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READING

FROM Donna:

World of Kindergartens - For each letter of the alphabet you will find rhymes,books,art ideas and so much more. Be sure to check out how you can print their pages.

Grandmother's Heart Online Book

Download phonic wallcharts and book

Parents and Children Together
This is a wonderful site! It has wonderful stories for all ages. Ryan love the short one on playing Marbles and than shows how to play it.

KingsKids
This is great!! Kids Read, Picture Books,sing, and Math Activities. You can work with your primary Kids here.

Early Childhood Special Education

The Ugly Duckling Online Book

Tattercoats Story and Study

Carol Hursts Childrens Literature

Children's StoryBooks

Book List

FROM Debbie B:

Phonics Tutor

FROM Shala:

The phonics set that I am using with Scottie is called the Phonics Factory by Educational Insights. THe address is Educational Insights, Dominguez Hills, Ca 90220. I haven't been able to find a phone number. Sorry. I really like this set. It has tapes, books, games and awards to give the kids when they complete a section. Scottie seems to be learning quite a bit so far.

FROM: Michele

Learning to Read; Reading to Learn: Parent Tips

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SPELLING/VOCABULARY:

FROM Donna:

Word Focus - A program that will enhance your English-vocabulary skills! Experience the wonder of words by focusing on the Latin and Greek elements used in English

Little Explorers - LITTLE EXPLORERS 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. Since the pictures are links, even pre-readers can surf with a minimum of help and guidance from their favorite adult.

Vocabulary University - Welcome! This is the home of Vocabulary UniversityŽ Participate in these FREE vocabulary puzzles to enhance vocabulary mastery. Earn your diploma at VOCAB U. Teachers have endorsed these exercises to enrich classroom curriculum and to help prepare for the SSAT¨, PSAT¨, GED¨, SAT¨ and ACT¨. They supplement personal vocabulary acquisition in home-schooling and ESL programs.

Spelling Plans - These are great!!!Check out tongue twister one. Ryan love it! This one is good too. You Can't Teach an Old Dog... proverbs. Spelling/Vocabulary Plans from The Teacher's Desk

Mrs. Brooks Spelling Lessons

Vocabulary Venture

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ENGLISH (Language Arts):

FROM Donna:

Creative Writing for Kids - GOOD and many links

INKSPOT - Welcome to INKSPOT, a comprehensive writing resource full of market information, tips on improving your writing, articles, interviews with professional authors and editors, networking opportunities, and a guide to the best resources for writers on the net. Newcomers should check out the Welcome section.

The Seven Steps of the Research Process

Research Papers - Brought to you by the Purdue On-Line Writing Laboratory

Once Upon a Tree - Every day is different - take a look!

Reading Plans - Reading ideas..check out the Recipe for a Book Report and we did a story wheel too..

Writing Plans - Paragraph a Week is a yearly writing program designed to give your fifth- and sixth-graders practice with writing various types of paragraphs. In addition it reinforces good study habits and preparation of long-term assignments. Moreover, it involves parents in their child's Language Arts curriculum.
'97 Journal Starters, Journal Format

English Plans - Check this one out..Grammar Journals proofreading and editing Quiet Hour Journals communication and proofreading Parts of Speech Song

Language - Choose one of the following oceanography topics to view the lesson plan. Student worksheets are included for those lesson plans which require one. If you would like to print a copy for use in your classroom, just select the "print" button from the button bar or pull-down menu.

Welcome to Teachers' Lesson Plans, prepared for you by Longman Dictionaries - You will find a new vocabulary, grammar or pronunciation lesson plan here each month. These plans are written for teachers by teachers. Our objective is to provide teachers with a plan that they can print off and walk into a classroom with - that will work! 6 good lessons with good activity sheets to print out

Funland - English as a Second Language (ESL)

400 dictionaries of over 130 different languages -
Multilingual Dictionaries
Specialized English Dictionaries
Thesauri and Other Vocabulary Aids
Language Identifiers and Guessers
An Index of Dictionary Indices
A Web of On-line Grammars
A Web of Linguistic Fun

A wonderful unit on Canada - with work sheets and so much more!

http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/english/schoolnet/teachers.html

Wonderful activity sheets to print out for your kids

Activity sheets to print out and lesson plans to go with them .....Check out the menu for several subjects. This one is language arts.

Three Wishes - Writing Activities for Grades 4-6

The Author Project: An Information Literacy Skills Unit

Kids Love a Mystery.Com

Introducing ´"Communication Talent´ with Casey at the Bat"

Casey at the Bat - one more lesson plan for this poem.

PreK-4 Animal Kingdom Activities

Cause and Effect using "The Arrow and the Song"

Poetry Lesson Plans

Poetry Cubes

Discovering Dickens

Holocaust Lesson

Language Arts - Intermediate
Here is a GREAT site on language arts lesson plans. I have printed out at least half a dozen great ideas like Magazine Ads and You, The Teenager and Horrid Homonyms and Become A Logophile. All 12 grades are included.

Journal Writing Lesson Ideas

Research Paper
This is an educationally effective site to help students choose a research paper topic, chart acourse of action, and write the paper.

Free English Grammar Lessons.

Language Arts Index

Language arts lesson plans and units

Parts of Speech

Language Teaching Resources

FROM Pam:

Six Trait Writing Model

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Literature:

FROM Donna:

Jack London - A chronological listing of the newest additions to the Jack London Collection. A Biography of Jack London. A short biography of John Griffiths London by Dr. Clarice Stasz of Sonoma State University.
Audio & Video: a new section devoted to audio and video both from JL's lifetime as well as more contemporary material.
Documents: Letters, postcards, telegrams, manuscripts, official documents, and other papers relating to his life and work.
Images: Photographs of Jack London, his family, friends, and the places in which he lived, worked, and traveled.
Writings: A growing archive of full-length novels, shorts stories, essays, and newspaper pieces by Jack London.
Bibliographies and Research Aids: A collection of resource materials for the further study of Jack London's life and writings.

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Interactive Version

Lewis Carroll's Works Illustrated

Nathaniel Hawthorne - his works...timeline +

Robert Frost - The Complete Works to December 1920

A Trapper Boy - Photo, Detroit Publishing, circa 1900, public domain from Library of Congress Collection.

The Internet Classics Archive

Into the Wardrobe: C.W. Lewis

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations Alphabetical Listing by Author

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