:: Integrating Technology Into Classroom Instruction

Language Arts Resources:

• Toon University: Opposites, Alphabetizing, Spelling grades 1 - 3
• Toon University: Spelling, parts of speech, comprehension, words in context, adjectives. Grades 4 - 6
• K-12: CyberGuides: Internet Activities to use with classroom novels&stories  
• Read, Write, Think: Various Language Arts activities
• Frank Schaffer Activity Center: Printables for all grades.

Vocabulary:  

• Vocabulary Video and Song Clips: Between the Lions on PBS. Includes: "When Two Vowels Go Walking" and "Homophones"
• Sadlier-Oxford: Student activity center, choose from Leveled Reading, Phonics, Word Study, Poetry, Grammar, or Vocabulary.
• Word Wizard: Activities to go along with The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Corduroy, Franklin in the Dark and Chrysanthemum
• Making Words
• Working With Words
• Daily Buzzword: From Word Central.com  
• Create your own word definitions
• Fill in the blanks with the correct word, online activity  
• Suessville University  
• Help Alpha find His Alphabet  
• Primary Games: Wordo, Word Lab, Letter Rip, Color Words, See and Spell, etc.
• Saxon's Phonics and Spelling: Online activities, choose your grade level
• Word Wonders: Homophones, Contractions, and Opposites

Beginning Sounds:

• Bembo's Zoo: Very cool site! 
• Little Animals
• Clifford's Sound Match  
• Clifford's Letter Match  
• Leo Loves to Spell  
• Cookie Monster's Letter of the Day  
• Gwain's Word  
• Learning Planet: Alphabet action, Letter Match  
• A.B. Cow  
• Starfall-great site!  
• Sandcastle Quiz: spelling activity  
• Match the beginning letter with the picture : Read, Write, Think Website
• K Curriculum Link: various online activities for Kindergarten
• AlphaBits for Kids: Six AlphaBit games to choose from. Before letter, after letter, missing letter, upper/lower case match, random selection, matching letter.
• Owl and Mouse Software: Download Letter Sounds to your PC

Sequencing:

• Arthur's Story Scramble: Drag and drop activity
• Magnetic Poetry: Unscramble these short poems
• Following directions: choose an activity and put the steps in the correct order.
• Monkey Business: Create sentences in the correct order to help the monkey cross the bridge
• Sequencing: Put the pictures in order to match the story.
• Funschool: Place the pictures in the correct sequence.

Genres:

• Teaching Literary Genres through the Internet  
• Genre and Themed Booklist  
• Mystery writing lesson plans  
• Folk Tales from around the world  
• Tall Tales: Learn about Tall tales and write one of your own
• Literary Quizes  
• Storyboard
• Stellaluna Bat Quest  

Author Research:

• Author Pages  
• Eric Carle: Author of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? and more
• Marc Brown: Author of Arthur books.
• Kevin Henkes: Author of Wendell, Chrysanthemum and many more.

• Chris Van Allsburg Webquest  
• Two Bad Ants Cyberguide
• The Z was Zapped

Writing:

• News Writing 
• Writing With Writers
• Young Writers Workshop: Choose a workshop page as a story starter.
• CyberBee Photographs: Choose a Photograph and write a story about what you see.
• Book Report Alternative: Elements of Fiction
• Magic Tree House: Elements of a Story
• Publish Student Writing: A list of resources that will publish student work.

Letter Writing:

• Arthur's 7 Ingredients to Writing  
• What Goes On A  Envelope?  
• Letter Writing  
• Letter Generator

Poetry:  

• Children Haiku Garden  
• How to write various poems  
• Poetry site  
• Cinquain Activities  
• Book Clubs, Talking Books, Online Reading  
• Literacy Internet Projects  
• Fairy Tales: Grimm  
• Revamp a Fairy Tale  

Online stories:    

• Story Time  
• KidSpace
• BookPALS: Storyline Online - Stories read by famous people.
• RIF: Reading Planet
• Mother Goose Rocks: Nursery Rhymes put to updated music

Reader's Theater Resources:

• Reader's Theater Editions: free scripts for reader’s theater adapted from stories written by Aaron Shepard and others. Ages 8- 15.
• Gander Academy: Written scripts, how to write scripts, and resources for using Reader's Theater.
• Teaching Heart: Plays and scripts to be printed.