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| Spelling and Vocabulary | |||
| Phonics Games and More | K-6 How well do you know your words? | ||
| Commonly Misspelled Words | |||
| SpellQuizzer | Commonly Misspelled words by grade | ||
| Sadlier-Oxford Student Site | Click here for grammar, spelling, writing and math help in all ages. Lots of SAT practice for high schoolers. | ||
| Word Origins | Word Origins and stories about language | ||
| MyVocabulary | Free word puzzles and activities to help you learn vocabulary in context (2-12) | ||
| Build Vocabulary | Fun way to build vocabulary skills. Test prep made fun (2-12) | ||
| EdWorld Vocabulary Fun | Build strong vocabulary with fun games (2-8) | ||
| Vocabulary by Subject | Find vocabulary lists and definitions for hundreds of school subjects and topics | ||
| Workout Room | Spelling lessons, puzzles, writing prompts (1-8) | ||
| Vocabulary | Vocabulary Puzzles | ||
| English Tests | Fun interactive English vocabulary and grammar tests with links to rules and other sites. (2-12) | ||
| FreeRice | UNICEF Vocabulary Practice | ||
| Analogies Challenge | Be fast, beat the clock. Play by yourself. | ||
| Awesome Analogies | Figure out how words go together. Challenge your friend on this Quia game. | ||
| Prefixes, Suffixes and Roots - LATIN | InfoPlease resource for high frequency parts of words | ||
| Prefixes, Suffixes and Roots - GREEK | InfoPlease resource for high frequency parts of words | ||
| Learn to Type/Keyboard | |||
| Free Typing Games | Free typing games, lessons and tests. | ||
| Learn2Type | Learn to type all all different types of keyboards. | ||
| General Writing Styles, Grammar and Editing | |||
| Everyday Edits | Simple editing activities which sharpen writing skills (4-12) | ||
| The Goofs | Features an extensive collection of online and downloadable editing activities. | ||
| Writing Fun | Text organizers to help students in the writing process; graphic organizers (3-8) | ||
| Grammar Blast | Identify the parts of a sentence; online; Houghton Mifflin (2-5) | ||
| Lionel's Talking Gizmo | Make a sentence; audio (K-3) | ||
| Magic Key Sentence Scrambler | Arrange the words to make a sentence (2-5) | ||
| Grammar Worksheets and Games | Grammar Worksheets, MadLibs, puzzles and more (1-8) | ||
| Interactive Skill Language Arts Builders | Click for a quality
web site that will send you to a variety of interactive sites to practice
specific skills. This is how you can study at home!!! |
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| Parts of Speech | Explanations of Parts of Speech and Practice Pages | ||
| Problems with Parallel Structure | Practice on parallel construction (8-12) | ||
| Simple, Compound, Complex Sentences | Quia: Interactive site which tests knowledge of simple, compound, and complex sentences (6-12) | ||
| Note Taking | |||
| Tools
for Reading, Writing, & Thinking |
REALLY GOOD list of links to PDF Graphic Organizers | ||
| Five Lessons for Note Taking Fun Education World | Teacher Resource: lessons on note taking (3-12) | ||
| Note Taking Skills | Teacher ResourceInformation and activities which foster note taking skills (7-12) | ||
| Note Taking Systems | Instructions and pro/cons for Cornell, Outline, Mapping, Charting, Sentence note taking methods (7-12) | ||
| UniLearning | Learn the basics of note taking (7-12) | ||
| Study Skills: Notes | Note taking guide; structures; templates (5-12) | ||
| Handwriting | |||
| Handwriting for Kids | Writing paper, guides, animations (K-3) | ||
| Letter Practice Enchanted Learning | printables (K-3) | ||
| Stationery for Young Writers | Writing paper (K-6) | ||
| Young Minds Handwriting Practice | Print out practice sheets (K-3) | ||
| Biography | |||
| Biography Maker | "The Biography Maker is meant to inspire lively story telling and vivid writing which will make your readers want to know more about your subject." (4-12) | ||
| Biography Writers Workshop | Scholastic; Learn how to research and write a biographical sketch; research and writing strategies are included (4-12) | ||
| Letter Writing | |||
| Business Letter Brain Pop Remember to log in bethpage ufsd You know the password!! | Short, animated movie demonstrates parts of a business letter (3-6) | ||
| Letter Generator | Parts of a letter and how to write a letter; Read, Write, Think Tool (4-8) | ||
| abc Teach | Forms for letter writing, thank you notes, invitations (1-6) | ||
| Parts of a Friendly Letter Quiz | Quia: An online quiz (3-8) | ||
| Poetry Writing abcTeach | Guides for writing cinquain, diamonte, haiku and other forms of poetry (1-6) | ||
| Types of Writing BrainPop | Short, animated video that explains the types of writing (3-8 | ||
| Expository Writing, Research Reports and Essays | |||
| A+ Research and Writing | A step-by-step approach (7-12) | ||
| Essaypunch | Interactive help writing a short essay (6-12) | ||
| Outline of the Five Paragraph Essay | Teaching tool for essay writing (5-12) | ||
| Paraphrase Craze | Online, interactive lesson on paraphrasing and expository writing (7-12) | ||
| So you have to do a research project? | Easy to follow and explained steps to writing a research project (3-8) | ||
| Figurative Language | |||
| Figurative Language eduscapes | Links to resources for figurative language (3-9) | ||
| Figurative Language | Robert Frost Uses the poetry of Robert Frost to illustrate word usage (8-12) | ||
| Figurative Language Quiz | Resources and an interactive quiz (7-12) | ||
| Metaphors | OWL: Information about using metaphors in creative writing (1-12) | ||
| Eye on Idioms | Interactive practice; Read, Write, Think Tool (3-8) | ||
| Idioms | Pictures are used to illustrate the idiom (3-6) | ||
| Idiomsite | Learn the meaning of many commonly used idioms (3-12) | ||
| Paint with Idioms | Funbrain: Help Salvabear Dali finish his paintings by identifying the correct expression (2-5) | ||
| Self-Study Idiom Quizzes | A variety of online quizzes dealing with idioms (2-12) | ||
| Narrative Writing | |||
| Create Your Own Scenario | Students write a play by choosing characters and assigning lines (K-3) | ||
| Narrative Writing Tutorial | Guide to writing a personal or imaginative narrative (4-8) | ||
| My Story Maker | My Story Maker Fun interactive tool used to create stories (K-4) | ||
| SCORE Journaling | Journaling ideas (5-9) | ||
| Sequencing | Students watch a video and then place pictures in the correct order (4-8) | ||
| Persuasive Writing | |||
| Persuasive Writing | Scholastic; writing workshop; information; activities; transitional words (3-9) | ||
| Power of Persuasion | WebQuest; purpose is to investigate persuasive writing and develop critical reading skills. created for 6th grade but could easily be tweaked for secondary (6-12) | ||
| Argumentative Essay | Argumentative essay assignments; suggested thesis statements and a list of web links to pertinent information are provided for each topic (9-12) | ||
| Persuasive Writing | Teacher Resource: Activities Information, links, activities (8-12) | ||
| Summary Writing | |||
| State the Essence | Hints and guidelines for writing a summary (7-12) | ||
| Summary Writing Activity | Online activity which teaches summary writing; provides examples (6-12) | ||
| Writing Summaries | Provides information on the "how-tos" of writing a summary (7-12) | ||
| Student Resources | |||
| Biography Maker | Follow the steps to create a biography; 6 Traits of Writing (4-8) | ||
| Citation Machine | Fill in the blank format for creating a bibliography; the site then assembles the bibliography (4-12) | ||
| Comic Creator | Online comic strip creator; Read. Write, Think Tool (2-10) | ||
| Easybib.com | A website dedicated to helping writers create bibliographies; MLA 5th edition and APA publications manual (7-12) | ||
| Elementary How to Cite | Simple, basic citation information for elementary student (2-6) | ||
| MS Research Tool Tutorial | Tutorial for Microsoft Search Companion (5-12) | ||
| Writing Effective Transitions | Information on using effective transitions (4-12) | ||
| Paragraph Development and Topic Sentences | Step-by-step help writing a basic paragraph; all steps of the writing process are used (3-8) | ||
| Writing with Writers | Scholastic; students work with authors to developing writing skills (2-8) | ||
| Power Writing | A description of Power Writing (1-6) | ||
| Awesome Library | Provides free notes on popular literature often studied in Middle School and High School Books by Interest Level, Grade Level, e-books, on-line text for many books and more. | ||
| Paragraph Punch | Interactive guided writing program (4-10) | ||
| Reading Lists Across America | |||
| Pearson Publishing Co | Suggested Reading Grades 6-8 | ||
| Parkway SD Chesterfield, MO | Summer 2009 Suggested Reading List Grades 6-9 | ||
| Fairfax County Public Schools Virginia | Summer 2009 Suggested Reading Lists Grade 6 with Links to Grades 7-12 | ||
| Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - KIDS | Elementary Reading Lists, recommendations and reviews. Some interactive writing activities | ||
| Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - TEENS | TEEN Reading Lists, recommendations, reviews | ||
| Beech Grove City Schools, IN Character Education Book List | Middle School and High School Book List compiled by Character education trait | ||
| Leveled Reading List Robert F. Wagner Middle School, NYC | Organized by Level: Extensive School Book List, Elementary through High School | ||
| New York Public Library | Find recommended reading lists, 100 picture books everyone should know, and more. | ||
| Leveled Reading List Robert F. Wagner Middle School, NYC | Organized in Alpha order: Extensive School Book List, Elementary through High School | ||
| R.A.F.T. Writing Fix: Learn how to create an effective writing prompt; interactive (K-12) | |||
| Teacher Resources | |||
| Sadlier-Oxford Teacher Site | Great teacher resource for math, grammar, phonics, writing and reading. All Grades | ||
| Teaching Heart | K-3 Teacher Web Page with great resources | ||
| Lanternfish | Lots of learning games and lesson plans (many ESL). Basics of the idiosyncracies of English. | ||
| Innovative Classroom | Love the fresh, lively and interesting lessons offered here. All grades, all subjects. | ||
| Songs for Teaching | Songs for teaching a variety of lessons for all grades. Organized by subject, even math and science. | ||
| R.A.F.T. | Writing Fix: Learn how to create an effective writing prompt; interactive (K-12) | ||
| Transition Cues | Features various types of transition words such as those that lead forward, compare and contrast, lead to conclusions, and others (4-12) | ||
| English as a Second Language | About.com: Teacher resource including rules, worksheets, games, quizzes, exercises and links to other resources | ||
| Mrs. Jones' Room | Maryland Kindergarten teacher's website chock full of links and ideas. Downloadable lesson plans, word lists, etc. | ||
| LessonPlanZ | Directory of Lesson Plans for all subjects, all grades. | ||
| Graphic Organizers | Great selection of Graphic Organizers from Education Place (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) | ||
| SEN Teacher | Love this site!!! reproducibles, interactive activities, certificate makers, label makers, etc. Check it out!!! | ||
| ELA Mini Lessons | Links to a wide variety of Language Arts and Writing Mini Lessons and Units (K-5) | ||
| teAchnology | Home page with links to ELA lessons, worksheetsactivities, WebQuests and teacher message boards (K-12) | ||
| Paraphrasing | WNET lesson using media available on-line on topic of Timbuktu (6-8) | ||
| Paraphrasing Lessons | Lesson Planet: 100s of lessons (2-12) | ||
| Interactive Internet | Internet4Classrooms: Interactive internet lessons organized by grade and Language Arts/Math skills (K-8) | ||
| Children's Books | Book reviews, recommendations and advice to parents re: reading (ages 0-12) | ||
| The Write Source – Writing Topics | Writing topics grouped by grade level (1-12) | ||
| Six Trait Writing ~ Teacher Resources | |||
| 6 Trait Web Resources | WiredInstructor: General resources and trait specific resources (1-12) | ||
| 6 Trait Word Documents | Downloadable Word documents which support Six Trait writing; categorized by grade level (K-8) | ||
| 6 Trait Writing | Kent School District: Lesson plans, ideas, organization (1-8) | ||
| 6 Traits of Writing | OWL: Online Writing Lab for Elementary Students Designed to help elementary students; includes activities (1-6) | ||
| 6 + 1 Trait Writing Lesson Plans | Education Northwest: Basic information and instruction (1-12) | ||
| eMINTS ethemes | Six Trait Writing Links to resources (1-6) | ||
| Interactive Six Trait Writing | Billings School District: Descriptors of the traits, rubrics, activities (5-12) | ||
| Kim's Korner | Ideas and activities for teaching the six traits of writing: idea and content, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency and writing conventions; tips for parent involvement, writing across the curriculum and several links to other helpful sites (2-8) | ||
| Writing Traits Houghton Mifflin | Ideas and activities (K-8) | ||
| Writing Prompts | |||
| Writing Den | Writing prompts and instructions (4-12) | ||
| Creative Writing Practice for Secondary Students | Teachers First: Ideas and questions which can serve as writing prompts (7-12) | ||
| Elementary Writing Prompts | Can Teach: An extensive list of prompts (1-6) | ||
| Everyday Spelling Writing Prompts | Provides writing prompts categorized by grade levels; offers suggestions for writing (1-8) | ||
| BBC Bitesize | Writing basics; includes activities, worksheets, tests (1-6) | ||
| Paraphrase: Write It In Your Own Words | OWL: Online exercise to practice paraphrasing (7-12) | ||
| Story It | Online type and print story starter worksheets; elect from either Picture Starter or Story Starter (1-6) | ||
| Story Starters (Scholastic) | Creative way to generate story starters; may also select writing format (K-6) | ||
| SwitcherZoo | Make your own animals; write a story (1-6) | ||
| EduPlace | Online proofreading practice by Houghton Mifflin; choose a grade level and type of passage to proofread (2-8) | ||
| Scholastic: Writing With the Writers | Information and activities which foster writing; includes a variety of types of writing: poetry, speech, folktales, biography, descriptive, mystery, book review (3-10) | ||
| Read, Write, Think Tools | Interactive tools that students can use to learn to write (K-12) | ||
| WEB 2.0 | |||
| kerpoof | |||
| carrotsticks | CarrotSticks is an online multiplayer game that improves math skills for 1st - 5th graders as they practice and compete with peers around the world! | ||
| google docs | Requires a google acct; great for sharing documents and calendars. | ||
| creately | Great free resource for charts and graphs | ||
| TimeToast | Build a timeline. You can even add your own pictures. | ||
| Animoto |
Create little "music videos" in minutes. Upload your own pictures,
but check that you have permission |
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| sumopaint | Great for the Fine Arts and for older students. | ||
| WallWisher | A virtual bulletin where you can post
a question or statement and invite others to respond with post-it comments |
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| Animation | Animate your drawings | ||
| Search for More WEB 2.0 | If you haven't found what you need, or you just want to look for something new, try this site. | ||
| JibJab Animation | Put yourself in a little video. | ||
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