Literacy:
Online Reading:
Books:

A Walk In The Woods (primary - signs of fall):
http://www.incwell.com/Fiction/Kids/Woods/index.html

Aesop's Fables:
http://www.umass.edu/aesop/

American Folklore:
http://www.americanfolklore.net/

Animals, Myths and Legends:
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~oban/

Arthur:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/arthur/teachers/index.html

Audry Wood's Clubhouse:
http://audreywood.com/

Bartleby:
http://www.bartleby.com/index.html

Book Hive:  
http://www.bookhive.org/

Candlelight Stories:
http://www.candlelightstories.com/AboutMem1.htm

Childrens' Storybooks On-Line:
http://www.magickeys.com/books/index.html

Disney Books:
http://asp.disney.go.com/DisneyBooks/StoryTime.asp

Elementary Library:  
http://www.storyplace.org/eel/eel.asp?themeID=18

Famous Poems and Poetry Scavenger Hunt:
http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/2lesson.htm

Grammar Gorilla:  Interactive game that tests students knowledge of grammar:
http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/index.html

Graphic Organizers for Literacy:
http://www.k111.k12.il.us/lafayette/fourblocks/graphic_organizers.htm

Grandpa Tuckers Rhymes and Tales:
http://www.night.net/tucker/

Internet Public Library:
http://www.ipl.org/cgi-bin/youth/youth.out.pl?sub=rzn2000

Internet Public Library: Story Hour
http://www.ipl.org/youth/StoryHour/StoryHour.html

Kid Authors (books and poetry by kids):
http://www.kidauthors.com/

Kids' Books: 
http://kidsbooks.about.com/mbody.htm?COB=home&PID=2734&PM=60_903_T

Kids' Stories: The famous room 108!
http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/108b.html

Kids Zone:  Afro American Tales and Myths:
http://www.afroam.org/children/myths/myths.html

Kidz Page:
http://www.veeceet.com/

KWL: Reading Strategy:
http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/Language_Arts/Reading/RDG0016.html

Language Arts Web Quests:
http://sesd.sk.ca/teacherresource/webquest/elemla.htm

Learn to Read:  
http://www.starfall.com/n/level-a/index/play.htm

Literary Book Club (Fayette County Public Schools):
http://www.fayette.k12.ky.us/literaryclub/

Little Fingers: (Pre-school storybooks on-line)
http://www.lil-fingers.com/about/index.html

Magic Tree House:
http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/magictreehouse/randwclub/index.html

Mighty Books:
http://www.mightybook.com/home.htm

Myths and Fables:
http://www.afroam.org/children/myths/myths.html

Oceanography Alphabet Book:
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/valencia/oceanabcbooks/

On-Line Books:
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/

On-Line Childrens' Stories:
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/stories.html

Reading Rainbow:
http://gpn.unl.edu/rainbow/

Room 108: Very interactive!!!!
http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/

Storybook On-Line:
http://www.storybookonline.net/main.html

Story Place (English and Spanish):  
http://www.storyplace.org

Stories Past:  Tales from the Past:
http://www.storiespast.com/elinks.htm#objects

Tips for Individual Reading Strategies:
http://www.creativeclassroom.com/jf00ttt/13tips.html

Vocabulary Builder:
http://www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/words/middle/

The Wacky World of Words: 
http://www.members.home.net/teachwell/

World Wide Web Storybook: Books created at an elementary school in Alaska.
http://www2.northstar.k12.ak.us/schools/upk/books/books.html

Magazines for Children:
 
Teacher Recommeded On-Line Magazines:
http://www.rcs.k12.va.us/csjh/links3.htm

Crunch: Student forum to share ideas:
http://nces.ed.gov/NCESKids/CRUNCH/index.asp

Highlights:  The same wonderful children's magazine:
http://www.highlights.com/

Little Planet Times: By kids and four kids.
http://www.littleplanet.com/

National Geographic for Kids:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/

Ranger Rick: From the National Wildlife Federation:
http://www.nwf.org/rangerrick/index.html

Scholastic News Zone:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/newszone/index.asp

Sports Illustrated for Kids: 
http://www.sikids.com/splash.html

Teen Ink:
http://teenink.com/

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

Yahooligans News:
http://www.yahooligans.com/content/news/

Yak: for ages 6 to 11:
http://216.247.63.129/yakfront.htm

Yes Magazine: A Canadian science magazine.
http://www.yesmag.bc.ca/

ZuZu:  Kids' original art and writing.
http://www.zuzu.org/

Newspapers for Children:
Children's Express WorldWide: News by Kids for everybody:
http://www.cenews.org/

Kids News: Kids' writing from practically everywhere.
http://www.kidnews.com/

Minneapolis Star Tribune: News articles modified for 4-6 grade readers:
http://www.startribune.com/education/frameset/articles_teach.shtml

New York Times For Kids:
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/

 

Television News for Students:
CNNfyi: article writen for middle and high school:
http://fyi.cnn.com/fyi/

PBS News:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/

Television News Archive:
http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/eveningnews.html

 

Children's Reference Materials:

 
Teacher Resources:

100 Things to do With Books:  
http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/resources/resources/books.html

101 Best Books for Home/Schoool Library (Pre-K, K):
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/wil/Best_Books.pdf

103 Things to Do Before/During/After Reading:
http://www.readingrockets.org/article.php?ID=445

Alphabet Coloring Pages by Jan Brett:
Traditional:  http://www.janbrett.com/coloring_alphabet/coloring_alphabet_traditional_main.htm   
Modern Manuscript:
http://www.janbrett.com/coloring_alphabet/coloring_alphabet_modern_main.htm       Cursive: http://www.janbrett.com/coloring_alphabet/coloring_alphabet_cursive_main.htm

Books to download:
http://www.readinga-z.com/newfiles/preview.html

Book Talks: 
http://nancykeane.com/booktalks/

Children's Literature Activities:
http://members.aol.com/MGoudie/ChildrensLit.html

Colossal List of Ways to do Book Reports:
http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/langarts/reading/bookrepts1.html

Components of Effective Literacy Programs:
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/english/comp_effect_rwinstr.htm

Daily Buzz Word:
http://www.wordcentral.com/

Daily Word Search:
http://www.dailywordsearch.com/

Fairy Tales On-Line:
http://www.abcteach.com/FairyTales/talesTOC.htm

First Grade Mixed Up Sentences:   
 http://www.northcanton.sparcc.org/~greentown/quiz/1st1020.htm

High Frequency Word Activities:  
http://www.readinga-z.com/more/highfreq_strat.html

Word Walls:
http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/langarts/wordwall062599.html

K-3 Reading Rug:  
http://www.geocities.com/teachingwithheart/readingrug.html

Language Arts Via The Internet: 
http://www.tulane.edu/~laprofe/LangArts.htm

Learning the Alphabet:
http://www.sdhc.k12.fl.us/~kindergarten.elementary/pg_twelve.htm
 

LITERACY CENTER IDEAS:
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/beginning10.html

National Center for Family Literacy:
http://ncfl@famlit.org/

Newspapers on the Net:
http://archive.nandotimes.com/prof/edsvc/teach/niecurric/newsnet/index.html

Rigby Publishers:
http://www.rigby.com/

Phonics Link:
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/Phonics_Link/phonics.html

Reading Genie: How to Teach Reading:
http://www.auburn.edu/~murraba/

Reading Lists, Grades 4-5:
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cy45.html

Reading Lists: Grades 4 to 8
http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/langarts/literaturelist052699.html

Reading Rockets:
http://www.readingrockets.org/

103 THINGS TO DO BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER READING: 
http://www.readingrockets.org/article.php?ID=445


TEACHING READING TO PRE-K AND K http://www.readingrockets.org/lp.php?SCID=11

TEACHING READING TO 1ST GRADERS
http://www.readingrockets.org/article.php?ID=48

TEACHING READING TO 2ND GRADE AND BEYOND:
http://www.readingrockets.org/article.php?ID=49

CHILDREN'S RIGHTS TO EXCELLENT READING INSTRUCTION:
http://www.readingrockets.org/article.php?ID=39

ACTIVITIES FOR STRUGGLING READERS
http://www.readingrockets.org/article.php?ID=245

HOW TO RESPOND TO DISCOURAGED STUDENTS:
http://www.readingrockets.org/helping/putdowns/flash_detect_eolas.html

SIX GAMES FOR READING:
http://www.readingrockets.org/article.php?ID=244

Scavenger Hunts: Can be used with on-line newspapers, magazines, and etc:
http://archive.nandotimes.com/prof/edsvc/teach/niecurric/scavenger.html

The Scoop:  Childrens' Book News:
http://www.friend.ly.net/scoop/index.html

Stellar Speller:  
http://www.candlelightstories.com/D001/StellarSPMemb02.asp

Twenty-five Ways to Read to Your Kids:
http://www.mwcsd.k12.ny.us/
 

Vocabulary.Com:  
http://www.vocabulary.com/turkeyday2001.html

The Wacky World of Words: 
http://www.members.home.net/teachwell/

Watson's Wacky World of Word Walls (PBS kids):
 http://pbskids.org/lions/printables/games/wall_a.html

What is a Word Wall:
http://www.teachingfirst.net/wordwallact.htm

WORD GAMES:    
http://www.candlelightstories.com/D001/VocabMem1.asp

Word Lists:
http://www.katy.isd.tenet.edu/kisd/resources/spelling/core.html

Word Lists: Primary:
http://www.areasonfor.com/spelling/wordlists/level_a/index.htm

http://www.areasonfor.com/spelling/wordlists/level_b/index.htm
http://www.areasonfor.com/spelling/wordlists/level_c/index.htm

Word of the Day:
http://www.wordsmith.org
http://www.wordcentral.com/

Word Walls:
http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/langarts/wordwall1062599.html

Word Walls by Wendy Mirowski:
http://www.coe.ilstu.edu/portfolios/students/wjmirow/word%2520walls%2520web%2520page.htm

Word Walls by the Kindergarten Connection:
http://www.kconnect.com/kc-wordwalls.html

Word Walls: Daily Activities;
http://teams.lacoe.edu/village/ideas/idea3.html
 
http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/1138.html

Word Wall Flash Card Exchange:
http://www.flashcardexchange.com/directory.jsp?id=39

Word Wall Free Lesson Plans:
http://www.freelessonplans.com/NT%20ES%20ideas%20word%20walls%20class%20decor.htm

Word Wall ideas from Cananda:
http://canadateachers.about.com/cs/wordwalls/

Word Wall in Mrs. Hardy's First Grade:
http://dh032.k12.sd.us/

Word Wall in Mrs. Jone's Class:
http://www.mrsjones.org/teachers/wordwalls.html

Word Wall Information:
http://www.ga.k12.md.us/readingchal/word_wall_info.htm

Word Wall Information and Lesson Plans:
http://www.ga.k12.md.us/readingchal/Word%20Walls.htm

Word Wall Lists:  
http://www.k111.k12.il.us/lafayette/fourblocks/word_wall_grade_level_lists.htm

Word Wall PowerPoint:
http://www.cait.org/ciaesc/training/phonetic/tsld048.htm

Word Wall Strategies:
http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/796.html

Word Walls:
http://www.d21.k12.il.us/dept_instr/visual_displays/word_walls.html

Word Walls in a Nutshell:
http://www.education.pitt.edu/leaders/FAQ/wordwallnutshell.htm

Word Walls that are Interactive:
http://www.theschoolbell.com/Links/word_walls/words.html

Word Walls:  High Utility Word Walls:
http://teams.lacoe.edu/village/ideas/idea2.html

Word Walls Page:
http://www.kllynch2000.com/WordWalls.html

Word Walls Work!  
http://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/sbeck/wordwalls.htm

Four Blocks

Newspaper Activities:

Create a Class Newspaper:
http://www.calgaryherald.com/education/cacnintro.html

Fairy Tales to Teach Newspaper Orgaization:
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Interdisciplinary/INT0051.html

It's News To Me: (Primary Unit):
http://205.146.39.13/success/lessons/lesson5/plad2_l.htm

Jouralism Lesson Plans:
http://askeric.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Language_Arts/Journalism

Lesson Plans for Exploring Newspapers:
http://www.teflfarm.com/teachers/qualifications/lesson_plans/exploring.htm

Newsinary:  Use the newspaper for dictionary research activities - all ages:
http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/24.html

Newspaper Activities Across the Curriculum (all ages):
http://www.suelebeau.com/curriculumnie.html

Newspaper Activities for the Primary Classroom:
http://www.thejerseyjournal.com/nie_primary.htm

Newspaper Activities for Young Children:  
http://www.mercurynews.info/nie/prok2.html

Newspapers in Education:  
http://www.angelfire.com/ny3/NIE/sample.html

Newspapers on the Net:
http://archive.nandotimes.com/prof/edsvc/teach/niecurric/newsnet/index.html

 

Word Walls and Word Activities: 

The Wacky World of Words: 
http://www.members.home.net/teachwell/

Watson's Wacky World of Word Walls (PBS kids):
 http://pbskids.org/lions/printables/games/wall_a.html

What is a Word Wall:
http://www.teachingfirst.net/wordwallact.htm

WORD GAMES:    
http://www.candlelightstories.com/D001/VocabMem1.asp

Word Lists:
http://www.katy.isd.tenet.edu/kisd/resources/spelling/core.html

Word Lists: Primary:
http://www.areasonfor.com/spelling/wordlists/level_a/index.htm

http://www.areasonfor.com/spelling/wordlists/level_b/index.htm
http://www.areasonfor.com/spelling/wordlists/level_c/index.htm

Word of the Day:
http://www.wordsmith.org
http://www.wordcentral.com/

Word Walls:
http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/langarts/wordwall1062599.html

Word Walls by Wendy Mirowski:
http://www.coe.ilstu.edu/portfolios/students/wjmirow/word%2520walls%2520web%2520page.htm

Word Walls by the Kindergarten Connection:
http://www.kconnect.com/kc-wordwalls.html

Word Walls: Daily Activities;
http://teams.lacoe.edu/village/ideas/idea3.html
 
http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/1138.html

Word Wall Flash Card Exchange:
http://www.flashcardexchange.com/directory.jsp?id=39

Word Wall Free Lesson Plans:
http://www.freelessonplans.com/NT%20ES%20ideas%20word%20walls%20class%20decor.htm

Word Wall ideas from Cananda:
http://canadateachers.about.com/cs/wordwalls/

Word Wall in Mrs. Hardy's First Grade:
http://dh032.k12.sd.us/

Word Wall in Mrs. Jone's Class:
http://www.mrsjones.org/teachers/wordwalls.html

Word Wall Information:
http://www.ga.k12.md.us/readingchal/word_wall_info.htm

Word Wall Information and Lesson Plans:
http://www.ga.k12.md.us/readingchal/Word%20Walls.htm

Word Wall Lists:  
http://www.k111.k12.il.us/lafayette/fourblocks/word_wall_grade_level_lists.htm

Word Wall PowerPoint:
http://www.cait.org/ciaesc/training/phonetic/tsld048.htm

Word Wall Strategies:
http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/796.html

Word Walls:
http://www.d21.k12.il.us/dept_instr/visual_displays/word_walls.html

Word Walls in a Nutshell:
http://www.education.pitt.edu/leaders/FAQ/wordwallnutshell.htm

Word Walls that are Interactive:
http://www.theschoolbell.com/Links/word_walls/words.html

Word Walls That Work:  
http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/instructor/wordwalls.htm

Word Walls:  High Utility Word Walls:
http://teams.lacoe.edu/village/ideas/idea2.html

Word Walls Page:
http://www.kllynch2000.com/WordWalls.html

Word Walls Work!  
http://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/sbeck/wordwalls.htm

 

Writing

Can You Sell Your Cereal:
http://www.innovativeclassroom.com/Lesson_Plans/lessonplans.asp?id=34

Classroom Writing Project: can be done on classroom computers or AlphaSmarts:
 http://www.track0.com/canteach/elementary/createwrite2.html

Getting to Know the Six Traits:
http://tusdstats.tusd.k12.az.us/resources/getting_to_know_the_six_traits/getting_to_know_the_six_traits_front.asp

Ginny's Educational Web Pages:
http://www.geocities.com/ginnyks/sixtraitupdate.html

Intermediate Writing Activities:
http://nutmeg.ctstateu.edu/depts/edu/lessons/writing.html

Lesson Plans:  Six Traits of Writing by Flowing Wells Schools:
http://www.flowingwells.k12.az.us/Staff%20Development/default.htm

Peer Editing Checklist:   
http://206.218.128.2/laintech/peer.htm

Poetry Express:  15 Poems You Can Write Now:
http://www.poetryexpress.org/

Read Write Site:
http://www.readwritesite.com/

Six Traits Writing:  Cochiti:
http://www.aps.edu/aps/Cochiti/6traits/

Six Traits of Writing:  Madison Metropolitan Schools:
http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/tnl/langarts/sixtrtcrsmtrl.htm

Six Traits of Writing Posters:  Edina, Minnesota Schools:
http://www.edina.k12.mn.us/concord/teacherlinks/sixtraits/posterspage.htm

Ten Creative Writing Activities:
http://www.daedalus.com/teach/tens/01_22_99.html

Writing Fractured Fairy Tales:
http://www.qesn.meq.gouv.qc.ca/folklore/activity/actTfrac.html

Writing Prompts from Snaith Primary School:
http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/index.htm

Using Descriptive Language:
 http://www.canadianlessonplans.com/aclp/english/level_4/lesson_plans/8-3.html

 

 

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