General Links

• National Council of Teachers of English

• PowerPoint Samples and Templates

• Alabama Virtual Library

• Library of Congress

• RefDesk

• Explore, teaching tips for all disciplines

• Graphic Organizers from TeacherVision

• Graphic Organizers

• Quia

• Visual Thesaurus

General Elementary

• Tammy’s Tidbits

• EduHound

• Grade K-2 Themes

• Grade 3-5 Themes

• Book Care Rules- Here's a list of book care rules that you can adapt for your classroom.

• Kindergarten Connection-Multicultural Books for Young Children

• African American Stories for Young Readers

• This is a game to help students notice detail in pictures

• Hummingbird Educational Resources- Click on Lotsa Lesson Plans, and then go to learning phone numbers and addresses.  There are several activities geared for this objective.

• This is a story map activity that uses Where the Wild Things Are.  It can be adapted for other books

• Develop auditory discrimination- similarities and differences of sound 

• Repeated Readings-A Tip to Build Fluency

• Guided and Independent Reading- This is a good basic format to get you started with guided reading.  It is not a lesson plan for a specific book, but it will tell you how to teach guided reading.

• Reading and Writing Workshop- An Approach to Balanced Literacy

• Little Explorers-Picture Dictionary with Links

• There are many writing language arts lesson plans on this site to support

• Report Writing in the Primary Grades- This describes a highly guided group technique for report writing.

• Spelling Sight Words-  Here is a tool for homework help with sight words

• Name Recognition, Learning phone numbers and addresses  

• This site will provide printable activities and flash cards.

• 25 Ideas to Motivate Young Readers!-

• Dr. Seuss Crossword Reproducible

• Children's Literature - Resources for Teachers

• "Down through the Years"- African American Stories for Young Readers and the Young at Heart

• Discover the Dictionary- Build vocabulary and reference skills with activities that make the dictionary a student's best friend

• Writing Checklist-Create a checklist for your students to use when editing

• Sentences in Motion-This is a neat game to teach the parts of a sentence while using locomotor skills.

• Bright Ideas for Writing

• Narrative Writing Resources

• Descriptive Writing Resources

• Bright Ideas for Writing-This site gives some examples of writing prompts.

• An Internet site with many online games for all grades

• ABC Teach

• Enchanted Learning: contains all subject matter

• Carol Hurst’s Children Literature Sites

• Teacher2Teacher Resources

• Looking critically at picture books-

• CDs and books to supplement the language arts curriculum

• Alphabet Review Activities- Over 30 lessons and activities for each letter of the alphabet

• Building Language for Literacy- This is a program that equips young children with the critical language and literacy skills and experiences they need to build the foundation for success in reading.

• Sesame Workshop

• Animal Diaries- You and your class can collaborate with classes from around the world to create online story books. 

• Language arts resources for all areas and grades

• Lesson Tutor- Fresh Squeezed Creative Juices. Story starters and writing prompts for creative writing.  These writing prompts include written, pictorial, and audio prompts.

• Oral Presentations, A Printable Checklist is a guide to help students in their preparations.

Middle School

• Glencoe/McGraw-Hill Literature: Reading with Purpose Alabama Edition 2009

• McDougal Littell Language Network

• CyberGuides- Supplementary, standards-based, web-delivered units of instruction centered on core works of literature

• The Doucette’s Index- Provides access to books and websites that contain useful teaching suggestions related to books for children and young adults, and the creators of those books

• Norton Websource to American Literature

• Online Literary Criticism Collection

• Online Journal and Multimedia Companion to Anthology of Modern American Poetry

• The American Collection is a resource for American Literature hosted by the PBS series Masterpiece Theater and The National Council of Teachers of English.

• Reader’s Theater Editions- Scripts adapted from stories written by Aaron Shepard and others -- mostly humor, fantasy, and world tales from a variety of cultures. A full range of reading levels is included, with most scripts aimed between grades 3 and 9.

• CyberGuides- Grades 6-8

• The Doucette Index provides access to books and websites that contain useful teaching suggestions related to books for children and young adults, and the creators of those books.

• Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary-

• Exam - A British exam review handout on nonfiction

• Writer's Handbook- Complete guide for teachers

• Project Presentation Tips