Mrs. Heaton's Homepage, 5th Grade, Coulston Elem Sch, Shelbyville, Indiana

The links below will take you to past classes and the current class's portfolios. We hope you enjoy the experience as much as we enjoyed bringing them to you.

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Students love to share their endeavors and hard work. The web makes it possible for students to reach a large audience through the use of portfolios. This activity promotes the students' achievements and gives the students an added satisfaction of seeing a job well done. Instructions have been written for you to develop portfolios. If you have questions, please email me.

Instructions for Making Portfolios

Are you looking for online dictionaries, encyclopedias or other reference materials? Here are a few sites to start with that offer links to some of the best reference resources on the Internet.

Inspire - Indiana's Virtual Library - INSPIRE, Indiana's Indiana Virtual Library, offers electronic magazines, encyclopedias, and other resources to all Indiana residents for your information needs. Research current events, science, business, health, notable people, hobbies, and much more from your library, school, home or office.

LibrarySpot.com - LibrarySpot.com features links to general libraries, including public, state, and national, as well as specialized libraries, including film, government, law, and medical. The Reference Desk is an extensive collection of reference and research resources, including encyclopedias, almanacs, dictionaries, quotations, genealogy, public records, yellow pages, white pages, zip codes, and style guides.

My Virtual Reference Desk - refdesk.com - My Virtual Reference Desk is an excellent research resource that librarians, teachers, and students will all put to good use. The resources cataloged on this site are outstanding and have something for everyone!

Bartleby.com - Bartleby.com puts an extensive collection of classic and current fiction and nonfiction books, poetry, verse, and reference materials at your fingertips, free of charge. Reference books included Gray's Anatomy, Bartlett's Quotations, Robert's Rules of Order, the Columbia Encyclopedia, the World Factbook, the Farmer's Cookbook, Post's Etiquette, Strunk's Style, Art of Reading, Art of Writing, the Columbia Gazeteer, and Oxford Shakespeare.

Encyclopedia.com - Encyclopedia.com, a free online encyclopedia, provides users with more than 57,000 frequently updated articles from the Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.

Encyclopedia Smithsonian - A well-organized guide to Smithsonian resources. Some topics include extensive listings, as well as references to additional resources and suggested reading lists. Some subjects are covered in more depth than others.