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Resources for Prior Standards

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1. Adjectives
   1. Regular Comparative and Superlative - select the correct answer
2. Nouns
   1. Noun Dunk - Classify words as common nouns, proper nouns or not a noun. Score points for correct answers.
   2. Irregular Plurals - match the related words, singular to plural [concentration style game]
   3. Irregular Plurals - match related words, oes, os
   4. Power Proofreading - Choose 2nd grade then select; Ad for a Clubhouse Kit, TV Program Guide, Meet the Authors, Memo to the Staff, Nick's Mobile Parts, or any one of the mixed practice exercises.
   5. Plural Nouns - add s or es
   6. r-controlled Words 1 - Find the r-controlled words that match the pictures.
   7. r-controlled Words 2 - Find the r-controlled words that match the pictures.
3. Pronouns
   1. Power Proofreading - Choose 2nd grade then select; Cartoon Corner, or any one of the mixed practice exercises.
   2. Possessive Pronouns - Choose correct pronoun to complete sentence.
4. Verbs
   1. Correct Tense - type the correct tense of the verb in the sentence
   2. Power Proofreading - Choose 2nd grade then select; Play-by-Play Sports, Moose on the Loose, On -the-Spot News, Mystery Hour, The Daddy Awards, Bubbles Toy Shop, Letter to Ross and Rosa, or any one of the mixed practice exercises.
   3. StarShip - Blast the Rocket - Listen to Star read the present tense of a word.
      Then click on the correct spelling for the past tense of that word.
   4. Verb Endings - Drag and drop the verbs into the correct root columns
5. Capitalization - type the correct capital letter of the words in a sentence
6. Capitalization and punctuation - find the correct sentence in this quiz.
7. Find the correct sentence - choose sentence with correct capitalization and punctuation
8. Power Proofreading - Choose 2nd grade then select; E-mail to HME-TV Directors, Letter to Ms. Lily, or any one of the mixed practice exercises.
9. Punctuation - find the correct punctuation mark to end the sentence
10. Punctuation Paintball - Three levels are available: easy includes only capitals, periods, question marks and exclamation marks; medium adds commas; and hard adds quotation marks. When you see the registration page click on Maybe Later.
11. Sentence Clubhouse - select type of sentences and insert correct punctuation.
12. Special Names - find the correct capitalization of proper nouns

1. Capitalization and punctuation - find the correct sentence in this quiz.
2. Power Proofreading - Choose 2nd grade then select; Talk of the Town, or any one of the mixed practice exercises.
3. Sentence Clubhouse - select type of sentences and insert correct punctuation

1. Power Proofreading - Choose 2nd grade then select; Memo to Joy Goodhart, Our Forest Friends, On-the-Spot News, or any one of the mixed practice exercises.
2. Find the correct sentence - choose sentence with correct capitalization and punctuation
3. Punctuation - find the correct punctuation mark to end the sentence

1. Contractions - type the contraction beside the two words
2. Fly By Contraction Practice - find the correct airplane to match with the contraction - click Go each time to get a new question
3. Power Proofreading - Choose 2nd grade then select; Memo to Gabby Filman, or any one of the mixed practice exercises.
4. Type the contraction - type contraction form of words

1. Build a Sentence - drag scrambled words to create a sentence
2. Can you make sense of a sentence? - drag the words into the correct sentence order.
3. Incomplete Sentences - a Skill Sheet

1. Find the complete subject - on-line quiz
2. Parts of a Sentence - select naming part or telling part (subject/predicate)
3. Scrambled Sentences - drag the words in the correct order to create a sentence.
4. Scrambled Sentences - [different activity] drag the words in the correct order to create a sentence
5. Sentence Clubhouse - Identify the type of sentence, then capitalize the sentence and put the end punctuation in place.

1. Power Proofreading - Choose 2nd grade then select; Memo to Gabby Filman, Ms. Sharp on Tour, or any one of the mixed practice exercises.
2. Quiz on Comma Usage - Click on "The paragraph, please!" and a paragraph will appear in the top text-area.
3. Using Commas with Coordinating Conjunctions - Click on "The sentence, please!" and a sentence will appear in the top text-area. Insert the necessary comma or commas (being careful not to insert commas where they aren't necessary).
4. Using Commas with Introductory Phrases - Click on "The sentence, please!" and a sentence will appear in the top text-area. Insert any necessary comma or commas (being careful not to insert commas where they aren't necessary).

1. Missing Letters - find the matching sight word and type the missing letters
2. High Frequency Words - six activities using sight words - drag correct word to complete the sentences
3. Reading Comprehension stories - interactive quizzes online for 2 stories
4. The Internet Picture Dictionary - browse by letter or category
5. Little Explorers - English Picture Dictionary

1. Beginning Consonant Digraphs - select the correct digraph
2. Chicken Stacker: try to stack five hens by clicking on words with the featured vowel in them
   1. short a | short e | short i | short o | short u
3. Consonant Blends - find the blend that matches the picture
4. Drag and Spell - Drag a vowel sound into the slot to spell the word correctly. Use the slow/fast slider to increase the challenge. Drag the vowels to finish the words before your time runs out.
5. Ending Digraphs - select the correct digraph ending
6. Long and Short Vowel Match - match words by the vowel sounds that are the same
7. Long Vowels Sounds e, u - Identify the long vowel sounds in each word.
8. Long Vowels Sounds a, i, o - Identify the long vowel sounds in each word.
9. Long Vowels - Show what you know about the different long vowel sounds.
10. Long Vowel Words - Find the short and long vowel words that match the pictures.
11. Magic Pencil - see, and hear, an animation of the following vowel phonemes; ow, oy, ar, deep u, air, or, aw, ir, ear, and schwa.
12. Match of Mystery - 5 levels, short, long, digraphs, dipthongs and vce pattern.
13. Paw Park: Sassy Seals - Match beginning sounds - (from Game Goo - Learning That Sticks!)
14. Poem Pack - Ten colorful, animated poems with voice over and activities. Each poem deals with a different long vowel sound.
15. Print and Do - Make your own Scrapbook of words and collect a different page each week! Slither your way round Jake the snake or try your luck at Domino sounds and Silly sentences.
16. Sandcastle Quiz - Build a sandcastle and get to know the common spelling patterns for the following vowels; ow/ou, oy/oi, ar/a/al, oo/u, air/are/ear, or/ore/oar/war, aw/au/augh/al, ir/ur/er, ear/eer/ere, or all phonemes.
17. Short Vowel Practice - select correct spelling of word
18. Short or Long Vowel Words - Find the words that match the pictures.
19. Short Vowel Words - Find the short vowel words that match the pictures.
20. Snap It - How well do you know your long vowel sounds? Your chance to beat the clock and collect the snaps. When you see a pair click Snap! But don't get Snap happy - if you get it wrong, you lose a point
21. Vowel Digraphs - Identify the vowel digraph in each word.
22. Vowel Practice - print worksheets to practice the following vowel phonemes; ow, oy, ar, deep u, air, or, aw, ir, ear, and schwa
    1. More Vowel Practice - activity sheets to print for your students to practice following vowel phonemes; ow, oy, ar, deep u, air, or, aw, ir, ear, and all phonemes.!
23. Word Families - select the word family to practice and select the correct beginning consonant to match the pictures
24. Write a Postcard - Help Salty Sam with his vowels. In the first sentence, click on the focus phonemes. When you have got them all right, the next sentence appears but this time there are gaps in the words. Drag the vowel phoneme with the correct spelling into the gap in the word.

1. ABC Order Practice - Put these words in alphabetical order.
2. Alphabetical Order - arrange the words by dragging them into the correct ABC order.
3. Alphabetical Order - arrange words in ABC order by clicking in appropriate numerical order, self checking
4. Alphabetical Order - arrange words in ABC order by clicking in appropriate numerical order, self checking
5. Find a Word - Drag and drop each word onto the correct dictionary page. Use the guide words to help you organize the words alphabetically.
6. Looking Up a Word - drag each word into the right column in alphabetical order
7. Magnetic Nursery Rhymes - Put the poem back together again. Identify the words and drag them to recreate the nursery rhyme. Use this to practice spelling.
8. Sort It! - This page selects a limited number of words from a spelling list and presents them in a random order for you to place back into alphabetical order

1. Alien Scavenger Hunt: Letter Bugs - Use the mouse to click on letters that make up the word you hear. From Game Goo (learning that sticks)
2. Alien Scavenger Hunt: Space Trash - Use the mouse to click on letters that make up the word you hear. From Game Goo (learning that sticks)
3. Fearless Frieda - Use the keyboard to spell the words Frieda says. Three letter words on level one, four letter words on level 2. - From Game Goo (learning that sticks)
4. Fearless Frieda the Big Kahuna - Use the keyboard to spell the words Frieda says. Frieda starts with four letter words in this game. - From Game Goo (learning that sticks)
5. Look, Cover & Spell - This spelling site has 30 pre-built lists of words, but you can create your own list. Double-click any word on the list and type a word appropriate for your grade level. Your student gets to see the word, then it is covered and they must type the correct spelling.
6. Magnetic Nursery Rhymes - Put the poem back together again. Identify the words and drag them to recreate the nursery rhyme. Use this to practice spelling.
7. SpellBound - child sees the word spelled correctly, then letters are mixed up and child must put them in order again
8. Spell Check - TCAP format - select word that is spelled incorrectly
9. Spell words - drag letters to create word
10. Spelling - put the letters in order to create the word that is said aloud
11. Spelling - click on the misspelled word and then correct it
    1. for different words and spelling activities check here

1. Irregular Plurals - match the related words, singular to plural [concentration style game]
2. Irregular Plurals - match related words, oes, os
3. Magnetic Nursery Rhymes - Put the poem back together again. Identify the words and drag them to recreate the nursery rhyme. Use this to practice spelling.

1. See and Spell Diagraphs - on-line interactive game.
2. Drag and Spell - Drag a vowel sound into the slot to spell the word correctly
3. Wordblender - pick beginning and ending sounds
4. Blends - click on the blend that begins or ends the picture.

1. Homophones Quiz - three quizzes are available from BBC
2. Lanolin's Greenhouse - Phonemic Segments: Deletion and Substitution - Click on the object that matches the new word with beginning letter replacement. (The pronunciation of letter phonemes on this site is one of the best I have seen on the web)
3. Pumpkin Patch - Phonemic Segments: Deletion and Substitution - Click on the object that matches the new phoneme without the beginning letter sound. Excellent practice for students that have a hard time hearing individual phonemic parts! (The pronunciation of letter phonemes on this site is one of the best I have seen on the web)

1. Abbreviations - write the abbreviation of the words.
2. Abbreviations - Match the abbreviations with the pictures
3. State Abbreviations - a worksheet

1. Classroom Reading Key Vocabulary Building Program - a reading vocabulary improvement program that has identified the specific reading words students need to master for each grade
2. Crossword Puzzles for Young Children - Each week a new puzzle with Dolch words. Clues and hints included. Excellent first start for children learning to work crossword puzzles!
3. Easy Reader Books - "Use these entertaining stories to practice sight words in engaging contexts. There are two versions of these stories available. The first is unedited and can be used to gain familiarity with the text. The “altered version” gives students the ability to fill in the blank with the correct sight words. Additionally, there are Flash Card and Bingo-type games that allow children to practice with the words in isolation or in groups."
4. What's the Word? - a reading and vocabulary game from FunBrain - Select Alphabet (Easy), Animals, Fruit, Tools, Machines, or Shapes to begin the game.

1. Ending Digraphs - select the correct digraph ending
2. Root Words - root quiz
3. Prefixes - quiz
4. Suffixes - quiz
5. Use the Wordmaker from Read-Write-Think - select an ending sound then make words with that ending sound.
6. Word Families - create new words from word endings

1. Homographs (multiple meaning words) - Two definitions are given for the same word. You have to guess which word is being described. (a Quia quiz)
2. Homophone game - match the words that sound the same, but are spelled differently and have different meanings
3. Fairy Tale Homophone practice - correctly write each sentence, substituting the proper homophones.

1. 4 Blocks Literacy Framework - Provides templates, lesson ideas and plans which would assist in the implementation of 4 Blocks. Be sure to check out the Word Wall Grade Level Lists.
2. Word Family Sort - short vowel word families - click on a vowel to begin a word sort with words in that family
3. Word Wall Activities - A word wall is a systematically organized collection of words displayed in large letters on a wall or other large display place in the classroom. It is a tool to use, not just display. Word walls are designed to promote group learning and be shared by a classroom of children. Check here for ideas on how to use your word wall interactively.

1. Breaking Down Compound Words - In the following sentences, find the compound word and type it in as two separate words.
2. Compound words - single words that are made up from two other words - Try some of your own compound words.
3. Compound Words Drag & Drop - Hold the left mouse button down on a word and move it to make a compound word.
4. Compound Word Characters - read a passage then select the appropriate compound words
5. Compound Words, Game 1 - match the first half of the compound word to the second half
6. Compound Words worksheet - Draw a line from the word in the first column to a word in the second column to make a compound word.
7. Forming Compound Words - Match the words in the center with the words in the corners to form compound words that are found in a kitchen.
8. Compound Words worksheet - Print the sheet and then match two words to make a compound word.
9. Compound Word Activity - Use two words from the list to make one compound word. You can mix and match any words. You may use the word once or more than once.
10. Compound Words - Help Gus learn to read words with this interactive story that asks you for help in reading.
11. Compound Words - Click in the bubble beside the word that will create a compound word.
12. Compound Words - Match the two words that make up the compound words.
13. Compound Words - Match the two words that make up the compound words.
14. Compound Words - Match the two words that make up the compound words.
15. Compound Words - Lesson and activity recognizing a compound word in a sentence.
16. Compound Words - Three activities practicing compound words.
17. Compound Word Practice - print this worksheet where students group words to make compound words.
18. Compound Words - print this worksheet of pictures where students write the compound word representing the pictures.
19. Contractions - type the contraction beside the two words
20. Fly By Contraction Practice - find the correct airplane to match with the contraction - click Go each time to get a new question
21. Study Dog - Samples of the Study Dog program; Alphabet trace, rhymes, vowel blends and spelling.
22. Type the contraction - type contraction form of words
23. Forming Compound Words - Match the words in the center with the words in the corners to form compound words that are found in a kitchen.
24. Snowman Builder - Build a family of snowmen as you review four different skills. Select the word below that completes the compound word.

1. Directional and Positional Words - a 15 slide PowerPoint show [written by Martha McKinnon]
2. Positional Words - [Smartboard activity to download] Use positional words to describe location (i.e., near, up, below, beside, next to, between, over, under)
3. Puzzled - Lesson plan - This puzzle activity will help students identify and create simple geometric shapes. It will also improve "positional words" such as left, right, top and bottom.

1. Homographs (multiple meaning words) - Two definitions are given for the same word. You have to guess which word is being described. (a Quia quiz)
2. Homophone game - match the words that sound the same, but are spelt differently and have different meanings
3. Fairy Tale Homophone practice - correctly write each sentence, substituting the proper homophones.

1. Word Formation - print these worksheets and manipulate words
2. Whirlyword machine - a 'fruit machine' that makes 3 letter CVC words - select level three

1. Space Station - Build a space station by using word study skills - Divide the word in blue into syllables and enter it into the box with a '-' between the syllables. Example: fi-nal

1. Oral Blending and Segmentation Activities - lesson plan ; string together sounds to make words and to break a word into its separate sounds.
2. Phonic Worksheets - worksheets to develop a thorough understanding of phonics and phonemic awareness skills for consonants - blends - digraphs - diphthongs - and r-controlled vowels. Skill sheets one through 4 are free.
3. Sandcastle Quiz - Listen to Colin the Clam say the complete word then click on the sandpie with the right spelling for the missing phoneme
4. Whirlyword machine - a 'fruit machine' that makes 3 letter CVC words

1. Orson's Waller - Blend the sounds to make a word.

1. Magnetic Nursery Rhymes - Put the poem back together again. Identify the words and drag them to recreate the nursery rhyme.
2. Rhymes - from Little Animals Activity Centre - Digby Mole's Word games (choose level 1, 2, or 3)
3. Rhyme Time - match the word with the image it rhymes with
4. Rhyming Words - many choices to select from - Click on the word that rhymes with the picture.

1. Reggie loves to rhyme - Find the rhyming words with same ending sounds
2. Sound Match - Find words with same beginning sounds

1. Syllable Factory - break up words into chunks of sound. select level 2 or 3.
2. Syllabication - Level 1 - on-line worksheet, self correction
3. Syllable Quiz - on-line quiz; self checking

1. Whirlyword machine - a 'fruit machine' that makes 3 letter CVC words; select level three

1. Stories Online - online reading resource links - uses Guided Reading levels as an indicator
2. What's My Job? - Select the right job to go along with the sentence.

1. Reference Skills: Syllabication - printables from EdHelper
2. Sound it out - click on the word that the cat says aloud (warning-British accent may confuse some students)
3. Space Station - Build a space station by using word study skills - Divide the word in blue into syllables and enter it into the box with a '-' between the syllables. Example: fi-nal
4. SpellBound - child sees the word spelled correctly, then letters are mixed up and child must put them in order again
5. Syllable Factory - break words up into "chunks" (Warning: some words have been separated incorrectly. An activity for students might be to find the ones that are wrong vs the ones that are right!)
6. Syllabication Rules - print these as large flash cards
7. Syllable Quiz 11 - identify where two syllable words should be divided
8. Syllable Quiz 21 - identify where two or three syllable words should be divided
9. Syllable Rules for Students: Black line masters - Posters of simplified spelling rules to enlarge for classroom display or reduce to give to students.

1. Core Word - 2nd Grade Spelling Units - complete list of the Core Spelling Units. The words come from the Sitton Spelling Sourcebook Series by Egger Publishing, Inc. activities and puzzles
2. Word Wizard - move the letters to make a word that fits the clue.

1. Compound words - single words that are made up from two other words - Try some of your own compound words.
2. Compound Words Drag & Drop - Hold the left mouse button down on a word and move it to make a compound word.
3. Compound Words worksheet - Print the sheet and then match two words to make a compound word.
4. Compound Word Activity - Use two words from the list to make one compound word. You can mix and match any words. You may use the word once or more than once.
5. Compound Words - Help Gus learn to read words with this interactive story that asks you for help in reading.
6. Contractions - type the contraction beside the two words
7. Fly By Contraction Practice - find the correct airplane to match with the contraction - click Go each time to get a new question
8. Type the contraction - type contraction form of words

1. Drag and Spell - Drag a vowel sound into the slot to spell the word correctly.
2. Long and Short Vowel Mix & Match - Match the words with the same long or short vowel sound in this phonics game - Click on go to puzzle; skip the Family feud game at top.
3. Picture Match - three games are available; beginner letter sounds, short-vowel sounds, and long-vowel sounds

1. Beginning Consonant Digraphs - select the correct digraph
2. Compound Words - put the two words together to create a compound word.
3. Consonant Blends - find the blend that matches the picture
4. Ending Digraphs - select the correct digraph ending
5. Final Consonant Digraphs - Identify the digraph that ends each word.
6. Match of Mystery - 5 levels, short, long, digraphs, dipthongs and vce pattern.
7. Paw Park: Sassy Seals - Match beginning sounds - (from Game Goo - Learning That Sticks!)
8. Phonics-Word Builder - Three dozen different combining sound activities are available in the following categories; abc’s, short vowels, long vowels, other vowels, beginning consonants and final consonants. Word parts are read individually, blended, and then followed by a sentence accompanied by an illustration. Ignore the registration screen that pops up, select Maybe Later to go directly to the activity.
9. Practice with Initial Consonant Blends - matching exercise with initial consonant blends
10. Vowel Digraphs - select correct digraph to match picture
11. Word Family Sort - online activity
12. Word Families - activities to help students decode words.
13. Word Families - select the word family to practice and select the correct beginning consonant to match the pictures

1. Sticky letters - create new words from letters using known words to help decode new words.

1. Rules for Listening - List of rules to discuss
2. A Listening Doll - lesson plan; Students discuss the process of storytelling and listening to stories. Then, they create a listening doll in the tradition of the Native American storyteller dolls
3. Rules for Listening - print and use as a class poster

1. Listening to Phone Numbers - listen and click on the correct answer
2. Listening to Phone Numbers - Quiz 2 - listen and click on the correct answer
3. Listen for information - listen, read the directions and do the exercise
4. Find our House - listen and pick the correct answer
5. Clothes Shopping - listen to the story and answer the questions

1. ADHD at School: Helping Children Follow Directions - Strategies to help children with attention deficit disorder (ADD ADHD) focus and sustain attention in the classroom.
2. Can You Follow Directions? - Tina will give you directions. Click on the pictures in the correct order.
3. Copy Cat Jack is like the Simon game. The game starts off with one color and adds a new color when you repeat the order correctly. How good is your memory?
4. Follow directions - Lesson and activity
5. How Well Do You Follow Directions - a lesson plan from Education World

1. Books for Young Children - read stories online, then retell
2. I Can Wash Dishes - The pictures on this sheet are supposed to tell a story but are in the wrong order.
3. Monkey Business: Rain Forest Run Around - Click on the words to put them in correct order. (from Game Goo - Learning That Sticks!)
4. Sequence of Events - arrange events in chronological order.
5. Sequence the Story - (drag the pictures in the correct order) Students can have the story read to them if necessary.
6. Sequencing - Choose from a long list of sequencing activities at Quia
7. Sequencing Worksheet - Read each sentence. Use the numbers 1, 2, and 3 to show the sequence.
8. Tale of Peter Rabbit - Click on Picture Order and then put the pictures in order to tell the story. (three pictures are presented at a time)
9. Tell Your Own Neighborhood Story - Click on three pictures and then make your own story. What would happen first, next, and last?
10. Three Stories from the Little Animals Activity Centre - The stories are read to students, and choices must be made during the story. Give your students the opportunity to retell these stories.
    1. The Missing Pencil -
    2. The Butterfly Trail -
    3. The Wishing Tree -

1. Conversation Skills: Helpful Hints - useful for people who are working on improving conversation skills
2. Having a Conversation - worksheet with word bank cut outs - pdf format
3. Polite Conversation - worksheet with word bank cut outs - pdf format
4. When It's Time to Talk - Read each statement then circle 'yes' or 'no.' - pdf format

1. Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales - Andersen is recognized as a master of the use of informal language in his fairy tales. Choose chronological list to see stories to use with your class.
2. Talking with a Friend - A Planned Conversation Using Communication Devices - script of a conversation of informal language

1. Can You Follow Directions? - Tina will give you directions. Click on the pictures in the correct order.
2. Listen Up - lesson plan - great for learning how to give people directions and following them.

1. All Kinds of Feelings - lesson plan - Children work together to create visual representations of feelings to use as catalysts for discussions throughout the year.
2. Group Discussion Scoring Guide Rubric - PDF file
3. The Great School Clean-Up - lesson plan - engage the learners in a school wide clean-up event. Learners will be asked to participate and reflect on the activity by creating a heightened awareness of community based environmental issues and how everyone should be good stewards of the Earth
4. I Will Not Take a Bath - listen to the story as it is read aloud - determine problem and solution
5. The Perfect Pet - Which pet should she select? Listen to the story that is read aloud.
6. The Yellow Gorilla - Why did the gorilla turn yellow? How did he solve his problem?

1. Animals - Match pictures to correct sentence.
2. Books for Young Children - read stories online, then identify characters, events and settings.
3. Let’s Retell A Story - PDF file - activity guide and posters
4. Playground Fun - Match pictures to the correct sentence.
5. Retell a story - Children are prompted to use shapes to drag over text to show where setting, characters, problem, solution and events in the story; 6 stories to select from
6. Tale of Peter Rabbit - Click on What’s Going On and then answer questions about each picture.

1. All Together Now: Collaborations in Poetry Writing - lesson plan - understand more deeply the qualities of verse - the importance of sound, compactness, internal integrity, imagination and line.
2. KIDiddles - Lyrics to your favorite songs
3. Nursery Rhymes - collection of Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes is offered by themes listed below
4. Poetry for the Elementary Classroom - lesson plan - stress an oral emphasis and methods of incorporating poetry into different curricular areas
5. Songs and Poems - songs and poems categorized by theme

1. Draw a Math Story: From the Concrete to the Symbolic - Use this lesson plan to instruct students on how to identify key mathematical vocabulary terms, model math story writing, and then gives an opportunity to write addition and subtraction stories
2. Writing Descriptive Sentences - students use adjectives to write descriptive sentences. This is a unit plan that takes 4 or 5 complete lesson periods.

1. Compare and Contrast WebQuest - Mother Goose has been told that all of her fairytales and rhymes are too old. She is looking for boys and girls to help her rewrite a few of her old stories into newer or modern ones.
2. Friendly Letter - Outline to follow while writing a friendly letter
3. Friendly Letter - Type a Friendly Letter template
4. Friendly Letter - interactive board to place parts of a letter in the correct place
5. Make Your Own Story - choose a story, select pictures and then type five sentences
6. Note Writing - Lesson plan helping students create family notes everyday
7. Scrambled Stories - students select one of six stories, select from a list of words, and then see the story that they scrambled
   1. Scrambled Stories Teacher's Guide - suggestions on how to use the stories in grades K-6
8. Stories - to read and summarize
9. Summarize a story - using a story pyramid
10. Write a Friendly Letter - interactive lesson on parts of a letter.
11. Write an invitation - worksheet that helps students create their own invitations.

1. Follow the Clues - a graphic organizer to help your students make predictions about a story (K-2 and 3-5 activities included)
2. Graphic Organizers - from Enchanted Learning
3. Graphic Organizers from Education Place
4. Index of Graphic Organizers - from Inspiration
5. Instructions on how to use Excel to create a graphic organizer
6. Kinds of Concept Maps - examples of four major categories of concept maps
7. Story Board - a graphic organizer to help your students make predictions about a story (K-2 and 3-5 activities included)
8. Story Starters - Here’s a quick writing activity to try every day. First generate a creative story starter. Pick a format: notebook, letter, newspaper, or postcard. Four levels are available: pick 2nd
9. Tips on Making Your Own Concept Maps

1. 4 Blocks Literacy Framework - Provides templates, lesson ideas and plans which would assist in the implementation of 4 Blocks. Be sure to check out the Word Wall Grade Level Lists.
2. Word Wall Activities - A word wall is a systematically organized collection of words displayed in large letters on a wall or other large display place in the classroom. It is a tool to use, not just display. Word walls are designed to promote group learning and be shared by a classroom of children. Check here for ideas on how to use your word wall interactively.

1. Prompts with Pictures - Select from the story elements
2. There's no bad first draft - tips for teaching.
3. The Writing Process -simple explanation

1. In Defense of Temporary Spelling - use this document from Educators Publishing Service to help parents understand temporary or invented spelling
2. Using inventive spelling - guidelines to follow when you use inventive spelling
3. Invented Spelling - To help you decode what your child has written; a chart showing the sound that your child may be trying to produce with different letters

1. I Can Wash Dishes - The pictures on this sheet are supposed to tell a story but are in the wrong order.
2. Monkey Business: Rain Forest Run Around - Click on the words to put them in correct order. (from Game Goo - Learning That Sticks!)
3. Sequence of Events - arrange events in chronological order.
4. Sequence the Story - drag the pictures in the correct order - (students can have the story read to them if necessary)
5. Sequencing - Number the pictures in the correct order
6. Sequencing Worksheet - Read each sentence. Use the numbers 1, 2, and 3 to show the sequence.
7. Tale of Peter Rabbit - Click on Picture Order and then put the pictures in order to tell the story. (three pictures are presented at a time)

1. Sentence Quest: Using Parts of Speech to Write Descriptive Sentences - uses students' speaking vocabularies to help them learn about complete sentence
2. Interesting Sentences - use adjectives to make their sentences more interesting.

1. Handwriting Practice Worksheets Letters (Upper and Lower Case) - Scroll to the bottom of the handwriting section and look for the titles.
2. Handwriting Practice Worksheets Dot Print Letters (Lower Case) - Scroll to the bottom of the handwriting section and look for the titles.
3. Handwriting Practice Worksheets Dot Print Letters (Upper Case) - Scroll to the bottom of the handwriting section and look for the titles.
4. Handwriting Worksheet Maker - Write the child's first and last name and create a worksheet
5. Letter formation guide for teachers and parents - This sheet shows how to form individual letters correctly.
6. Tracing Paper - Type your child's name or any word. The program automatically opens a new window and then fills the page of the name or words to be printed and traced
7. Writing the Alphabet - Zaner-Bloser letters, showing student how to form letters, capital and small with tablet line placement. Select a letter at the bottom to see an animation of the strokes to write the letters of the alphabet
8. Cursive: Lowercase - Alphabet Animation - To see the animation, move your mouse over a letter on this page. (from the site, Handwriting for Kids)

1. Dear Author - create a note on this worksheet telling him/her what part you liked best in the story

1. Handwriting rubric - create a rubric
2. Handwriting Rubric - Word document
3. Handwriting Rubric - use this rubric to evaluate progress

1. Writing paper with room for drawings - templates

1. Composing Cinquain Poems: A Quick-Writing Activity - students write simple cinquain of their own as a follow-up to a subject they have been exploring in class

1. Animal Study: From Fiction to Facts - listen to read-alouds of nonfiction texts to identify and confirm factual information which is recorded on charts and graphic organizers. They also use the Internet to gather additional information about the animal.
2. Creating Question and Answer Books through Guided Research - designed to teach research strategies

1. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Me: Identifying with a Hero - helping them build connections between their own lives and the lives of the people they are studying.

1. Chapter Headings - lesson online with exercises for practice
2. Chapter Headings Quiz - online quiz
3. Explore the parts of a book - Click on each of the pictures on this page to learn more about that part of the book.
   1. After you finish exploring the parts of a book go to Who Am I to see how much you know!
4. Little Explorers Picture Dictionary with links. Some of the links are pages to color, every entry has a link to a definition. The site also has a link to classroom activities that use Little Explorers.
5. Make Your Own Book - There are many fabulous books that you can make all by yourself. Let your imagination run wild with some simple, step-by-step instructions, with illustrations, to show you how to make some very creative and very fun books!
6. Merpy.com Stories - animated stories to be read online
7. Parts of a Book - online quiz
8. Title of a Book - lesson online with exercises for practice
9. Using the Parts of a Book - a worksheet from Teach-nology
10. Using an Index for Information - a worksheet from Teach-nology
11. Using an Index - lesson online with exercises for practice
12. Using a Table of Contents - a worksheet from Teach-nology

1. Reading and Writing About Whales Using Fiction and Nonfiction Texts - formulate research questions and write letters

1. Binky's Fact and Opinion - game
2. Fact and opinion quiz - from Quia
3. Fact or opinion - 30 questions from Quia
4. Fact or opinion - read sentences and select fact or opinion
5. Fact and opinion - Rags to Riches quiz game
6. Fact or Opinion - read the sentences below and write either fact or opinion after the sentence.

1. And Then... - Look at each picture, and then underline the sentence that tells what will probably happen next. (K-2)
2. Making Predictions - Read the paragraph and make a prediction on what most likely will happen next.
3. The Town Witch - a story with several possible endings depending on the decisions a reader makes [in the form of an Excel workbook]
4. Writing a Branching Story Using Excel - a step by step module on writing with Excel

1. Cause and Effect Book list - These books are great for studying cause and effect.

1. Compare and Contrast WebQuest - Mother Goose has been told that all of her fairytales and rhymes are too old. She is looking for boys and girls to help her rewrite a few of her old stories into newer or modern ones.

1. Story Scramble - drag the pictures in the correct order - Students can have the story read to them if necessary. (Caution - long introduction and loud clapping)
2. Logical sequence - put in order from smallest to largest.
3. Logical sequence - put in age order from youngest to oldest
4. Logical sequence - order from earliest to latest within the same year on a calendar.
5. Using an elevator - put items in sequence

1. Can You Follow Directions? - Tina will give you directions. Click on the pictures in the correct order.
2. Copy Cat Jack is like the Simon game. The game starts off with one color and adds a new color when you repeat the order correctly. How good is your memory?
3. Follow directions - Lesson and activity
4. How Well Do You Follow Directions - a lesson plan from Education World

1. Get The Idea - read text to determine the main idea or essential message and identify relevant supporting details and facts
2. What's My Job? - Select the right job to go along with the sentence.

1. Graphic Organizer Templates - Use these Graphic Organizer templates with your class using a given story.
2. Searching Informational Text - Use this lesson plan to guide students to an understanding of the conventions of informational texts and develop comprehension strategies to assist learning.
3. Thinking Maps - several different examples of ways to organize information.

1. What's My Job? - Select the right job to go along with the sentence.
2. Making Predictions - Use the illustrations to predict text.
3. Reading Illustrations - lesson plan

1. Get The Idea - read text to determine the main idea or essential message and identify relevant supporting details and facts
2. Tell Your Own Neighborhood Story - Click on three pictures and then make your own story.
   What would happen first, next, and last?
3. What's My Job? - Select the right job to go along with the sentence.

1. What's My Job? - Select the right job to go along with the sentence.
2. Making Predictions - Use the illustrations to predict text.
3. Book Sorting: Using Observation and Comprehension to Categorize Books - observe details in illustrations and explain similarities of text and subject matter may help them see that a book might fit into more than one category, and also that categories can change.

1. Make Your Own Book - There are many fabulous books that you can make all by yourself. Let your imagination run wild with some simple, step-by-step instructions, with illustrations, to show you how to make some very creative and very fun books!
2. Writing a Branching Story Using Excel - a step by step module on writing with Excel
   1. The Town Witch - [sample of a branching story] a story with several possible endings depending on the decisions a reader makes [in the form of an Excel workbook]

1. Compare and Contrast WebQuest - Mother Goose has been told that all of her fairytales and rhymes are too old. She is looking for boys and girls to help her rewrite a few of her old stories into newer or modern ones.
2. Engaging Students in Read-Alouds Using Fractured Texas Tales - Students learn about fairy tales genre in this lesson.
3. Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales - Andersen is recognized as a master of the use of informal language in his fairy tales. Choose chronological list to see stories to use with your class.

1. Chapter Headings - lesson online with exercises for practice
2. Chapter Headings Quiz - online quiz
3. Explore the parts of a book - Click on each of the pictures on this page to learn more about that part of the book.
   1. After you finish exploring the parts of a book go to Who Am I to see how much you know!
4. Make Your Own Book - (a ThinkQuest site) There are many fabulous books that you can make all by yourself. Let your imagination run wild with some simple, step-by-step instructions, with illustrations, to show you how to make some very creative and very fun books!
5. Make Your Own Book - (from Enchanted Learning) This activity teaches the student the structure of book and helps them organize their thoughts and writing.
6. Merpy.com Stories - animated stories to be read online
7. Parts of a Book - online quiz
8. Title of a Book - lesson online with exercises for practice
9. Using the Parts of a Book - a worksheet from Teach-nology
10. Using an Index for Information - a worksheet from Teach-nology
11. Using an Index - lesson online with exercises for practice
12. Using a Table of Contents - a worksheet from Teach-nology

1. Real or Make Believe - from Tina's world at Game Goo
2. Real (non-fiction) or Fiction - Listen (or read) the selection and choose fiction or non-fiction.

1. Follow the Clues - a graphic organizer to help your students make predictions about a story (K-2 and 3-5 activities included)
2. Graphic Organizers - from Enchanted Learning
3. Graphic Organizers from Education Place
4. Index of Graphic Organizers - from Inspiration
5. Instructions on how to use Excel to create a graphic organizer
6. Kinds of Concept Maps - examples of four major categories of concept maps
7. Story Board - a graphic organizer to help your students make predictions about a story (K-2 and 3-5 activities included)
8. Tips on Making Your Own Concept Maps

1. Cause and Effect Book list - These books are great for studying cause and effect.
2. Making questions - write sentence in question format
3. Lesson: Developing Different Types of Questions - teach students how to generate different types of questions

1. Building a Matrix for Leo Lionni Books: An Author Study - listen to four books by author Leo Lionni over the course of four days. Each reading is followed by discussion focusing on literary elements and comparing characters and plots. After discussion, students participate in creating and organizing information on a large matrix

1. And Then... - Look at each picture, and then underline the sentence that tells what will probably happen next. (K-2)
2. End the Story - Cut out the pictures on the bottom of the page. Decide which picture goes with each story. Paste the pictures on the page. Color the pictures. (K-2)
3. Follow the Clues - a graphic organizer to help your students make predictions about a story (K-2 and 3-5 activities included)
4. Making Predictions - Read the paragraph and make a prediction on what most likely will happen next.
5. Making Predictions - Use the illustrations to predict text.
6. Little Blue and Little Yellow - this lesson plan is designed to be used with the first of Leo Lionni’s picture books. Practice at predicting is one of the activities included. (K-2)
7. Story Board - a graphic organizer to help your students make predictions about a story (K-2 and 3-5 activities included)
8. Use Predictions to Help Kids Think Deeply about Books - Predicting involves more than trying to figure out what happens next. As kids find evidence to form hunches, they also ask questions, recall facts, reread, skim, infer, draw conclusions, and, ultimately, comprehend the text more fully. (K-2) Charting Predictions
9. What Will Happen Next? - Look at each picture. Draw what you think will happen next (K-2)

1. The Big Green Monster Teaches Phonics in Reading and Writing - shared reading, students engage in a paired reading of the online version to build fluency and word recognition skills, students draw their own big green monsters and write stories about the monsters to publish online.

1. What's My Job? - Select the right job to go along with the sentence.
2. Making Predictions - Use the illustrations to predict text.

1. 5 W's Chart - print this chart and use it as a guide
2. 5 W's Pumpkin Poems - Each line in this type of poem answers one of the 5 W's

1. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Me: Identifying with a Hero - helping them build connections between their own lives and the lives of the people they are studying.

1. Poetry Portfolios: Using Poetry to Teach Reading and Writing - Students learn to read and write when they have an active interest in what they are reading and writing about. This lesson supports students' exploration of language and writing skills as they read and dissect poetry

1. Easy Reader Books - "Use these entertaining stories to practice sight words in engaging contexts. There are two versions of these stories available. The first is unedited and can be used to gain familiarity with the text. The “altered version” gives students the ability to fill in the blank with the correct sight words. Additionally, there are Flash Card and Bingo-type games that allow children to practice with the words in isolation or in groups."
2. High Frequency Words - six activities using sight words - drag correct word to complete the sentences
3. Star Words - This activity provides practice at sight recognition and spelling of the 200 or so high frequency words
4. Word Wall Dolch Flash Cards - Print these cards to practice high frequency words. Word shape recognition is included.

1. Children's Storybooks Online
2. Is This the Right Book for Me? - A lesson plan that helps students understand the purpose for reading.
3. Merpy.com Stories - animated stories to be read online
4. Online Stories and Resources for Kids
5. Sebastian Swan - read stories online and then answer questions
6. Topsy-Turvy Tales - from the Elementary Library

1. Tale of Peter Rabbit - Click on What’s Going On and then answer questions about each picture.
2. Title and Story Picture - Students read story then write a sentence and draw a pictures on this worksheet to determine problem in a story.