English/Language Arts links
General:
ABCLearningTime: (good for Pre K, K, 1) Practice letters and numbers with printables and games.
Apples4theteacher: games, coloring pages, word families, word searches and more.
Art of Storytelling: Focused lessons for grades 3-5 and older. There are teacher and student resources.
Character Scrapbook: A tool from Scholastic. Helps students analyze characters in any book.
Children's Storybooks Online: Free illustrated children's storybooks.
Education World-The Reading Machine: A list of reading games for students to do on classroom computers or in the library.
Google Lit Trips: A tool that uses Google Maps and stories for a more interactive reading experience. Check out the pdf how to.
Grammar Blast: Quiz games for grades 2-5
Imagination Prompt: Interesting creative writing prompts from Creativity Portal
Interactives-Elements of a Story: Uses the story Cinderella to teach elements of a story. There is a quiz as well!
iStoryBooks: Narrated Children's Stories
Listen Edition: Practice reading comprehension and follow up with pre made Socrative quizzes
Literacy Zone: Many interactive English games and activities
No Red Ink: Customizes grammar and writing skills for students in a way they can relate.
Online Books Page: Home to over 1 million free books on the web
PicLits: Use a picture to inspire writing
Playfic: Text based stories for students to work on following directions. Students can create their own stories for classmates which would require logical reasoning and planning.
Reading A-Z: Downloadable, printable materials for teaching reading.Reading Timer:(also an app) Encourage students to track their reading progress during the year or over the summer.
Read Works: Lessons, units, and reading passages
ReadWriteThink: Full of activities for reading and writing. It is searchable by grade level.
Scholastic: Scholastic has a lot of resources. This is a link to Language Arts interactive whiteboard lessons.
Scholastic Story Starter: A great tool for helping students get their writing ideas started. Use it as a class or with individual students.
SpellZone: Grades K-6, interactive spelling practice
Starfall: Learn to read activities
Storyline Online: Popular stories read by notable actors with related activities.
StoryToolz: Resources for authors including a Cliche Buster, Readability and a Story Idea Generator
Teach Your Monster to Read: A fun learn to read game that focuses on letters and sounds.
TeachingBooks: Author interviews, book readings, and lesson ideas. (Requires login)
Tumble Books: Online collection of talking picture books, great for young readers.
Word Dynamo: Vocabulary practice from Dictionary.com
Word Hippo: Find word meanings, synonyms, antonyms and more
Writing Prompts/Journal Topics: A list of ideas, can be viewed as a whole list or in sections.
Poetry:
Ed Tech Training Center, Poetry Forms
Giggle Poetry: Grades K-6 interactive spelling work, word work, and poetry
Magnetic Poetry
Poetry Idea Engine: A tool for writing limericks, haikus, and different types of poetry. Links to other useful tools for a poetry unit.
Poets.org Listening Booth: Listen to poets read their own poems
Publish Poems Online: A cool tool from Scholastic
Storybird- Storybird lets anyone make visual stories in seconds. They curate artwork from illustrators and animators around the world and inspire writers of any age to turn those images
into fresh stories. (info from website)
Writing Prompts:
Imagination Prompt Generator
One Word: One word and 60 seconds to start writing.
Toasted Cheese: A monthly calendar of writing prompts
Storybird- Storybird lets anyone make visual stories in seconds. They curate artwork from illustrators and animators around the world and inspire writers of any age to turn those images into fresh stories. (info from website)
ABCLearningTime: (good for Pre K, K, 1) Practice letters and numbers with printables and games.
Apples4theteacher: games, coloring pages, word families, word searches and more.
Art of Storytelling: Focused lessons for grades 3-5 and older. There are teacher and student resources.
Character Scrapbook: A tool from Scholastic. Helps students analyze characters in any book.
Children's Storybooks Online: Free illustrated children's storybooks.
Education World-The Reading Machine: A list of reading games for students to do on classroom computers or in the library.
Google Lit Trips: A tool that uses Google Maps and stories for a more interactive reading experience. Check out the pdf how to.
Grammar Blast: Quiz games for grades 2-5
Imagination Prompt: Interesting creative writing prompts from Creativity Portal
Interactives-Elements of a Story: Uses the story Cinderella to teach elements of a story. There is a quiz as well!
iStoryBooks: Narrated Children's Stories
Listen Edition: Practice reading comprehension and follow up with pre made Socrative quizzes
Literacy Zone: Many interactive English games and activities
No Red Ink: Customizes grammar and writing skills for students in a way they can relate.
Online Books Page: Home to over 1 million free books on the web
PicLits: Use a picture to inspire writing
Playfic: Text based stories for students to work on following directions. Students can create their own stories for classmates which would require logical reasoning and planning.
Reading A-Z: Downloadable, printable materials for teaching reading.Reading Timer:(also an app) Encourage students to track their reading progress during the year or over the summer.
Read Works: Lessons, units, and reading passages
ReadWriteThink: Full of activities for reading and writing. It is searchable by grade level.
Scholastic: Scholastic has a lot of resources. This is a link to Language Arts interactive whiteboard lessons.
Scholastic Story Starter: A great tool for helping students get their writing ideas started. Use it as a class or with individual students.
SpellZone: Grades K-6, interactive spelling practice
Starfall: Learn to read activities
Storyline Online: Popular stories read by notable actors with related activities.
StoryToolz: Resources for authors including a Cliche Buster, Readability and a Story Idea Generator
Teach Your Monster to Read: A fun learn to read game that focuses on letters and sounds.
TeachingBooks: Author interviews, book readings, and lesson ideas. (Requires login)
Tumble Books: Online collection of talking picture books, great for young readers.
Word Dynamo: Vocabulary practice from Dictionary.com
Word Hippo: Find word meanings, synonyms, antonyms and more
Writing Prompts/Journal Topics: A list of ideas, can be viewed as a whole list or in sections.
Poetry:
Ed Tech Training Center, Poetry Forms
Giggle Poetry: Grades K-6 interactive spelling work, word work, and poetry
Magnetic Poetry
Poetry Idea Engine: A tool for writing limericks, haikus, and different types of poetry. Links to other useful tools for a poetry unit.
Poets.org Listening Booth: Listen to poets read their own poems
Publish Poems Online: A cool tool from Scholastic
Storybird- Storybird lets anyone make visual stories in seconds. They curate artwork from illustrators and animators around the world and inspire writers of any age to turn those images
into fresh stories. (info from website)
Writing Prompts:
Imagination Prompt Generator
One Word: One word and 60 seconds to start writing.
Toasted Cheese: A monthly calendar of writing prompts
Storybird- Storybird lets anyone make visual stories in seconds. They curate artwork from illustrators and animators around the world and inspire writers of any age to turn those images into fresh stories. (info from website)