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Thanks to some really wonderful folks on the internet, there are hundreds of free audio books available for children. Here are a few of our very favorites, click the picture to go there.:

Kiddierecords.com has scanned the picture books that were sold with the original records. Excellent Site!

booksshouldbefree.com

kidsaudiobooks.co.uk

To get them on your ipod:

1. Create a folder in your audio books folder using the name of the book you want to download.

2. Right click and save the image of the book cover then Right click and save the audio files. Make sure you are saving them to the folder you created in step 1.

3. Once they have downloaded to your computer, open Itunes and drag the book folder to your music library.

4. Select all of the mp3 files that go with your book by highlighting the first one, holding the shift key down, and highlighting the last one. Note about m3u files, delete any continuous playlists, if present.

5. Once they are selected (in blue), right click, select option “Get Info”.

6. Under the tab for get info, you’ll see a tab titled “info”: change genre to “Books” and select “part of compilation”.

7. Under the tabs you’ll also see, “Options”: Change Media Kind to “Audiobook” and check “Remember playback position.

8. Under the tabs you’ll also see “Artwork”, select “Add” then select your book cover image from the listing in the folder you created earlier.

Once “Okay” is selected, Itunes will move the mp3 files from your music library to your audiobooks library along with the book cover.

*Note: If when you selected Get Info, everything is in ghost, you will need to convert your file to AAC Format, then make the changes above. You can get to the Convert to AAC when you right click for the “Get Info” option – it’s on the same sub menu list.

Happy Listening.

Other fun sites:

Audio Owl
*Audio owl’s Ipod option places them into Itunes as a podcast. You can change the “Get Info” to an audiobook and this will place it in the audiobooks folder with the artwork, however, a copy will remain in your podcast folder.
Calfkiller Cowboys
Cary Grant Radio
Internet Archive’s Old Time Radio Shows
OTR Days

Radio Lovers

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I Know That!.com Geography Puzzle Maps and more
States Virtual Field Trips

Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Social Studies

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Grade 4 MH4

Persuasive WritingTime Lines: Study Skills

Time Lines study skills
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Activity to help build vocabulary, edited from www.teachersdesk.org/vocabroot.html

2 segments:

1. Latin Roots
2. Greek Stems

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Thematic Outline:

* Creation (1:1—2:3) (quick review before science 8/10/2009)
* Primeval History (2:4—11:26)
o Adam and Eve in Eden (2:4–25)
o The Fall and Its Consequences (ch. 3)
o Sin’s Progression (4:1–16)
o The Genealogy of Cain (4:17–26)
o The Genealogy of Seth (ch. 5)
o God’s Response to Human Depravity (6:1–8)
o The Great Flood (6:9—9:29)
1. Preparing for the flood (6:9—7:10)
2. Judgment and redemption (7:11—8:19)
+ The rising of the waters (7:11–24)
+ The receding of the waters (8:1–19)
3. The flood’s aftermath (8:20—9:29
+ A new promise (8:20–22)
+ Renewed benediction and new ordinances (9:1–7)
+ A new relationship (9:8–17)
+ A new temptation (9:18–23)
+ A final word (9:24–29)

o The Spread of the Nations (10:1—11:26) * City Builders
1. The diffusion of nations (ch. 10)
2. The confusion of languages (11:1–9)
3. The first Semitic genealogy (11:10–26

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Other Fresco sites to look at and a lesson plan for making a fresco of your own.

fresco art

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(120 lessons total – one a day)
Warm-Up (10-15 minutes)
New Concept(s) 5-15 minutes for most lessons)
Lesson Practice (5-10 minutes)
Mixed Practice (20-40 minutes)

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TITLE OF LESSON PLAN:
Ancient Times

LENGTH OF LESSON:
Two class periods

GRADE LEVEL:
K-2 * Move it up a few notches, make a ppt and vocabulary list + include art activity

SUBJECT AREA:
Ancient History

CREDIT:
Jay and Sandy Lamb, teachers, Thomas Jefferson High School, Alexandria, Virginia; Kathy Devine, teacher, Viers Mill Elementary School, Rockville, Maryland.
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