Newbery on the Net: Reading & Internet Activities

By Ru Story-Huffman

This book provides a time-saving and creative way to stimulate interest in the Newbery Medal books while introducing kids to the World Wide Web. Newbery on the Net includes 21 LearningQuests, each with a specific theme, such as Sarah, Plain and Tall (family stories), and Number the Stars (Holocaust). This easy-to-use method provides a complete package of activities and resources for integrating, challenging and engaging Internet learning opportunities.Additional features include criteria for selection of age-appropriate websites by teachers or librarians who wish to develop their own LearningQuests and annotated lists of websites on children's literature, children's authors, and the use of the Internet for educational purposes.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1579500218
• ISBN13: 9781579500214
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Alleyside Press
• Length: 95 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 9 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 8

Customer Reviews

Magnetic Appeal for Newbery

The book "Newbery on the Net" hypes children to want to read the Newbery Award winners. The format is consistent for each book selection: introduction, assignment internet resources, questions, learning advice, conclusion, educator notes with additional websites and books. 21 books are listed in this format: Sarah, Plain and Tall; Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry; Julie of the Wolves; A Gathering of Days; Joyful Noise, Poems for Two Voices; Lincoln A Photobiography; Number the Stars; The View from Saturday;From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler; Maniac Magee; Missing May; Island of the Blue Dolphins; Dear Mr. Henshaw; M.C. Higgins the Great; Walk Two Moons; The Hero and the Crown; The Door in the Wall; The Midwife's Apprentice; The Westing Game; Out of the Dust; and Newbery sites. The table of contents gives students a chance to choose, and the selections can then be used as independent study or class study. The questions allow flexibility, creativity, and research. My students and I are excited about this new book!