Language Arts 

Reading Activities

        Phonics Practice 

• Homophones - From the Quia website
• Homophones - From the Skillswise website
• Writing Games - Practice parts of speech and proofreading skills.  A fun site to try!

Alphabet Websites

• Alphabet Fun - Practice learning the letters of the alphabet. 
• Bembo's Zoo - More alphabet fun!
• Learning Planet: Alphabet Action - Point and click on each letter of the alphabet to hear its name, and see a corresponding animated word.
• Literacy Center - A selection of four alphabet exercises, and five more for numbers, colors, and shapes.
• Sesame Street Print and Play - Each letter of this Sesame Street alphabet is linked to a black-and-white picture to be printed (these are not interactive) and colored with crayons.

• Harcourt School Publishers - Find activities that support the reading program.  
• Reading A-Z - Download free leveled readers, decodable books, and read-alouds.  Lesson plans and worksheets are also downloadable.
• Between the Lions  
• The Grouchy Ladybug    
• Starfall -  A creative website designed to teach children to read.   Check this wonderful site out!

Creative Writing/Spelling/Rhyming Words

• Poetry Writing with Jack Prelutsky - Learn some types from Jack Prelutsky on how to write a poem. You can even get your work published on line!
• Forms of Poetry for Children
• Myth Writing Workshop with Jane Yolen - Learn some tips from Jane Yolen on how to write a myth.
• Oral History Writing Project
• Rhyme Zone
• Giggle Poetry - Browse lists of fun poems.  Visit poetry class for instructions on writing 26 different types of poetry.
• How to Make Complete Sentences - Find a handy guide here that will help students understand the basic mechanics of sentence construction, complete with student activities in identifying subjects and predicates, and complete sentences.
• Write a Book Review - Learn some tips from an author on how to write a good book review.
  

Story Telling

• Story Telling Tips

Children's Literature Sites

• Childrens' Literature Web Guide - The place to go for anything and everything to do with children's literature on the Web.
• A World of Readers - Read childrens' book review or write your own.  Links to reading and writing sites on the Web.
• Aaron Shepard's Storybook:  Folktales, Tall Tales, Legends, and More - Looking for multicultural stories?  This is the place.  Don't miss the Readers' Theater scripts and stories read by Aaron himself.

Author Sites

• Dr. Seuss
• Audrey Wood
• Jan Brett                                                 
• Dav Pilkey                      
• Avi 
• Eric Carle
• Mark Twain - Visit Tom Sawyer's home page to see some early illustrations and to learn more about the author.
• David Macaulay:  The Way Things Work  and  Building Big
• H.A. and Margaret Rey - Learn about the authors of Curious George.
• Ezra Jack Keats

Last Updated: Friday, May 09, 2008 11:12:32 -0400