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.

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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!”

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A Step-By-Step Guide to Overcome Public Speaking Anxiety

Speaking in Public: A Step-By-Step Guide to Overcome Public Speaking Anxiety.

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Learn to read with fun online games and activities

Learn to Read at Starfall – teaching comprehension and phonics.

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English, grammar, punctuation and capitalization rules

English Rules | Grammar Rules | Punctuation and Capitalization Rules.

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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.

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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.”

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Some spelling rules set to music

Musical Spelling Rules.

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Some spelling rules

Spelling Rules.

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Complete list of spelling rules for nouns and verbs

Susan Jones’ Spelling Rules.

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A list of spelling rules

Reading from Scratch – Spelling Rules.

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Learn about the Dewey Decimal System

“Do We” Really Know Dewey?.

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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.”

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Make your own online flashcards for vocabulary memorization, and studying games

Flashcards, vocabulary memorization, and studying games | Quizlet.

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Topics to explore for each letter of the alphabet

Welcome to Letter Lane.

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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).

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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.”

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An addicting online game which helps typing and spelling skills

2addicted.com

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Gigantic list of alphabet-related activities

Mrs. Alphabet

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Alphabet, math, phonics activities for preschoolers

KidZone Preschool.

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