Language Arts Links
Children's Literature Web Guide
This web guide attempts to gather together and categorize the growing number of
Internet resources related to books for children and young adults.
Game Goo
Learning that Sticks!
Starfall
The Starfall Method promises to improve reading acquisition by using
the Internet to help make it fun for the children.
Paint by Idioms
Finish the painting by identifying the correct expression
Comprehension Strategies
Interactive lessons on main idea and supporting detail
Scott Foresman Reading at Home
This program helps every student become a confident, successful, and motivated reader and writer.
It is also the first program to have comprehensive resources on the Internet directly linked to the print materials.
Sight Word Fun
Learn the 220 Dolch Sight Words and have fun with this animal eyes theme. How good are your eyes?
Can you read all these words and win a free beautifully colored certificate.
Students can be drilled in a fun way on the Dolch word list. They have the option to hear the word they can't read.
Stories
Stories students can select to read that are interactive
Word Confusion
Students work interactively to decide on the correct spelling of a word used in a sentence.
Scramble Saurus
unscramble words in different categories at this interactive site
2 bee or not too bee
using correct verb tense
The Plural Girls
use correct plural form of a word
What's the Word
click on the word that best describes the picture
Audio Books
Many audio books available to read along with
The Newbery Medal Home Page
Read about the best books and their authors in their official site. The award is given annually by the
Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association,
to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
The Caldecott Medal Home Page
Read about the award books and their illustrators in the Official site. This medal is awarded annually by the
Association for Library Service to Children,
a division of the American Library Association,
to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
Story Mapping
Interactive story mapping using graphic organizers: character, conflict,
resolution and setting maps.
Vocabulary
Games Learning vocabulary can be fun
Vocabulary Builders
Interactive sites to practice skills such as homophones, suffixes, and compound words.
Scott Foresman Reading at Home
This program helps every student become a confident, successful, and motivated reader and writer.
It is also the first program to have comprehensive resources on the Internet directly linked to the print materials.
John Collins Writing Program
The Collins Writing Program was designed to simultaneously improve students' thinking and writing skills.
Guide to Writing a Basic Essay
This guide outlines the basic structure of writing essays
Essay Punch
takes users through the actual steps of writing a basic essay.
Paragraph Punch
This web site takes users through the actual steps of writing a basic paragraph.
Read, Write, Think
Create newspapers, brochures, flyers and booklets with this interactive easy to use site!
MLA Style
Information on how to write Bibliographies correctly.
Interactive Six Traits Writing
This web site provides an interdisciplinary approach to teaching and
improving student writing based on the Six Traits Writing model
Biography Maker
Write a Biography using this interactive tool.
Little Explorers Picture Dictionary
This site makes surfing the Internet very easy. A picture dictionary format is used to link to hundreds
of carefully chosen child friendly sites around the world.
National Spelling Bee
The National Spelling Bee started in 1925. You can look into the study activities and tips, local spelling
bee details, and frequently asked questions.
Spelling Grader
How well do you spell? Take a Spelling test and get your spelling ability
tested and graded using standardized tests.
Spellaroo
Pick the correct spelling of each word.
Spell check
Check the words that are corrected correctly
Spell Bee
A new kind of spelling activity. Each time you play, you will be able to choose a partner and play a word game with them.
It's fun! You can even call up a friend and play Spellbee with them!
Misspelled Word Quiz
Take quizzes on commonly misspelled words
Wacky Web Tales
You can make your own Wacky Web Tale by filling in the blanks as requested.
Songs That Teach Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling
Do your students need a little help remembering what a pronoun is? Or perhaps you need a bit of assistance helping your
kindergarten students learn about the sounds of letters? Find several songs and chants here
to help you teach spelling, punctuation, and grammar skills at various skill levels
Parts of Speech Game
Learn the parts of speech in this fun interactive game. What is a noun or a verb etc.
See if you can click on the proper moving word.
Grammar Gorillas
Identify parts of speech
Grammar Games
A huge collection of online grammar games. Grades 3+
Gamequarium
interactive phonic games
Readquarium
Phonics and Phoneme Activities
Poetry Writing with Jack Prelutsky
Poetry's cool — and a lot of fun! In this workshop, you will get help to turn your words and ideas into descriptive and powerful poems.
Giggle Poetry
Silly poems, writing poetry and ways to perform poetry.
30 Days of Poetry
Information on different types of poems.
Instant Poetry Forms
Choose your poetry form from the list of links then just add words to make the poem your own.
The Poetry Archive
The Poetry Archive exists to help make poetry accessible, relevant and enjoyable to a wide audience.
Poetry Ideas
Examples of different types of poetry
Ezra Jack Keats
The Ezra Jack Keats virtual exhibit highlights original materials from seven of Keat's books featuring the character,
Peter, who first appeared in 1962 with the publication of The Snowy Day.
Curious George
Come to the online home of everybody's favorite curious monkey.
The Magic School Bus
Scholastic's, The Magic School Bus, based on the award winning book series by Joanna Cole and Bruce Deagen,
features a wacky science teacher named Ms. Frizzle who takes her class on enthusiastic,
inquisitive students and playful sidekick, Liz, the lizard on educational field trips in her magically transformable bus.
Arthur
Want to learn more about the popular character, Arthur, and his gang? This is the place!
Jan Brett
Hedgie is starting a contest. It's easy....he's looking for treasure..his kind of treasure...food!
You can find out all about how to enter by clicking on the web site.
The Mother Goose Pages
Come to this site if you're looking for Mother Goose, Nursery Rhymes and Children's songs.
Aesop's Fables
There is an online collection of more than 655 fables on the web site indexed in table format, with the morals listed.
Seussville
The Cat in the Hat, Sam-I-Am, Horton and the Whos, and the rest of the Seuss characters welcome you to Seussville,
Dr. Seuss’s playground in cyberspace. You can play games, chat with the Cat in the Hat,
win prizes, find out about new Dr. Seuss books and CD-ROMs, and much, much more!
Online Adventures of Captain Underpants
Scholastic's site for fans of Captain Underpants is not to be missed. Of course, there is a load of "fun stuff" -
Click-o-Rama, Professor Poopypants' Name Change-o-Chart 2000, and Make your own Comic.
In addition, there is information about the author and the characters
The Official Eric Carle Web Site
Visit this site if you'd like to learn more about this great author. You'll also get to visit some of his famous characters.
The Peter Rabbit Web Site
The official and definitive site on the world of Beatrix Potter. Potter's favorite characters and other
aspects of her work can be viewed at a wide selection of art exhibitions, theatrical performances, displays and local events.
Narnia
This elegantly designed site devoted to C. S. Lewis's fantasy classics provides information about the books, the creatures and people of Narnia.
Lemony Snicket
As Lemony Snicket says, this site is filled with "dreadful images", "wretched information",
and "unnerving games".
Junie B. Jones
The official Junie B. Jones website offers activities, puzzles, party ideas, information about the author, and a special section for teachers.
Harry Potter
Scholastic has created a fun-filled site for Harry Potter fans of all ages.
Click on this site and find a trivia game, a pronunciation guide, owl posts and more.
Come Home to Little House
This companion site to the original Laura Ingalls Wilder series includes online activities, character descriptions, and more
Berenstain Bears
The official Berenstain Bears site, includes activities and lists of books.
Baby-Sitters’ Club Page
What’s happening at the Baby-Sitters’ Club?
Visit this site to learn about the characters and adventures.
American Girls Series
An American Girl is a unique current girls’ series by Valerie Tripp, Janet Beele Shaw,
Connie Porter, Susan S. Adler, and Maxine Schur. The series title is American Girls Collection.
The American Girls stories are told through the eyes of girls living in different time periods.
This site expands on the stories and has a club for fans of American Girls.
Translator Alligator
Learn Spanish words in this interactive fun brain site.
Make A Word Puzzle
Create and print customized word searches, crosswords, and
math puzzles using your very own word lists!
Children's Storybooks Online
There are original stories with color illustrations for young children as well as older children and young adults.
This site seeks to combine education and entertainment to amuse and engage children's imaginations.
There are riddles, mazes, coloring book pages and a page with children's links.
Weekly Reader
Visit the online magazine.
Treasures at Sea: Exploring the Ocean Through Literature
The science of studying the ocean is called oceanography. The scientists who study the oceans are called oceanographers.
Most oceanographers do their work on boats in the ocean. You can't do that, but we can dive into these
Treasure Hunts to learn facts about the ocean. This site has great interactive activities, art activities, and a great many web resources!
Kids at Random
You will find the books Random House has just published, links to contests, and the editors' favorite books.
Meet Junie B. Jones, Arthur and Friends, and go to Seussville University.
Brain Gymnastics
Grade K-3, Try to move your mouse through odd shaped tunnels without touching the wall.
Great game for kids with dyslexia. This game helps develop the right and left side of the brain!
Learn to Print Game
Grade K-1, Young children easily get their up to down motion and left to right direction confused when learning to print.
This habit is hard to break once started. This program brings in game fun to reinforce the proper printing directions. Lots of fun and interaction!
Reversal Matching Game
Grade K-3, Try to turn the cards and match the letters. This game is a great way to correct letter reversals.
This game focuses on the reversed letters and numbers that children tend to repeat. Lots of fun and interaction!
WebTracks
Helps you keep track of the sites used in researching.