Main Street Teacher Resource Page
Welcome to the Main Street Teacher Resource page!
Grade 4 & 5 ELA Calendars
Click here for the Grade 4 ELA curriculum calendar
Click here for the Grade 5 ELA curriculum calendar
Typed Texts
Click here for typed stories / poems (Microsoft Word files) and scanned books (SmartBoard files)
T.L.F. Mini Lessons
Click here for usable lessons for grades 4 and 5
Conferring with Readers Study Group
Grade 5 Reading Workshop (with Shelly Klein)
Have you seen this site? Web Resources for Grade 4-5 Teachers
Reading
Beth Newingham's Reader's Workshop: What It Looks Like in My Classroom Blog Post
BrainPop Jr: Choosing a Book- Launching Lesson on Just-Right Books
Leveled Books Database (searchable by author, title, keyword, or Fountas & Pinnell level)
Reading A-Z (Leveled books for guided reading)
Reading Rainbow- Book of the Week Index
FunBrain: Read some popular, diary/journal-based books online (ex: Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Camp Confidential)
and use Mad Libs Junior in an interactive way
Writing
Vocabulary & Word Study
Word Girl- Vocabulary Building from PBS Kids
Education Place: Houghton Mifflin Spelling & Vocabulary