Subjects Language Arts Writing
Writing
Grammar Bytes
Grammar Bytes! Grammar Instruction with attitude. Includes detailed terms, interactive exercises, handouts to use with students, and more!
Wordbuilder
An excellent spelling, vocabulary, and phonics site created by Houghton Mifflin. Designed as an online game, students are told a word, in the context of a sentence, and then have to spell it. There are literally hundreds of opportunities to play. Activ ...
RealeBooks: Students Create their own Pi...
Students and teachers can write and design their own picture books using the free RealeWriter (“Really Writer”) software that the website promotes as "so easy to use, even five-year-olds can learn." The completed picture books can then be posted to Real ...
Carl's Corner Literacy Activites Popular
Created by retired teacher and language arts specialist Cherry Carl, this site provides resources and materials for classroom teachers, reading and resources specialists in the area of language arts. Contains hundreds of downloadable resources for cla ...
Online Writing Lab (OWL)
Created by Purdue University the site offers over 200 free resources. There are supporting materials educators in grades 7-12 classrooms as well as for ESL teachers. Resources include: Writing and Teaching Writing Research and Internet Litera ...
SpellingTime
An online spelling program, SpellingTime allows students to practice words independently. To increase student engagement different test formats are provided each day. Teachers/parents can enter their own spelling lists. The site also audio to reinforce ...
eWorkshop - Literacy and Numeracy
An online resource developed for elementary teachers by the Ontario Ministry of Education and TFO. It includes modules on Literacy and Numeracy with videos of teachers in action, activity sheets, lesson plans and more. Literacy Modules include: GRADES K ...
Language "Interactives"
“Interactives” provide teachers and students teaching strategies, content and activities. Includes: - Elements of a Story (Grades 2-5): Learn the secrets for telling a good story, explore narratives -- heroes, plot and background. Write a story of ...
Teaching That Makes Sense
Contains a variety of resources to help teachers teach writing. The highlight of the site are the free downloadable books on teaching writing skills. Topics include: - The Writing Teacher's Strategy Guide - Prompted Writing - Student Writing Sa ...
Writing Fun
This site focuses on having students use text organizers to assist with the writing process. Gives students great hints and examples of different forms of writing including narrative, discussion, explanation, persuasion, information, recount, procedure, ...
Can I Have a Word?
Gives teachers new ideas and resources to inspire creative writing in the classroom. The site has four projects, The Elements, The Human Body, The Odyssey, and Changing Voices. Each project includes three sections: Listen (students can listen to poems f ...
Outta Ray's Head
Ray Saitz, a teacher-librarian created to site to share classroom tested lesson plans (complete with handouts). Lesson plans are divided into three areas: poetry, writing, and literature. Although this is not the fanciest looking site, the lessons are ...
Scholastic's Write with Writers
Students work with authors, editors, and illustrators in workshops designed to guide them in developing their writing skills. Topics include biography, descriptive writing, folktales, mystery, myths, journalism, poetry, speech writing, and book reviews. ...
Creative Writing Prompts
Creative Writing Prompts is a collection of writing prompts and story starters for writers. Come up with creative content for classroom writing assignments for your students.
Word Girl
A supporting site for the PBS serier WordGirl this website is designed to promote a love of language and words. Contains a number of different games as well as supporting lesson plans and classroom activities in the teacher section. Highlighted games i ...
The Guide to Grammar and Writing
The Guide to Grammar and Writing provides help with sentences, paragraphs, essays and research papers. The site contains scores of digital handouts on grammar and English usage, over 170 computer-graded quizzes, downloadable PowerPoint presentations for ...
Lesson Plans and Student Activities from...
Get free lesson plans and unit plans to meet all of your teaching needs. Browse or search over 10,000+ teaching materials to find exactly what you need for your grade level and subject.
Museum of the Alphabet
Students can learn about various alphabets used around the world as well as alphabets used in the past. This site presents the museum galleries (Introductory Room, Ancient History, Greek/Roman, Armenian, Cyrillic, Arabic, Hebrew, Indic, East Asian, Amer ...
Great Source iwrite for Teachers and Stu...
This is an collection of writing lessons, tutorials, prompts, grammar help, and more. For students the site provides step by step support for completing writing assignments including short animated grammar tutorials. For teachers, the site has informat ...