Language Arts Online Resources Site/URL
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Free Printable Teaching Resources http://www.teacherprintables.net/ index.html
Check out the graphic organizers and the research organizers.
CyberGuides: Grades 6-8 http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/ cy68.html
This site has literature guides for several novels.
Literature Lesson Plans http://litplans.com/
Unit Plans, Teacher's Guides, Study Guides, and much more.
Google Lit Trips http://googlelittrips.com/
These are activities for certain literature books that work with Google Earth.
Visual Dictionary Online http://visual.merriam-webster.com/
This is an amazing visual dictionary. The diagrams would be great to put into a presentation to help explain a concept.
BibMe http://www.bibme.org/
This is a fully automated bibliography maker. Put in a title of a book and it finds the needed information to complete the citation. This is a collaboration tool so others may contribute to the citation page as well. Works great when groups of students are working together on a project. Actually creates the page with citations in alphabetical order.
bubbl.us http://www.bubbl.us/
Bubbl.us is a simple and free web application that lets you brainstorm online. Create colorful mind maps and share with others.
Mindomo http://www.mindomo.com/
Mindomo is a versatile Web-based mind mapping tool, delivering the capabilities of desktop mind mapping software in a Web browser. Create, edit mind maps, and share them with your colleagues or your friends.
Thesis Builder & Online Outliner http://ozline.com/electraguide/ thesis.html
This is the greatest thing! Students answer questions about their topic and a thesis statement is built. Once finished the parts of the thesis statement are added to the outline. I see this as a great help to understanding how to write a thesis and how to create an outline.
Lexipedia http://www.lexipedia.com/
This is a free visual thesaurus. Helps students understand that words can be verbs and nouns or nouns and adjectives. Also shows fuzzynyms, synonyms and antonyms.
Skimming and Scanning http://www.42explore.com/ skim.htm
This site includes a clear explanation of the difference in skimming and scanning and several resources to help students experiment with both.
Journal Writing Many ideas here for helping students write regularly in journals. http://www.42explore.com/ Cyndi Danner-Kuhn http://www.cyndidannerkuhn.info Bluemont 352 cyndidk@ksu.edu journl.htm
Language Arts Online Resources Big Universe http://www.biguniverse.com/
Read hundreds of published books online and you can even create your own.
LookyBook http://www.lookybook.com/
Picture books you can discover, share and talk about
Academic Vocabulary Games http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/ vocab/
Academic Vocabulary is an initiative of Tennessee's Department of Education. The goal of this project is to provide teachers a list of common terms or phrases aimed at improving vocabulary development of students in Tennessee. Although there is no single best way to teach terms and phrases, Dr. Marzano's research and theory on vocabulary development does point to a few generalizations that provide strong guidance. This site is dedicated to the sixth step in that process by providing a collection of games and activities designed to review and strengthen vocabulary development.
Language Arts Presentations http://jc-schools.net/PPTsla.html
The content of these presentations are provided by teachers and are presumed to be in the public domain. The teacher created presentations are available for online viewing or downloading. The downloaded files are zipped and a program such as Winzip will be necessary to open them.
Online Basic Skills Game http://classroom.jc-schools.net/ basic/
Online Interactive games and Educational resources compiled by the Jefferson County Schools
Essay Punch http://www.essaypunch.com/
This web site takes users through the actual steps of writing a basic essay. Users develop an idea and write their own short essay, consisting of an introduction, a two- to three-paragraph body, and a conclusion. The web site provides questions that help to guide users step by step through pre-writing, writing, organizing, editing, rewriting, and publishing. Completed essays may be transferred to a word processing program, HTML editor, or e-mail application. To begin, click Start Writing Now. Grades 3-12
Paragraph Punch http:// www.paragraphpunch.com/
This web site takes users through the actual steps of writing a paragraph. The web site provides questions that help to guide users step by step through pre-writing, writing, organizing, editing, rewriting, and publishing. Completed essays may be transferred to a word processing program, HTML editor, or email application. To begin, click Start Writing Now. Grades 3-6
Cyndi Danner-Kuhn
http://www.cyndidannerkuhn.info
Bluemont 352
cyndidk@ksu.edu
Language Arts Online Resources Sesame Street Games Play over 100 games, hear your favorite theme songs, read http:// interactive stories from Sesame Street. Grades PreK-1 www.sesameworkshop.org/ sesamestreet/?scrollerId=games Enchanted Learning http:// www.EnchantedLearning.com/ Home.html
This is a fun educational site for audiences as young as preschool. Some of the areas covered: science, language arts and geography. (Not all pages are interactive.) Grades Pre-K-3
Grammar Games http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/ grammar/archive/ grammar_games_index_page01 .html
A huge collection of online grammar games. Grades 3+
Fun Brain http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/ getskill.cgi?A4=1
This site contains a variety of edu-taining activities covering areas of math, language arts, social studies, and science. Grades K-6
Scholastic News http://teacher.scholastic.com/ scholasticnews/
The News Zone presents current events that are most relevant to students, in a format that is fun and appealing. The current events and engaging activities include Note Now, Games and Quizzes, What始s Your IQ and Write a Caption. Grades 3-8
Online Rhyming Dictionary http://www.writeexpress.com/ online2.html
Find a rhyme in no time online! Useful, fun, and fascinating! Grades 1-12.
Magnetic Poetry http://home.freeuk.net/ elloughton13/scramble.htm
Click and drag to make a poem. Grades 2-4
Scholastic Grammar activities http://teacher.scholastic.com/ activities/adventure/index.htm
A variety of games and activities for sharping grammar.
Punctuation Game http://www.oswego.org/ocsdweb/quiz/mquiz.asp? filename=kderittepun
A different quiz every time you visit.
Spin and Spell http://www.spinandspell.com/ game.swf
A spelling game., very interactive and has sound.
Cyndi Danner-Kuhn
http://www.cyndidannerkuhn.info
Bluemont 352
cyndidk@ksu.edu
Language Arts Online Resources Internet 4 Classroom-Language Arts-Elementary http:// www.internet4classrooms.com/ lang_elem_index.htm
Site organized by grade level and topic. Lots of great resources.
VoiceThread http://voicethread.com/
A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or phone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). Share a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too. Users can doodle while commenting, use multiple identities and pick which comments are shown through moderation. VoiceThreads can even be embedded on web sites and exported to MP3 players or DVDs as archival movies. With VoiceThread, group conversations are collected and shared in one place from anywhere in the world. All with no software to install.
ScrapBlog http://www.scrapblog.com/
Create stunning multimedia projects. Share online, FREE
Top 100 Tools for Learning 2008 http://c4lpt.co.uk/recommended/ top100.html
The list is compiled from the contributions of 207 learning professionals (from both education and workplace learning) who shared their Top 10 Tools for Learning both for their own personal learning/ productivity and for creating learning solutions for others. This list is constantly revised as we receive new or updated submissions. The 2008 list will close on 31 October 2008.
iLife-Apple Media Series http://www.coe.ksu.edu/ apple_Media_series/ welcome.html
Cyndi Danner-Kuhn
Welcome to Apple Media Series Learn, master, inspire. Apple Media Series is a training solution to help you use Apple products efficiently and effectively in the classroom. In this series of training videos, you will learn how to make any topic, subject, or lesson plan exciting for your students with digital tools that come on every Mac: iPhoto, GarageBand, iMovie, iDVD, and iWeb all part of iLife 始08. You will take a compilation of photos and movies from a class field trip outlined in this lesson plan, and create a multimedia experience that you and your students can enjoy. You'll learn how to create a slideshow, a photo book, an enhanced podcast, a soundtrack, a movie, a DVD, and a website. Also included on this DVD are professionally developed example files and step-by-step instructions so that you and your students can create compelling and engaging multimedia projects.
http://www.cyndidannerkuhn.info
Bluemont 352
cyndidk@ksu.edu