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Books and Pencils
Check out elements of a story that covers setting, characters, sequence, exposition,conflict, climax, and resolution. (2nd-5th)
Primary teachers will love this site. Students can “Get Wild About Reading,” while playing games and reading stories online. (1st-3rd)
Look for the cyber-guides, they are supplementary, standard-based web activities that can spruce up your lesson. They are broken down into grade levels. (K-12th)
Reading, Writing, Spelling and Grammar activities with follow-ups, and quizzes. Also has content for other subjects. (K-6th)
Choose a story and have it read by a Screen Actors Guild Foundation member. It even has some suggested activities and an activity guide you can print out. (K-6th)
Over 350 quizzes on grammar that can be used to introduce lessons or be used for review. There is also a link on the page to Road to Grammar Jr that can be beneficial to primary students. (K-8th)
Free courses for children globally. This site is more than just a Language Arts website, it covers a variety of subjects, but if you scroll all the way to the bottom, you will also find some English language courses for our second language learners.
My Favorites
E-Books
Teacher Tools
Here is a list of some websites where you can download children e-books, and books which can be read from your computer.
Four classroom review games, three classroom management tools, and three for-fun interactive activities can be found at:
Or create your own Jeopardy games and/or Vocabulary Worksheets at:
Free Resources You Can Print
Yes, it’s probably a site for adults. However, the amount of good ideas for creative writing makes it too good to pass up. Every week, a new writing prompt is posted. (3rd-12th)
Maybe this isn’t an interactive website, but it sure does have some great resources to print and teach about reading comprehension. (3rd-8th)
Simple, yet effective writing frames to teach organization for a strong paragraph. (3rd-6th)
More than just your ordinary websites
“A high-quality, open-source, free reading intervention program. Usually, you would have to pay a membership fee for this type of website. According the them, FreeReading contains a scope and sequence of phonics and phonological awareness activities that can support and supplement a typical “core” or “basal” program. In addition, the site contains hundred of free resources including downloadable flash cards, a word list generator, audio guides, videos, music, literacy games and more.(K-3rd)
Talk about content. This site has all of the Time for Kids issues online. Not only do you get the cover story you can print, you can get the cover story is spanish, mini-lesson, comprehension quiz, teachers guide and worksheets. In addition, the cover stories are written in grade appropriate language. For example the story on Man on the Moon has 4 paragraphs for 2nd and 3rd graders, but 7 paragraphs for the 4th-6th crowd. All printable material is downloadable in PDF format (K-6th)
Interactive games for the little ones. The games are organized from beginner to intermediate to advanced. Here students can practice letter recognition, sentence word order, and locating synonyms and antonyms. The games are pretty graphic intense, which keeps young students interest high. In addition to the language arts related games, students can also practice their typing and spelling skills by playing Fearless Frieda. (K-2nd)
In their own words, they state, “Here is our collection of interactive whiteboard games for educators on PBS KIDS. Students will enjoy participating in these collaborative, fun and engaging experiences, while exploring curriculum from trusted programs such as Curious George, Super Why and Arthur. Like our programs, all of our games are are-appropriate and vetted by educators. (K-5th)
This is an easy to use website, perfect for kids to jump on whenever they want to practice their spelling words for the week. All they have to do is type in the words they want to practice, and the website will teach them how to spell the words, play games using the words, and then assess the student on which ones he or she has already mastered. After students finish taking the test, they can then print out the results to show the teacher how they did. (K-6th)
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You’re never too old to read a children’s book, thus you are never to old to write one. Storybird.com does just that! It gives you and your students the ability to create beautiful pictures books using their professional images. All the images need is words. This site provides students to be creative with their writing and have pictures be an inspiration to it. With a free account, students can save their projects and share them with friends and family. (K-8th)
Talk about content. This site has all of the Time for Kids issues online. Not only do you get the cover story you can print, you can get the cover story is spanish, mini-lesson, comprehension quiz, teachers guide and worksheets. In addition, the cover stories are written in grade appropriate language. For example the story on Man on the Moon has 4 paragraphs for 2nd and 3rd graders, but 7 paragraphs for the 4th-6th crowd. All printable material is downloadable in PDF format. (K-6th)
