Web sites appearing on this list do not
constitute a recommendation.
Lesson Plans from the Teacher's Desk
http://www.teachersdesk.org
Over 250 lesson ideas for Spelling, Writing, English, Reading and
Vocabulary by our very own Angela. A fabulous site! Also visit The
Teacher's Desk II. :-)
Carol Hurst's Children's Lit.Site
http://www.carolhurst.com/index.html
This is a collection of reviews of great books for kids, ideas of
ways to use them in the classroom and collections of books and
activities about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes and
professional topics.
Wacky Web Tales
http://www.eduplace.com/tales/
Story writing with a "Mad-Lib" format.
BlueWeb'n Learning Sites Library
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn
All types of interactive lessons and units. Quality stuff that is
updated and added to daily. Sign up for their newsletter to get the
latest each week. Great place to find Hunts and Quests for online
study.
SCORE: Cyberguides TOC
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html
Great lessons on different chapter books.
Fifth and Sixth Grade Fiction
http://www.gti.net/rocktwp/56.html
Suggested reading for 5th and 6th graders - Select an author, press
and view recommended titles by that author
Jan Brett's Home Page
http://www.janbrett.com/index.html
Great site for Jan Brett lovers. Here you can download masks and
other neat activities to do with her books.
Fake Out
http://www.eduplace.com/fakeout/
A defintion guessing game
Caldecott Medal Home Page
http://www.ala.org/alsc/caldecott.html
A list of the best illustrated book for children in the United
States.
Charles Ghigna "Father Goose" Home page
http://www.CharlesGhigna.com
Lists appearances, books, anthologies, reviews, classroom fun, how to
write a poem, etc.
School House Rock
http://www.apocalypse.org/pub/u/gilly/Schoolhouse_Rock/HTML/grammar/grammar.html
Songs about the parts of speech.
PIZZAZ!
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/pizzaz.html
Dedicated to providing creative writing activities and copyable
handouts for use with students of all ages.
Index to Internet Sites: Children's and Young Adult's Authors and
Illustrators
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/biochildhome.htm
Connects to Web sites that have biographies and autobiographies of
authors and illustrators of children's books.
Folklore, Myth and Legend
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/storfolk.html
Great online resources for myths, legends and fairy tales.
Stories to Read and Tell Main Page Index
http://www.unc.edu/~rwilkers/storyind.htm
African and Egyptian stories to read and tell, plus lots of links to
other African and ancient Egyptian art sites.
The Grammar Lady Online
http://www.grammarlady.com/index.html
Includes contains samples of newspaper columns, Grammar Hotline,
Grammar Tip, Book Store Section.
Plumb Design Visual thesaurus
http://www.plumbdesign.com/thesaurus/
Fun and interesting to explore.
By Houghton-Mifflin, the Education Place
http://www.eduplace.com/index.html
K-8 Resources.
Word Play
http://www.wolinskyweb.com/word.htm
MANY sites that feature fun with words.
Get To Know Your Favorite Authors On The Internet
http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr066.shtml
Lots of links to author pages.
Kay E. Vandergrift's Special Interest Page
http://scils.rutgers.edu/%7Ekvander/
Information about children and young adult literature, with links to
more than 500 links to author and illustrator sites.
Awesome Library
http://www.neat-schoolhouse.org/awesome.html
Organizes your exploration of the World Wide Web with 12,000
carefully reviewed resources
Children's Literature Web Guide
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html
Great resources about children's literature for teachers and
students. Includes a listing of Web sites for many authors and
illustrators.
Vocabulary.com
http://www.vocabulary.com/
Welcome! This is the home of Vocabulary University® 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.
Web English teacher
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/
Presents the best of K-12 English/Language Arts teaching
resources.
