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Reading and Writing Resources on the Web

Use these web resources to support your Language Arts curriculum. Find lesson plans, activities, and web sites you can use to help your students improve their reading and writing skills. Click here to go to Web Sites for Students.

Lesson Plans, Activities, and Web Sites for Teachers

Read Write Think
http://www.readwritethink.org/

Edsitement
http://edsitement.neh.gov/

An example from Edsitement
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Someone a Letter
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=294

CyberGuides
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/SCORE/cyberguide.html

25 Ways to Motivate Young Readers
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson035.shtml

Teaching Grammar Without a Hammer
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson334.shtml

Spice up your Spelling Lessons
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson282.shtml

Language Arts Library of Worksheets
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/worksheets/TCM/lang_arts.shtml

Writing Bugs Writing assignments
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/archives/writing_bugs.shtml

Stamps Scavenger Hunt
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson079.shtml

Better Letters from Education World
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson281.shtml

Postal Museum Letter-Writing Activities
http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/educators/4b_curriculum.html

ProTeacher Writing
http://www.proteacher.com/070037.shtml

Writing in a Box
http://www.teachersdesk.org/writbox.html

Who Could it Be?
http://www.teachersdesk.org/writwho.html

Paragraph a Week- 5th and 6th Grade
http://www.teachersdesk.org/topics/par_week_program.html

A Message in a Bottle
http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/gen_act/tales/bottle.html

Suspense-Around
http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hmll/purple/dark/suspense.html

Shape Book Patterns from EduPlace
http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hme/k_5/shapebook/toc.html

Graphic Organizers from EduPlace
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/graphorg/

Pizzaz-Story Boxes
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/storybox.html

The Monster Exchange
http://www.monsterexchange.org/

Columbia Summer Academy Lesson plan ideas
http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/lang/elem.html

Writing Prompts and Journal Topics from Can Teach
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/prompts.html

Journal Writing Ideas from Teachers.net
http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/1492.html

K-5 Writing Prompts for Science and Social Studies
http://home.wsd.wednet.edu/WSD/learnteach/writingprompts.htm

Nouns powerPoint
http://www.myenglishlessons.net/powerpoints/nouns.pdf

Adjectives PowerPoint
http://www.myenglishlessons.net/powerpoints/adjectives.pdf

PenPals article-Cross curricular connections
http://www.readingonline.org/electronic/elec_index.asp?HREF=/electronic/RWT/lemkuhl/

Saxon Online Activities
http://www.saxonpublishers.com/activities/index.jsp

Web English Teacher
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/vocab.html

Internet4Classrooms
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/k12links.htm

Primary Sources – English
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/english/englishbooks.htm

Make an Electronic Postcard with a stamp
http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/tnl/langarts/techlit/postcard.htm

Writing from EdSelect
http://www.edselect.com/writing.htm

Sentences from the Writing Den
http://www2.actden.com/Writ_Den/tips/sentence/index.htm

Paragraph Building from the Writing Den
http://www2.actden.com/Writ_Den/Tips/paragrap/

Essay Building from the Writing Den
http://www2.actden.com/Writ_Den/Tips/essay/index.htm

Creative Writing from Bogglesworld
http://bogglesworld.com/creativewriting.htm

Write an I Spy Riddle online with Jean Marzollo
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/jean_home.htm

Kidspired Tales Collaborative Project
http://www.northcanton.sparcc.org/~ptk1nc/kidspired2002/

Digital Camera Idea: Pinker than Pink
http://www.hits.org/lil_hits/pink/

Question of the Day from To Excel is Elementary
http://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/kadkins/templates/questday.xls

Articles and Papers

Put Reading First
http://www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/publications/reading_first1.html

Learning to Read
http://www.toread.com/

 

 

Web Sites for Students

Reading is Fundamental
http://www.rif.org/readingplanet/

National Geographic for Kids
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/archive_main.html

Smithsonian Magazine Kids Castle
http://www.kidscastle.si.edu/

National Wildlife Foundation
http://www.nwf.org/kidzone/kzPage.cfm?siteId=3

Time for Kids
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/news

Switcheroo Zoo
http://www.switcheroozoo.com/default.htm

On-Lion NY Public Library
http://kids.nypl.org/

Kids Read
http://www.kidsreads.com/index.asp

Giggle Poetry
http://www.gigglepoetry.com/

National Geographic Explorer Magazine for Kids
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/

Storyline Online-SAG stars read stories-streaming video
http://www.bookpals.net/storyline/index.html

Power Proof Reading
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/proofread/proof.htm

Bembo’s Zoo
http://www.bemboszoo.com/Bembo.swf

Wacky Web Tales
http://eduplace.com/tales/

Kids Corner Create Your Own Adventure
http://teach.fcps.net/lbc/kidLinks.asp

FakeOut!
http://www.eduplace.com/fakeout/index.html

It’s a Mystery resources from Education World
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson299.shtml

Scholastic Writing
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/

Biography Maker
http://www.bham.wednet.edu/bio/biomaker.htm

Syllables game
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/spelling/soundandspell/syllables/game.shtml

Spin and Spell
http://www.spinandspell.com/game.swf

Game Goo
http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/gooey.html

Creativity Workshop- Click on how to make a book
http://www.superpages.com/enlightenme/superthinkers/pages/book.html

Fin Fur Feather Bureau
http://www.fffbi.com/

Alphabet Garden
http://www.little-g.com/shockwave/garden.html

Alphabet Library
http://www.little-g.com/shockwave/library.html

Beginning Sounds with Patch-Interactive
http://www.little-g.com/shockwave/beginning.html

Mystery Writing for Kids
http://kids.mysterynet.com//

Magic Keys
http://www.magickeys.com/books/

Primary Games
http://www.primarygames.com/reading.htm

Beatrix Potter stories
http://wiredforbooks.org/kids.htm

Little Fingers Games
http://www.little-g.com/shockwave/loading.html

Read a Story from BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/fimbles/comfycorner/index.shtml

Simple Talking Stories
http://www.2simple.com/stories/

ICT Games
http://www.ictgames.com/resources.html

 

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