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Language Arts

Grimms Fairytales

http://www.grimmfairytales.com/en/main
Guide to Grammar and Writing

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
Wacky Web Tales
Wonderful Ad Libs

http://www.eduplace.com/tales/
Seussville!

http://www.seussville.com/
Reading Websites

http://www.globalclassroom.org/2005/inservice/reading.html
Clifford the Big Red Dog Sound Match Activity

http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/flash/phonics/index.htm
Kid's Read

http://www.kidsreads.com
Proof Reading

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/proofread/
Word Dice
Put your vocabulary word on these and play a game

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2literacy.html#worddice
Handwriting for Kids

http://www.handwritingforkids.com/handwrite/
Mystery Net's Kids Mysteries
Let your students solve these mysteries

http://kids.mysterynet.com/
Grammar Blast
Grades 2 - 5

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/grammar/
Scrambled Stories
Mad libs with a twist

http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=ScrambledStory
Into the Book
A reading comprehension resource for K-4 students and teachers

http://reading.ecb.org/index.html
Spelling City

http://www.spellingcity.com/index.php
Construct-a-word
Combine letters to make words

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/construct/
Letter Generator
Learn the parts of a letter

http://readwritethink.org/materials/letter_generator/
Benboszoo
Have fun with the letters of the alphabet

http://www.bemboszoo.com/
Homophone Word Quiz

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/spelling/recognising/homophones/quiz.shtml
Word Safari
Use your Own words in this spelling game.

http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/Safari/safari.htm
Game Goo
Great reading readiness games for K - 2

http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/gooeyhome.html
Idioms
Are you ready to plow ahead with this great site.

http://english-zone.com/index.php?ID=3
Guide Words to the Stars
A Quia quiz on using guide words

http://www.quia.com/rr/45806.html
Double Negatives

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/texttypes/negatives/worksheet.shtml
Clifford's Interactive Storybooks

http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/index.htm
Letter Match

http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/flash/confusable/index.htm
ABC Match
Match the picture cards to their beginning sounds

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/abcmatch/
Proofreading Makes Perfect

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/language_arts/pmp/interactive_guide/g03/g03home.htm
Character Trading Cards
Create them and trade them

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/character-trading-cards-30056.html
Punctuation Paintball
Practrice rules of punctuation

http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=Paintball
Alpha Pig's Alpha Bricks
Practice Identifying letters by their names.

http://pbskids.org/superwhy/#game/alphabricks
Story Scrambler
Language Arts K.9, 1.9, and 2.6

http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/storyscramble/scramble.html
Dictionary Game for Kids
Language Arts 2.10, 3.4, & 4.4

http://www.funenglishgames.com/readinggames/dictionary.html
Sky Riding
Language Arts K.7

http://pbskids.org/lions/skyriding.html
The Detective
Language Arts 4.5 and 5.5 An inferencing game

http://goo.gl/LSiJYs
Fill It In: Contraction Game
Language Arts 3.10

http://www.vocabulary.co.il/contractions/intermediate/fill-it-in-contraction-game/
Fill It In: Un-Contraction Game
Language Arts 3.10

http://www.vocabulary.co.il/contractions/intermediate/fill-it-in-un-contraction-game/
Main Idea
Language Arts 2.8 and 3.6

http://www.roomrecess.com/pages/MainIdea.html
Cause and Effect
Language Arts 4.5, 4.6, 5.5, and 5.6

http://www.roomrecess.com/pages/CauseEffect.html
Draw Conclusions
Language Arts 3.5, 3.6, 4.5, 4.6, and 5.5

http://www.roomrecess.com/pages/DrawConclusions.html
Letter Blaster Game
Language Arts K.7

http://www.ziggityzoom.com/games/letter-blaster-alphabet-game
Hopposites
Language Arts 2.2

http://pbskids.org/lions/hopposites.html
ABC Order
Place letters and words in ABC order Language Arts k.7, 1.5, 2.10, and 3.4

http://www.roomrecess.com/mobile/ABCOrder/play.html
Alpha Switch – A Beginning Letter Sound Game
Language Arts K.4 and K.12 Matching Letter sounds

http://mrnussbaum.com/alpha-switch/
E Reading Worksheets
Reading Passages with tests for grades 2-12

https://www.ereadingworksheets.com/e-reading-worksheets/online-reading-tests/
Alphabet Antics
SOL K.7a Teaches students letter/sound recognition.

https://www.quia.com/pop/35953.html?AP_rand=2008989251
Figurative Language Jeopardy
Language Arts 5.4d

https://www.quia.com/cb/125762.html
Simple Sentences
Language Arts K.11 Making Sentences

http://www.cookie.com/kids/games/simple-sentences.html
Alphabetize with Tali and Otto
Language Arts 1.8, and 2.6

https://www.abcya.com/games/alphabetize

Grammar

Punctuation: Going to work with commas game
Language Arts 5.8

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/en29punc-game-going-to-work-with-commas
Dositey: Contractions 1

http://www.dositey.com/2008/language/grammar/contractions1.htm
Homophones Game
Language Arts 2.7, 3.4 and 4.4

http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/vocabulary-games/homophones-games/homophones-game.html
Verb Viper

http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/viper/viper.html
Quia Homograph Jeopardy

http://www.quia.com/cb/29778.html?AP_rand=356482100
Homographs

http://www.ezschool.com/Games/Homographs.html
Octopus Feed
Language Arts 2.7, 3.4, 4.4, and 5.4: Homonyms

http://www.arcademics.com/games/octopus-feed/octopus-feed.html
Word Invasion
Identify Word Types

http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/invasion/invasion.html
Furious Frogs
Antonyms, Synonyms, Homonyms

http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/furious-frogs/furious-frogs.html
Word Frog
Antonyms, Synonyms, Homonyms

http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/frog/frog.html
The Plural Girls
Language Arts 2.13

http://www.funbrain.com/plurals/index.html
Synonyms and Antonyms
Language Arts 3.6, 4.5, and 5.5

http://www.abcya.com/synonyms_antonyms.htm
Quia Rags to Riches: Question Marks
Language Arts 5.8

https://www.quia.com/rr/335442.html?AP_rand=992652261
Parts of Speech
Language Arts 4.8 and 5.8

http://www.abcya.com/parts_of_speech.htm
Position Words
Language Arts K.2d and Science K

http://www.turtlediary.com/game/position-words.html
Punctuation Mystery
SOL 2.13 Practice using 6 common punctuation marks

https://www.turtlediary.com/game/punctuation-mystery.html
Identifying Adjectives - Car Race Game
Identify the adjectives Language Arts 4.8

https://www.turtlediary.com/game/adjective-words.html
General Tso's Spicy Synonyms
Identifying incorrect words among correct words (LA 3.4, 4.4, 5.4)

http://mrnussbaum.com/generaltso1/Main.swf
Penalty Shootout: Present and Past
Language Arts 3.10d

https://bit.ly/2KWtsDP
Feed the Elephant
Language Arts 3.4

https://www.arcademics.com/games/elephant-feed
Synonyms & Antonyms
Language Arts 4.4b

https://www.abcya.com/games/wordtoss_synonym_antonym

Nursery Rhymes

Fairy Tales & Nursery Rhymes Section

http://www.dltk-teach.com/rhymes/index.htm
Enchanted Learning Rhymes and Coloring

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/rhymes/coloring/

Writing

Story Starters

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/storystarters/storystarter1.htm
Seussville Story Maker
Language Arts 1.13, 2.12, and 3.9

http://www.seussville.com/games/storymaker/story_maker.html
Trace to The Beat
Learn to write letters

http://www.abcya.com/letter_trace.htm
Flocabulary: Five Elements of a Story
You need an account to access this activity.

https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/fivethings/
Don't Use Two Negatives!
Language Arts 4.8 Quia Rags to Riches Double Negative Activity

https://www.quia.com/rr/393715.html
Fact or Opinion
Language Arts 4.6h

http://www.roomrecess.com/mobile/FactAndOpinion/play.html

Spelling

Picnic on Pluto
Language Arts 1.4 and 2.5

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/PicnicOnPluto.html
Spelling Practice Dolch Word List
Covers all Dolch Word Lists

http://www.abcya.com/dolch_sight_word_spelling.htm
Rooting Out Words
What do some prefixes and suffixes mean? 2.7b

http://www.funbrain.com/roots/index.html
Professor Garfield's Match of Mystery
Language Arts K.7, 1.6, 2.5 Vowel Spellings

http://www.professorgarfield.org/phonics/mixmatch/mixmatch.html
Dividing Root Words
Language Arts 4.4

http://www.vocabulary.co.il/root-words/intermediate/dividing-root-words/
Torture the Teacher
Language Arts 4.8 and 5.8

http://mrnussbaum.com/teacher-play/
Word Ladder Game
Link the words with the correct spelling LA K.12 and 1.6

https://www.turtlediary.com/game/word-ladder.html
Hanging Monkeys
Identify short vowel sounds Language Arts 1.5

http://www.literactive.com/Download/live.asp?swf=story_files/hanging_monkeys_US.swf
Spellathon - SpellingGame
How many words can you spell with the given letters? Language Arts K.4, 1.4, 1.6, and higher

https://www.turtlediary.com/game/spellathon-words.html
Word Scrabble
Construct words out of four to five letters Language Arts 4.8 and 5.8

https://www.turtlediary.com/game/word-scrabble.html
Sight Word Smash
Language Arts K.6, 1.6, and 2.13

http://www.roomrecess.com/mobile/SightWordSmash/play.html
Coconut Vowels
Language Arts 2.5, 3.3 and 4.8

http://www.abcya.com/spelling_with_vowels.htm
Fuzz Bugs Farm Consonant Blends
Language Arts 1.6

http://www.abcya.com/consonant_blends.htm
Fuzz Bugs Farm - Consonant Blends
SOL 1.6e Works with consonant digraphs.

http://www.abcya.com/consonant_blends.htm
R-Controlled Vowels
Jeopardy game for Language Arts 2.5

https://jeopardylabs.com/play/r-controlled-vowels
Fun Fonix
Language Arts K.7

https://www.funfonix.com/games/abcmenu.php
R-Control Races
Spelling r-controlled words LA 2.5

https://www.mrnussbaum.com/r-control-races/
Word Pyramids
Language Arts K.6, 1.5, 2.4, & 2.11 Spelling words one letter at a time.

https://mrnussbaum.com/word-pyramids-online
Rocketship Reader
Language Arts 1.5 Making Words

https://www.roomrecess.com/mobile/RocketshipReader/play.html
Bumper Boat Bash
Language Arts 2.11, 3.9, and 4.8

https://www.arcademics.com/games/bumper-boat-bash
Make a Word
Language Arts K.6

http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/build/vowels.htm

Library Media Sites

Historical Fiction: ReadWriteThink

http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=779
EZ worksheets

http://www.ezschool.com/EZSheets.html
ABCya! Primary Games on the Net

http://www.abcya.com/
Audrey Wood Activities

http://www.audreywood.com/mac_site/activity_pages/activities_page.html
StoryLine

http://www.storylineonline.net/
Economics and Geography Lessons for 32 Children

http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/Econ_Geog.html

Dewey Decimal Sites

Melvile Dewey Biography

http://www.oclc.org/dewey/resources/biography/
De We Know Dewey

http://library.thinkquest.org/5002/

Portaportals Not to be Missed

Resources

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

http://www.m-w.com/
Word Central

http://www.wordcentral.com/
PowerPoint Available for Downloads

http://www.nebo.edu/misc/learning_resources/ppt/
Kidport Reference Library

http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/RefLib.htm

Encyclopedias and Searches

Grolier Encyclopedia

http://go-passport.grolier.com/
Fact Monster

http://www.factmonster.com/

SMARTboard

Teacher Sites

School Express

http://www.schoolexpress.com
Learning Pages

http://www.learningpage.com/free_pages/home.html
TeAchnology

http://www.teach-nology.com/
A to Z Teacher Stuff

http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/
Awesome Library

http://www.awesomelibrary.org/
Play Kids Games

http://www.playkidsgames.com/

K - 2 SMART Activities

Using Research Resources

Third Grade Reference Sources Millionaire Game
Which resource to use? Language Arts 3.7 and 4.4

https://www.quia.com/rr/634284.html?AP_ rand=388330742&playHTML=1