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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
Carol Hursts Childrens Literature
FROM Debbie B:
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
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
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
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"
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.
Research Paper
This is an educationally effective site to help students
choose a research paper topic, chart acourse of action, and write the paper.
Language arts lesson plans and units
FROM Pam:
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.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations Alphabetical Listing by Author