Caldecott Clues Project
Grades: 1-3
Ongoing? Not sure
Each participating class reads Caldecott books from the list of 20 provided. Then, they submit clues about three stories for other schools to solve; a new set of clues is available each week. If you deduce the books correctly each week your class will be emailed a weekly certificate! Background information about needs assessments and follow-up is provided for teachers. There are also suggestions for related activities with materials and procedures for each as well as a list of links related to Caldecott books.

Geo-Mystery Project
Grades: K-12
Ongoing? No
Forget Carmen Sandiego! Where in the world are these landmarks? Classes posted images (either drawings or photos) of a unique place in the world (most often, students' home towns) to the project's Web site with captions describing local landmarks. They included the exact longitude and latitude of the place, but never mentioned its name. Other students used email to either ask questions or guess the name of the place. Resources included alink to the USGS for finding exact locations, and collections of mysteriesfrom previous years. This was a super way to integrate geography and language arts skills.

Writing with Writers
Grades:  K-8
Ongoing?  Yes
This site provides online writing workshops with actual authors who have volunteered their time and are interested in helping students develop as writers.  The links can be sorted by either the type of the workshop—biography, poetry, mystery, and news to name a few—or by author.  Each link provides information about the particular authors as well as the grade levels for which their workshops are most appropriate.  Each workshop has an accompanying teacher’s guide and an opportunity for publishing students’ work online in the Kids are Authors section.  This site is part of Scholastic’s larger web site and links to Scholastic products and other resources they feel are helpful for teachers.