Intrigued With Yo-Yos
 Use the yo-yo to motivate your students to a better understanding of the writing process.  During these five lessons your students will go through the writing process using research skills on and off the Internet.

Descriptive Writing With Virginia Hamilton
Follow the "Next" button to advance through this online lesson on how to write using descriptive words. There are also links at the left you can use to navigate - don't miss "Brainstorming" and "Write Your Description." Students can also publish their work online.

Zoo's Clues
Students develop a better understanding of the relationship between major and minor details by retrieving interesting facts about animals, categorizing these facts by using a graphic organizer, and writing an essay from the gathered information.

Talking, Writing, and Reasoning:  Making Thinking Visible With Math Journals
By talking, writing, and reasoning in math journals, students shift the emphasis of their work from finding the “right” answer to a metacognitive exploration of how their problem-solving works in ways that encourage them to apply, extend, and adapt their strategies to new situations. In this lesson, the teacher encourages students to talk about and record their attempts as they work and record solutions, strategies, and other observations.
 

English Words and Their Usage: Online movies for words and their usage ( 2 free movies a day form BrainPop) 

Grammar Glossary:  Choose a grade level, then click on a word for a definition and a link to more examples (includes audio).

Language Arts Games: Online language arts games for all grade levels

Poetry Playground: Funny poems, games, contests, streaming audio and more

I Spy: Online word play games for all grades

Excellent Electronic Language Games: Online games for grammar, figurative language and more

Rubistar: Rubistar is a free tool to help a teacher make quality rubrics.

Spy Kids: Use these sites to jumpstart a writing unit on spies

Poetry Playground: Funny poems, games, contests, streaming audio and more

Game Station: Writer's Block: Here kids join together to build a story block by block!

Teaching With Technology: Teacher's guide to making student movies
 

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