Category Archives: Language Arts
Literacy Lava
Literacy Lava – A downloadable pdf written by multiple contributors and filled with lots of ideas to improve literacy at home and in everyday life.
MAKE BELIEFS COMIX! Online Educational Comic Generator for Kids of All Ages
Make Beliefs Comix – Create your own comix “in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese or Latin!”
A Step-By-Step Guide to Overcome Public Speaking Anxiety
Learn to read with fun online games and activities
English, grammar, punctuation and capitalization rules
How to make a alphabet book
Making an Alphabet Book by Kathryn Stout. You could get as creative and crafty as you want, but this gives you a good guide to get started.
Spelling rules that apply to a large number of words
Spelling Rules. “Very few spelling rules are effective in teaching spelling. For a rule to be valid, it must apply to a large number of words and have few exceptions. Following are rules that meet this definition.”
Complete list of spelling rules for nouns and verbs
A listing of valuable language arts resources & discussion about how to improve education
Education Pages | DonPotter.net. “This page is dedicated to the dissemination of materials of value to parents and educators interested in improving the quality of education in America and throughout the English speaking world.”
Make your own online flashcards for vocabulary memorization, and studying games
Get the vocabulary right and donate rice to needy people
FreeRice – Answer the vocabulary questions and “[f]or each answer you get right, we donate 10 grains of rice through the UN World Food Program to help end hunger.” Watch out, this is addictive. For older students (and parents).
Help with confusing and often misused words
Confusing Words. “a collection of 3210 words that are troublesome to readers and writers. Words are grouped according to the way they are most often confused or misused.”