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LITERATURE
Author Name Pronunciation Guide
Ever wonder how to pronounce a children's book author or illustrator's name. Find out here.
Children's Literature Web Guide
"Internet resources related to books for children and young adults"
Index to Internet Sites: Children's & Young Adult's Authors and Illustrators Includes Jan Brett's site
Nancy Keane's Children's Literature Website
A goldmine of over 5,000 booktalks for K-12 and links to hundreds of reading lists.
Picturing Books
A website about picture books. Includes all aspects from elements to use. Addresses both a child and adult audience.
Teach Them Poetry
Use Bruce Lansky's funny poetry to encourage students to write their own!
READING LITERACY
Between the Lions: Get Wild About Reading
National initiative to support the National Reading Panel's latest research on reading
Bookwink
Bookwink's mission is to inspire kids to read. Through podcasting and web video, we hope to connect kids in Grades 3 through 8 with books that will make them excited about reading.
Database of Award Winning Children's Literature
The purpose of this database is to create a tailored reading list of quality children's literature or to find out if a book has won one of the indexed awards.
Get Ready to Read
A reading source targeted specifically to young readers. The program delivers research based strategies to parents and teachers. Includes many helpful features from a reading assessment with appropriate games and activities that are determined by test results to interactive reading games.
Guys Read
A great site to help motivate boys to read more.
Harcourt Trophies 2nd Grade
Activities designed to coordinate with the stories in the second grade book from Harcourt Trophies.

(Harcourt) Second Grade Internet Activities
Activities designed to coordinate with the stories in the second grade book from Harcourt Trophies.

Houghton Mifflin EduPlace: English
Includes links to Grammar Quizzes, Grammar Enrichment, Vocabulary, Shape-Book Patterns, Graphic Organizers, Benchmark Papers, Rubrics, and more.
The Lexile Framework for Reading
Learn all about Lexiles and search for the Lexile score for many books at this site. For a conversion chart from Lexiles to Fountas & Pinnell levels, visit this site Lexile - Grade Level Conversion Chart
Reading A-Z
Downloadable materials to teach guided reading, phonics, the alphabet, and much more.
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets' mission is to take research-based and best-practice information and make it available to as many people as possible through the power and reach of television and the Internet.
ReadWriteThink
Features standard-based lesson plans that integrate technology into classroom instruction. "Provides educators and students access to the highest quality practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction."
Scholastic, Reading Counts e-catalog
A source for
Lexile, Guided Reading, grade point, etc.
TeachingBooks.net
TeachingBooks' mission is to generate enthusiasm for books and reading by bringing authors, illustrators and engaging resources about books for children and teens to every school, library and home. (No username and password needed at school. For home use, check in the LMC.)

VOCABULARY

Etymologic: the toughest etymology (word origin) game on the Web
If you think you know a lot about word origins and etymology, it's the perfect time for you to try ETYMOLOGIC, a tough and educational word game ... http://www.etymologic.com/
Fake Out!
Choose one of the following words, and guess its definition. Grades K-2. ... More Words. Choose one of the words below, and write your own fake definition. ...http://www.eduplace.com/fakeout/
FunBrain.com - Kids Center
[Quiz Lab]. Word Confusion Do you know the difference between these words? ... Infoplease Word of the Day Strengthen your vocabulary. ... http://www.funbrain.com/words.html
Funster multiplayer word games
Funster multiplayer word games- fast-paced and addictive! Compete, chat, and become friends with others online. ... Funster Multiplayer Word Games. ... http://www.funster.com/
Merriam-Webster Online
Merriam-Webster provides a free online dictionary, thesaurus, audio pronunciations, Word of the Day, word games, and other English language resources. ...
http://www.merriam-webster.com/game/
Solve Word Puzzles and Play Interactive Word Games On-Line
Free on-line interactive word games, boggle, anagrams, puzzles, crosswords, cryptograms, cryptoquotes, jumble. Play and solve word games. wordplays. ... http://www.wordplays.com/
Vocabulary, Free Word Puzzles and Activities
Vocabulary University participants learn English vocabulary in context (grades 5-12) with free word puzzles. Thematic word games and creative activities. ... http://www.vocabulary.com/
Vocabulary.com
[Level 1 - High Elem] [Level 2 - Jr. High] [Level 3 - SAT/College Prep] [Thematic] [Word Activities] [VU Campus] [Classic Texts] [Registration]. ... http://syndicate.com/
Vocabulary University
Site of vocabulary puzzles intended to "enhance vocabulary mastery."
Word Games 
... 9, WORD GAMES. things to do, So many words, so many ways to play with them! ... If you can't get enough of word games then Word Well is right up your alley. http://www.bonus.com/bonus/list/n_wordplay.right.html
WordCentral.Com - Dictionary - Daily Buzzword - Word Games ...
Merriam-Webster's Word Central offers kids a student dictionary, Daily Buzzword, and interactive word games. Includes homework help ... http://www.wordcentral.com/
Working With Words
Working With Words is an activity that helps students understand how
words work. It helps them work with articulation of words, segmentation of words, sequencing of letters and sounds in words, and word patterns and chunks. It is better than traditional phonics instruction because it engages the child in the slow articulation of words and sorting letters to make the words. The activity is always linked to literature or a theme unit the class is doing.
WRITING AND SPELLING
6 + 1 Scoring Guide
Analytic model for writing assessment.
6 + 1 Writing Process
"The 6+1 TraitTM Writing framework is a powerful way to learn and use a common language to refer to characteristics of writing as well as create a common vision of what 'good' writing looks like."
Spellingtime.com
Free interactive spelling tutorial resource. Take a week of spelling lessons from Monday to Friday and integrate this site into your classroom.
Welcome to Writing Fix
Site full of ways to fix writing for everyone. Includes 6 Traits, writing prompts, journal ideas, etc.
The Write Source
"The Write Source is a development house of teachers and writers who specialize in handbooks for students of English and writing at elementary school, middle school, junior high, and high school levels."
The Writing Process
The purpose of this site is to provide a user friendly online resource, for students or teachers, no matter what they are being challenged to write.

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