Monday, February 14, 2005

Education at Library Reference Search

Education at Library Reference Search. I stumbled upon a really good Web directory that has a lot of sites. Many of these relate to the elementary school!

Here are some categories to check out:

Elementary Education
Early Childhood Education
Children's Literature
Rowling, J. K.
Lesson Plans

Have fun browsing.

Sunday, February 6, 2005

Presidential Speeches

Presidential Speeches. President Bush has been giving official speeches lately. The recent Inaugural and State of the Union have attracted the attention of some of my students. Here are pages with the text of the speeches:



Second Inaugural Address of George W. Bush

2005 State of the Union Address

Wednesday, February 2, 2005

Groundhog .org

Groundhog .org. This is the Official Site of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club. This is the most minor of holidays but it always gets attention from my students. This is a good place to refer them towards.



From the site:



Yes! Punxsutawney Phil is the only true weather forecasting groundhog. The others are just impostors.



There has only been one Punxsutawney Phil. He has been making predictions for over 119 years!



Punxsutawney Phil gets his longevity from drinking "groundhog punch," a secret recipe. Phil takes one sip every summer at the Groundhog Picnic and it magically gives him seven more years of life.



On February 2, Phil comes out of his burrow on Gobbler's Knob - in front of thousands of followers from all over the world - to predict the weather for the rest of winter.