Language Arts Resources for Teachers

Big Universe Read and create children's books online
Biography Maker Leads students through the steps of creating a biography
CAST UDL BookBuilder Use this site to create engaging digital books that will engage and support diverse learners according to their individual needs, interests, and skills.
BookPALS Storyline Online Features streamed video of actors reading children's books
Carol Hurst's Children Literature Site A collection of reviews of great books for kids, ideas of ways to use them in the classroom and collections of books and activities about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes and professional topics
Classroom Help-a-longs Beautiful Reading and Math helps featuring Jan Brett's art
Cyberguides Web-delivered units of instruction centered on core works of literature. Each CyberGuide contains a student and teacher edition, standards, a task and a process by which it may be completed, teacher-selected web sites and a rubric
Dositey Fun games and exercises involving interactive lessons for Math and Language Arts
English Online Materials for teaching and learning. Includes links to creating online quizzes and activities.
Every Day Edits Timely paragraphs with ten built-in errors of basic spelling, grammar, punctuation, or capitalization.
Free-Reading.net Features a complete set of activities for a typical 40-week core program or specific activities and downloads.
Google LitTrips Uses Google Earth to guide readers through the geography of books set in places around the world.
Houghton Mifflin Reading Classroom activities, helpful links, and bibliographies, that support and extend the themes found in Houghton Mifflin Reading for Grades K – 6.
Houghton Mifflin Reading Kids Place Activities for themes found in Houghton Mifflin Reading
Imaginon: Just for Fun Pot-pourri of interactive activities related to children's literature and more
Interactive Phonics & Word Study Center Great activities for use with the SMARTBoard
Integrating Technology with CORE Instruction Strategies and resources compiled by Kim Brantley
Internet4Classrooms Language Arts - Elem Links to lots of great resources for the elementary language arts class
Jeopardy Games Review Jeopardy games for various subjects/grades.
Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun A variety of activities to help students learn vocabulary
NCS Mentor Includes a description of the scoring for grade 5, 8, and high school writing assesment along with anchor papers that students can score and compare to actual scoring.
Outline of American Literature Presents an overview of American literature chronologically
PowerPoint Collection Many presentations created by Jefferson County Schools teachers
Printable Mini Books Links to free printable books
Graphic Organizers from edhelper.com Lots of graphic organizers to print out
Leveled Books Database Searchable database of books that have been leveled
PBS KIDS Island Games and resources for kids, parents, and teachers that guide children through seven different literacy-building levels, including rhyming, letter identification, alliteration, phonics, letter sequencing, phonemic awareness and reading/vocabulary. Requires users to sign up for free account.
Primary Games Some challenging word games
Printable Books for Emergent Readers A collection of free printable booklets from the Hubbard's Cupboard website. Some are available in Spanish.
Ramp to Reading Success Links to a wealth of reading and literacy resources for teachers, students, and parents
Reading Sites Links to useful reading resources compiled by Cathy Byrne
Storytelling in the Classroom Free resources, lesson plans to improve student writing, and tools for storytelling
Understand Scoring (formerly NCS Mentor) Includes a description of the scoring for grade 5, 8, and high school writing assesment along with anchor papers that students can score and compare to actual scoring.
Vocabulary Videos Provides word and representative images for SAT words, plus video and audio for showing the word being used in context

Reader's Theater
Reader's Theater Editions Free scripts for reader's theater adapted from stories by Aaron Shepard and others - mostly humor, fantasy, and world tales from a variety of cultures
Reader's Theater Scripts and Plays Plays and scripts to print and read

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