Language Arts
Online Curriculum Resources
for K-12 Teachers
Language Arts and Literacy Websites Courtesy of Teacher
Certification Program, University of Washington, Bothell, Summer 2001
www.eduplace.com
This site is sponsored by the Houghton Mifflin publishing company. It has links to popular authors' websites. Teachers can view numerous lesson plans, order from the book catalog and read theme ideas for their classrooms.
www.childrenslit.com
This site contains reviews of children's literature by librarians, writers and editors, teachers, and children's literature specialists. The site also has interviews with authors and illustrators. Teachers have access to the more than 3,000 books reviewed annually by this site.
www.shakespearemag.com
This site contains teaching resources for teaching Shakespeare in elementary school classrooms. It has links to many books that bring Shakespeare to life for young readers.
http://dictionary.reference.com/
This site is extremely useful for learners of any age. It offers an easy way to look up any word, check grammar rules and use a thesaurus. It also has a translator that can translate text and web pages quickly. It is a great site for classroom use.
www.teacherstreet.com
This site sells software that is specifically designed for teachers. They also offer on-site training for schools and districts that want to implement their software in the classrooms.
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www.ldonline.com
This site refers to itself as the interactive guide to learning disabilities for parents, teachers and children. It provides numerous articles on how to teach reading and writing to children with learning disabilities. It also gives useful information from special education teachers regarding helping parents deal with their children's learning needs.
www.embracingthechild.org
This site focuses on children's books that inspire young readers to read more. Their large catalog of books is categorized by subject matter, age group and award winners.
www.NCTE.org
The National Council of Teachers of English website offers information on conventions, commissions, current issues in education, recent award recipients and interest groups. It also has a helpful link for new teachers that features a great message board.
http://www.lightspan.com
This site offers lesson plans in multiple subject areas as well as articles addressing current issues in education. It also provides links to many other helpful websites. This site has a lot of information to offer teachers and parents.
http://curriculum.becta.org.uk/literacy/
This site from the UK features schools with good literacy programs and curriculum ideas. It also has links to other education sites, a 'kids club' for school or home, and lesson plan ideas.
www.westga.edu/~kidreach
This site, from the University of Georgia is easy to use and read, lets teachers post lesson plans, and has some good links. My favorite part was all the lesson ideas specifically built around books that I love like the "Little House" series and Judith Viorst's Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.
www.ed.gov
This site has a huge number of resources, including ways for teachers to use multimedia, and information about teacher-training resources. It also has ideas for children's writing and bringing literacy and reading home.
www.reading.org
The International Reading Association's site for teachers, reading specialists, consultants, administrators, librarians, parents, etc. Their five main goals are professional development, advocacy, partnerships, research, and global literacy development. It also has links to research relating to reading, and links to awards and grants available to teachers.
www.chalkboard.com
One of the best features of this site is that it shows what kinds of free information and lessons corporations will send to teachers-they seem adaptable so as not to be too heavily advertising certain products. It also has lesson plans, links to other ed. sites, and information about many areas in addition to literacy.
www.edhelper.com
This site is a collection of helpful lesson plans and teaching ideas. It has some interesting ideas for teaching Shakespeare in upper elementary and middle school.
www.rif.org
Reading is Fundamental has a big emphasis on reading outside the classroom as well as within school. It has ideas for "book buddy" programs, book clubs with parents and other links between school and home.
www.hbook.com
The Horn Book page has a useful area for parents and teachers with recommended books for children, particularly relating to certain life events. It also links to Newberry and Caldecott award winners.
www.nea.org/readacross/
Read Across America has ideas for celebrating the week itself when the program is held nationally, as well as ideas to help keep it going all year long. You can also download images of "The Cat in the Hat" relating to reading.
www.cbc.org
Children's Book Council sponsors this site that offers materials and ideas to encourage reading and writing. It also has lists of new books, features with some of the authors, and book reviews done by the publishers-so of course the reviews are positive, but they are useful in giving teachers an idea of what kinds of literature are out there.
www.ala.org/parents/
The ALA is the oldest, largest, most influential library association in the world. This page provides several resources for parents and students, including: The Librarian's Guide to Cyberspace for Parents and Kids, Cool Sites for Kids, and Notable Books for Children. Users can also link to the 50+ Great Sites for Kids and Parents, as voted by librarians who work with children and the Web everyday.
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc3/yahooligans/readingweek
This rich site is loaded with options for reading activities at the elementary age - online stories, reading lists, book reviews, author biographies and much more. It includes many links to other sites.
www.nlc-bnc.ca/pagebypage/
National Library of Canada created this site that tells the story behind the story - how authors come to create the books they write.
www.peterrabbit.co.uk
Beatrix Potter's books come alive on this animated website. Children can learn more about the characters in her books, and listen to 3 stories read aloud complete with illustrations.
www.poetryteachers.com/
This site is loaded with ideas for teaching poetry to kids (goes way beyond Haiku!).
http://teams.lacoe.edu/village/
"The Reading Village" – a thorough web site for K-12 educators with a focus on reading to create a community of like-minded educators who want to share and/or train others with a similar interest in teaching reading. Good links for special needs teachers.
www.readcalifornia.org
Fun site for kids with book lists, kid reviews, and links to reading organizations. There is a page for teens and one for parents. Fun Fact - the site can be read in Spanish.
www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/
This site is managed by author Cynthia Leitich Smith. It contains an abundance of annotated book lists, children's literature resources, and links. It has a nice section on multicultural literature for children.
http://nfbkids.ca/main2
National Film Board of Canada's site for K-6 contains interactive games/challenging activities that stimulate reading, writing and creating. Also lists other NFB productions for parents and teachers, specifically films designed for classroom use.
www.child2000.org
The National Children's Literacy site is for parents and teachers. It provides tips, resources (organizations listed which promote literacy) and literacy links.
www.poets.org
The American Academy of Poets site is a good resource for parents, teachers and students. It provides literacy links, poetry search by author and first lines, a listening booth, calendar of events and listings specific to children's poetry.
www.storytimereview.com/
pastwinners.htm
Author Ken Baker created and maintains this site. It contains a listing of Caldecott and Newberry Award Winning Books over the past 63 years. There is also a section on favorite children's books, which includes reviews, storytime favorites, seasonal listings, author/illustrator links and book news.
www.famlit.org
National Center for Family Literacy's website is for adults interested in literacy advocacy. There is information on Headstart/family initiatives, school initiatives, training and welfare reforms and upcoming events. Publications are listed for sale.
www.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt/ele.html
Busy Teacher's Website K-12. Has lesson plans that include collaborative lessons written by teachers and posted for general use. The links go to various sites ranging from the ed.gov sit to the seaworld.org for lesson plans. Some of these sites are filled with shockwave media player activities to keep the interest of kids who like to have fun while learning on the computer.
www.k12.wa.us/curriculuminstruct/
gives the EALRs.
http://askeric.org/Virtual/Lessons/
Shows many subject areas for which they offer lesson plans.
http://askeric.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Language_Arts
The language arts page breaks literacy into the following content areas and then has lesson plans in the selected content area. The lessons are organized by grade level: Alphabet, Debate, Grammar, Handwriting, Journalism, Listening Comprehension, Literature, Phonics, Process Skills, Reading, Spelling, Story Telling, Vocabulary, Whole Language, Writing
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/britpo.html
British Poetry 1780-1910: Hypertext Archive of Scholarly Editions at the Electronic Text Center Alderman Library, University of Virginia. This is a good website for classic literature as ebooks. It has British literature, but it also has a link at the bottom of the page for a Modern English Collection. Some of the authors are John Keats, Oscar Wilde, Emily Dickinson, and Walt Whitman. Illustrations and every page of the books including the front and back covers are downloaded.
www.carolhurst.com/
Children's Literature Site by: Carol Otis Hurst and Rebecca Otis. This website reviews children's books and offers ideas for using them in the classroom. It also integrates other subject areas such as Math and History with the language arts. Featured books give related activities, books and websites. The book reviews include grade levels.
www.mariinc.com/
Everything you need for reading. Website for purchasing standardized achievement test preparation packets, reading labs for groups of books in various reading levels within a grade, reading labs and workbooks for emergent readers and phonics and basic skills.
www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/
The Childrens Literature Web Guide: Internet Resources Related to Books for Children and Young Adults. Lists of websites are gathered from schools, libraries and commercial enterprises and are then categorized for use. Links include authors and stories on the web, and resources for teachers and parents. Book awards lists are linked, as well. It is maintained by the University of Calgary.
www.eduplace.com/
Houghton Mifflin Education Place. The toolbar on the right has invitations to literacy links for extension activities for books the class must already have. They are only referred to on the site. One of these links is in Spanish. It also has links for practicing parts of speech, vocabulary, and spelling activities, but the spelling activities must be printed for use. Has a bilingual link that lists books written in English and Spanish categorized by grade first, and then by level of difficulty. Users can also build their own stories and learn the parts of speech.
www.bbc.co.uk/education/wordsandpictures/
BBC Online: BBC Education. This is a TV and radio station in the United Kingdom. Is a good site for emergent to beginning literacy kids ages 5-7. Has links that use the media player Shockwave (a free download) for animated games for word shape recognition, as an example. Definitely will keep the interest of young readers!
www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/plans.html
Has many lesson plans in different content areas on the academy miscellaneous curriculum exchange link. Categorized by grade level. Otherwise this site is mainly for social studies, which involves a lot of reading. There are activities designed with the lesson plans. This site is maintained by a professor at California State University, Northridge.
www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/littlekids/
Montgomery County Public Schools. Early Childhood Technology Literacy Project. Has lesson plans, resources for parents and teachers, students work.
http://atozteacherstuff.com/stuff/literatu.shtml
A to Z Teacher Stuff. This site has thematic units, lesson plans and activities.
http://abcteach.com/
Has numerous lesson plans with printable components such as activity signs, job cards and much more.
www.learningpage.com/
Lesson Plans, e-books and worksheets. You need to become a member to download. It's free, but they do have your information.
www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/iss/la/
San Diego County Office of Education. Language Arts site that has great subject based information.
www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/
The Children's Literature Web Guide. A University of Calgary site that has books listed and rated with other links to great sites.
www.elainemoore.com/study_guides/
Study guides for Elaine Moore's books. An excellent specific resource.
www.csusm.edu/csb/
Barahona Center. This site recommends books in Spanish. The site is in English or Spanish.
http://cctc2.commnet.edu/grammar/
Guide to Grammar and Writing. This is and excellent site for learning grammar. It is easy to navigate. Author information and credentials are listed. You can also download power point presentations.
www.nwrel.org/sky/
The northwest regional educational laboratory researches and assists for northwest schools, the government, and other programs. It provides lesson plans and links to other websites.
www.school.discovery.com
This website has lesson plans for literature as well as links to other subjects. It has sections for kids, teachers, and parents.
www.proteacher.com
There is a list of lesson plans including literature activities, spelling, vocabulary, and reading. It is a website made by elementary school teachers.
http://k-6educators.about.com/mbody.htm
Elementary Educators. This website was made by elementary educators. It provides lesson plans for grades 3 to 5, that are specific and it includes links to other subjects.
www.schoolweb.missouri.edu/ashland.k12.mo.us/exwrite.html
Southern Boone County School District. This site allows kids to publish their writings and read other kids writings. It also has pen pals across the United States and Japan.
www.awesomelibrary.org
This site has lesson plans and in addition, reading and writing resources. It is federally funded.
www.sdhc.k12.fl.us/instruction/elemlangarts/resources.htm
Hillsborough County School District. This website has a professional bibliography and parent tips, and links to other language arts resources.
www.lessonplanspage.com
This website has tons of lesson plans for language arts. It has lesson plans from K-5 grades. Started by students and faculty at the University of Missouri, lesson plans are now added by users.
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