Language Arts
Resources
Reading Rockets
Grades Pre-K - 2
A wealth of information for helping young children learn to read.
Spatial Concepts
Grades K - 1
Geared toward Kindergarten and First Grade, this site helps teach children spatial concepts (such as beside, over, under, big, bigger, biggest, etc.) using pictures on the computer.
100 Remedial Reading & Phonics Worksheets
Grades K - 4
Reading materials for beginning readers and older students who never mastered the reading basics. Includes colorful worsheets that teach phonemic awareness.
Pro Teacher Reading and Language
Grades K - 6
Pick from specific subcatefories to access lists of Language Arts and Reading lesson plans and ideas.
ABC Teach.com
Grades K – 6
A collection of resources to supplement classroom curricula. Includes printable worksheets and activities, material for theme units, games and puzzles, etc.
Writer’s Window
Grades K – 8
This site publishes student poetry, reviews, research papers, and short stories. Other students can read and respond too.
Grammar Girl
Grades 5-12
On this site, the ‘Grammar Girl’ discusses in depth, over 60 kinds of grammar challenges in depth, such as using “further” as opposed to “farther”.
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature
Grades K – 8
A list of featured children's books. Each book page includes a review of the book, a listing of things to notice, activities related to the book, related books, and links to other resources.
Database of Award-Winning Children’s Literature
Grades K – 12
Search this database of books by age level, genre, award, publication date, format, setting, historical period or keyword.
Education World - A Quotation-A-Day
Grades K - 12
A list of 180 quotes, good for every day of the year.
Poet’s Corner
Grades K – 12
An online poetry collection containing over 5,500 poems by over 640 poets. Features a fully searchable database.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe
Grades Pre-K – 12
Biographical information and online versions of many of Edgar Allan Poe's poems and stories.
Alta Vista Translations
Grades K – 12
This site allows the user to type in what needs to be translated. It can translate English to Spanish, French, German, Italian or Portuguese. It also translates French, Italian, Spanish, German, and Portuguese to English.
Random House Teacher
Grades K – 12
A book resource center with teacher's guides, thematic indexes, reader's companions, and author and illustrator information and bibliographies.
Can Teach -- Writing Prompts/Journal Topics
Grades 1 - 4
A list of hundreds of ideas for writing prompts and journal topics.
Super Kids Vocabulary Builders
Grades 4 – 12
Looking for an easy way to improve your students' vocabulary? SuperKids compiled a set of word-of-the-day lists to help!
Word of the Day
Grades 3 – 12
Learn a new word every day, and see how that word was used in a recent New York Times article. Then, test your understanding of its meaning with Kaplan’s “Test Prep Question of the Day.”
News Snapshot
Grades 3 – 12
Each weekday a newsworthy photo from the NY Times is featured, along with the basic set of questions answered by journalists -- who, what, where, when, why and how.
Pink Monkey
Grades 6 – 12
Literature summaries, study guides, a digital library of classic texts, and testing information for every state.
Sonnet Central
Grades 8 – 12
An archive of English sonnets, commentary, pictures, and relevant Web links. The sonnet board and sonnet competitions create a highly interactive experience for sonnet enthusiasts.
Languages Other Than English Center for Educator Development
Grades Pre-K – 12
Helps educators enhance the proficiency of Texas foreign language students through implementation of TEKS for LOTE.
Internet TESL (Teachers of English as a Second Language) Journal
Grades Pre-K – 12
Ideas, plans, activities, articles, etc. for ESL teachers.
EduHound.com Espanol
Grades K – 12
EduHound in Spanish provides links to Spanish resources such as ESL sites, Mexico sites, and more. Ideal for the Spanish or LOTE teacher, student, or parent.
Study Spanish
Grades 3 – 12
In-depth Spanish tutorial with the aid of drills, practices, quizzes and tests.
SEAsite - SE Asian Languages and Culture
Grades K – 12
Language instruction materials and cultural, political, and social information about countries in Southeast Asia including Thailand, Indonesia, Burma, Vietnam, and the Philippines.
French Revision
Grades 6 – 12
This interactive and educational site has listening, reading, and writing exercises that help students learn French vocabulary.
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