track Interactive Story Map Interactive Venn Diagram	Summertime Star Parties Cyberchase - Stargazing Interactive
Kai's Journey to Gold Mountain Angel Island Photo Gallery Katrina Currier Author Page Interactive Plot Diagram Postcard Interactive Creator	My Japanese Sister All About Kimonos and Japanese Clothing What does it take to become a Host Family?
Pedro Puts on a Play Mariachi Festival Slideshow New York Times Smithsonian Mariachi Video How Marionettes are Made Vodcast Smithsonian Creole Songs of Haiti	Raul's After School Snack

Theme 2 - Getting the Job Done
On the Banks of Plum Creek Horehound Candy Recipe Conflict Resolution Interactive Biographies of All the People Featured within the Story	Surviving Life on the Prairie Build your own Sod House What Life was Like in a Sod House Pioneer Camera Fun with Dung Pioneer Life Thinkquest Pioneers Thinkquest
Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World Quiz Over the Story National Cowboy Museum Mildred Pitts Walter Author Website Bill Pickett Biography Cooking on the Prairie Recipes Justin and the Best Biscuits Internet Scavenger Hunt	Home on the Range/Hats Off to the Cowboy Home on the Range Cowboy Hat etiquette Red Steagall
Three Little Cyberpigs Jane Tesh Biography Three Cyberpigs Game Tech Terms for Kids	The Three Little Pigs Revisited Roald Dahl's Three Pigs Poem What are Fractured Fairy Tales? Three Little Pigs Create your own board game of the three pigs
Weaving a California Tradition	Wonder Weaver
Emerald's Eggs Turtle Trouble National Geographic Creature Feature - Leatherback Sea Turtle Leatherback Sea Turtle Crittercam Mission Sea Turtle, Inc. National Geographic Creature Feature - Loggerhead Sea Turtle	Local Governments National Vs State Governments

Theme 3- Natural Changes

Mimicry and Camouflage

Animals that use Camouflage
Camouflage Field Book Interactive from Harcourt
Write your own Animal Adaptation Report
Seeing Through Camouflage Interactive Game
Animal Adaptation
Printable Activity
Design your own Trickster Butterfly

Lizard, Frogs, and Polliwogs

Douglas Florian Paintings
Meet the Author Douglas Florian
Write Your Own Animal Poem
Camouflage Art Lesson

Mountains

Mountain Maker Earth Shaker
Volcano World
National Geographic-Mount Everest
Animation of the Birth of the Himalayan Mountains
Volcano Internet Field Trip
Mountains: A Drama Exploration

To the Top of the World

Mt. Everest Facts and Quick History
National Geographic Kids

Fire Storm

Jean Craighead George Author Website
Salmon River Whitewater Rafting Experience
Hans Christian Anderson's story of Phoenix Bird
Illustrator Wendell Minor Website
Smoky Bear Forest Fire Information Page

Flame Busters

Protective Firefighter Clothing
Fire Call: A Woodland Firefighter Speaks
Write your own creative article about a fire incident

Theme 4: Imaginiation at Work

So You Want to Be an Inventor?

Illustrator David Small Biography & Artwork
Inventors Hall of Fame
Interactive Technology Timeline
Internet Scavenger Hunt over Inventors and Inventions
Enchanted Learning Inventors
Invention Games

Make a Movie Machine

Make your won Phenakistoscope
Watch an animation of the Phenakistoscope
Create your own flipbook
Make your own flipbook

Just Like Me

Links to all the Artists Featured
Create Your Own Self-Portrait
How do Draw Portraits
Andy Warhol: Pop Art

I Am an Artist

Pat Lowery Collins Official Website
Write Your Own "I Am an Artist"
Emotion Poem

Hewitt Anderson's Great Big Life

Jerdine Nolen't Official Website
Jack and the Beanstalk Mural w/ Story Online
Imagine how small you would be in the Anderson house

The Little Fly and the Great Moose

Janeen Adil Official Website
Scholastic-write your own folktale
How to teach Pourquoi tales

Juan Verdades: The Man Who Couldn't Tell a Lie

Joe Hayes Biography and More
Describe your Apples

Hard Cheese

Helen Ward Unit on Fables (pg. 9)
Modern Fable Squids will be Squids lesson
Four Animated Fables

The Case of the Too-Hot Apple Cider

Illustrator Chris Buzelli's Online Gallery
MysteryNet's Kids Online Short Mysteries
Mystery Writing-Cooperative Groups
Scholastic's Writing with Writers
Recipe for Hot Apple Cider

Reading a Biography: Sequoyah's Talking Leaves

Image of the Cherokee Syllable Alphabet

Theme 5 - A New Home
Because of Winn-Dixie Student Projects over the book Kate DiCamillo Official Website Because of Winn Dixie Webquest Florida Environmental Photos Online Clips of the Movie Library Dogs	Decoding Dog Speak What is Your Dog and Cat Trying to Tell You?
My Dairy From Here to There Amada Irma Perez Author Webpage Photos of Juarez, Mexico El Paso, TX Visitor Information Mexicali, Mexico Visitor Information Saguaro Cactus Video Tamales Cesar Chavez Webcams on Border Crossing in San Ysidro Current Stats on Wait Time at Border Crossings	Moving/There's an Orange Tree Out There Eileen Spinelli Author Poet Webpage Write a Phone Number Poem
The Cricket in Time Square George Seldon Biography Coney Island Times Square Webcam Official Website of Times Square Tucker Mouse's Life Savings Activity What's Beneath a City Sidewalk Build Your Own Cricket Cage	Cricket Thermometer Interactive Cricket Conversion Calculator Interactive Cricket Rating Temperature Applet
Mangrove Wilderness Bianca Lavies Author Webpage Photos and quick information on Mangroves Mangrove Information, Maps, Diagrams and More Wetlands Plant Watercolor Lesson Food Chain Worksheet Jack Prelutsky Sings "On a Mangrove Tree"	Mangrove Everglades National Park Everglades National Park Photos Endangered Animal Art Activity
Welcome to Chinatown! Cultural Information from San Francisco's Chinatown Grant Avenue Chinatown 360 Degree Image of Grant Avenue Chinatown Image	Reading Fiction: Amelia's Garden Comic Strip Planning Sheet Create your Own Comic Strip on how the Garden was Created

Thank-you to the teachers in the Renwick School District for the Story Town links!

Site created and maintained by Casey Bromwich,
fourth grade eMINTS teacher, Winfield Intermediate School.
Created February 26, 2008, and last updated February 24, 2009
© 2008

External links are intended for educational purposes. The Winfield R-IV School District and its employees are not responsible for the content of external sites.